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Document 32026R0775

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/775 of 30 March 2026 implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran

ST/6837/2026/INIT

OJ L, 2026/775, 31.3.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/775/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/775/oj

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2026/775

31.3.2026

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/775

of 30 March 2026

implementing Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 (1), and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)

On 23 March 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.

(2)

The Council has reviewed the entries concerning certain designated persons and entities set out in Annex IX to that Regulation and concluded that the entries concerning six persons and two entities should be removed from that Annex. Five entries included in that Annex should be updated.

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2026.

For the Council

The President

M. PANAYIOTOU

(1)   OJ L 88, 24.3.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/267/oj.

ANNEX

Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 is amended as follows:

(1)

under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are deleted:

3.

Dr Hoseyn (Hossein) FAQIHIAN

6.

Said Esmail KHALILIPOUR

20.

Behzad SOLTANI;

(2)

under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, entry 7 is replaced by the following:

 

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘7.

Ali Reza KHANCHI

Address of NRC: AEOI-NRC P.O. Box: 11365-8486 Tehran/Iran;

Fax: (+9821) 8021412

Gender: male

Ali Reza Khanchi is a nuclear scientist affiliated with the Iranian Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI).

NSTRI is an EU-listed research body which is affiliated on an official level with the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI).

Ali Reza Khanchi is therefore engaged in and providing support to Iran’s nuclear proliferation activities.

29.9.2025

(23.4.2007, suspended since 16.1.2016)’;

(3)

under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, subheading ‘B. Entities’, the following entries are deleted:

5.(b)

Assa Corporation

5.(c)

Assa Company Ltd;

(4)

under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities and persons and entities providing support to the Government of Iran.’, subheading ‘B. Entities’, entries 46 and 104 are replaced by the following corresponding entries:

 

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘46.

EMKA Company

Address: P.O. Box 14155-1339, Tehran, Iran

EMKA Company is active in Iran’s nuclear industry. EMKA Company is a subsidiary of TAMAS Company which is a specialised company for the production of raw materials and nuclear fuel in Iran. EMKA Company is specifically responsible for exploration, mining, and mineral processing operations within the nuclear fuel cycle.

In addition, in 2023, EMKA signed a cooperation agreement with, among others, the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), to construct an accelerator.

Therefore, EMKA Company is engaged in and providing support for Iran’s nuclear-proliferation activities.

29.9.2025

(23.5.2011, suspended since 16.1.2016)

104.

Central Bank of Iran

(a.k.a. Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a.k.a. Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran)

Address: 213 Ferdowsi Avenue, 11365 Tehran, Iran; Mirdamad Blvd, 144 – P.O. Box 15875/7/77, Tehran, Iran; PO Box 15875/7177, 144 Mirdamad Blvd, Tehran, Iran

P.O. Box: 15875 / 7177

Place of registration: Iran

Date of registration: 1960

Registration number: 4296905415

SWIFT/BIC: BMJIIRT1

Web Site: http://www.cbi.ir

Email: G.SecDept@cbi.ir

The Central Bank of Iran provides financial support to the IRGC, which is engaged in Iran’s nuclear and missile programmes. In addition, in its capacity as central bank, it provides financial services to the Government of Iran, which is one of its clients.

The Central Bank of Iran therefore supports Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities and the Government of Iran.

29.9.2025

(23.1.2012, suspended since 16.1.2016’;

(5)

under the heading ‘III. Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL)’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are deleted:

1.

Mohammad Hossein Dajmar

3.

Naser Bateni

8.

Gholam Hossein Golparvar;

(6)

under the heading ‘III. Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL)’, subheading ‘B. Entities’, entries 43 and 158 are replaced by the following corresponding entries:

 

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘43.

Good Luck Shipping Company

Address: Office 206/207 Malik Saeed, Ahmad Ghabbash, Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Address: P.O. Box 5562, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Address: P.O. Box: 8486, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Address: P.O. Box 8486, Office 206/207, Ahmad Ghubash Building, Oud Mehta, Bur Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Good Luck Shipping provides shipping and logistical services to Hafiz Darya Shipping Lines (HDSL), a designated entity affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), as well as to Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), a company owned by Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum.

29.9.2025

(1.12.2011, suspended since 16.1.2016)

158.

Hafiz Darya Shipping Lines (HDSL)

(a.k.a. HDS Lines)

Address: No. 60, Ehteshamiyeh Square, 7th Neyestan Street, Pasdaran Avenue, Tehran, Iran

Business registration document # 5478431, issued March 2009

IMO number: 5878431; established in 2009

Hafiz Darya Shipping Lines (HDSL) acts as a shell company for IRISL. It owns or operates vessels for which the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line’s (IRISL) is identified as the beneficial owner. Therefore, HDSL is acting on behalf of IRISL.

29.9.2025

(27.11.2013, suspended since 16.1.2016)’.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/775/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)

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