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Document 32006R0305

    Council Regulation (EC) No 305/2006 of 21 February 2006 imposing specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri

    OJ L 51, 22.2.2006, p. 1–8 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
    OJ L 334M, 12.12.2008, p. 948–970 (MT)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/305/oj

    Date of document:
    21/02/2006
    Date of effect:
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    22.2.2006   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 51/1

    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 305/2006

    of 21 February 2006

    imposing specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60, 301 and 308 thereof,

    Having regard to Council Common Position 2005/888/CFSP of 12 December 2005 concerning specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri (1),

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

    Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

    Whereas:

    (1)

    On 31 October 2005, the Security Council of the United Nations adopted Resolution 1636 (2005) noting the conclusion of the report of the International Investigation Commission into the 14 February 2005 terrorist bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 23 people, including former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, and caused injury to dozens of people.

    (2)

    The Security Council noted with extreme concern the International Investigation Commission’s conclusion that there is converging evidence pointing at the involvement of both Lebanese and Syrian officials in this terrorist act, and acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, decided, as a step to assist in the investigation of this crime and without prejudice to the ultimate judicial determination of the guilt or innocence of any individual, to impose measures against all individuals suspected of involvement in the planning, sponsoring, organizing or perpetrating of this terrorist act.

    (3)

    Common Position 2005/888/CFSP provides for implementation of the measures set out in UNSCR 1636 (2005) and, in particular, the freezing of funds and economic resources of persons registered by the Committee of the Security Council established by paragraph 3(b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005) as suspected of involvement in the planning, sponsoring, organising or perpetrating of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and others on 14 February 2005.

    (4)

    These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty and, therefore, notably with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States, Community legislation is necessary to implement them as far as the Community is concerned.

    (5)

    For reasons of expediency, the Commission should be empowered to amend the Annexes to this Regulation, on the basis of notification or information by the relevant Sanctions Committee and Member States, as appropriate.

    (6)

    Member States should determine the penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation. The penalties provided for should be proportionate, effective and dissuasive.

    (7)

    In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, it should enter into force on the day of its publication,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

    1.

    ‘Sanctions Committee’ means the Committee of the Security Council of the United Nations which was established pursuant to paragraph 3(b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005);

    2.

    ‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every kind, including but not limited to:

    (a)

    cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;

    (b)

    deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;

    (c)

    publicly and privately traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;

    (d)

    interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;

    (e)

    credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;

    (f)

    letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;

    (g)

    documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources;

    3.

    ‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management;

    4.

    ‘economic resources’ means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds but can be used to obtain funds, goods or services;

    5.

    ‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, the selling, hiring or mortgaging of them;

    6.

    ‘territory of the Community’ means the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty.

    Article 2

    1.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I shall be frozen.

    2.   No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I.

    3.   The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be prohibited.

    Article 3

    1.   By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities of the Member States, as listed in Annex II, may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are:

    (a)

    necessary for basic expenses, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;

    (b)

    intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services; or

    (c)

    intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;

    provided that the Member State concerned has notified the Sanctions Committee of that determination and that the determination has been approved by that Committee.

    2.   The relevant competent authority shall inform the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 1.

    3.   Article 2(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of interest or other earnings on those accounts provided that any such interest or other earnings are frozen in accordance with Article 2(1).

    Article 4

    Article 2(2) shall not prevent the crediting of the frozen accounts by financial institutions that receive funds transferred by third parties to the account of a listed person, entity or body, provided that any such crediting to such accounts is also frozen in accordance with Article 2(1). The financial institution shall inform the competent authorities of such transactions without delay.

    Article 5

    1.   Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy and to the provisions of Article 284 of the Treaty, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall:

    (a)

    supply immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 2, to the competent authorities of the Member States listed in Annex II where they are resident or located, and shall transmit such information, directly or through these competent authorities, to the Commission;

    (b)

    cooperate with the competent authorities listed in Annex II in any verification of this information.

    2.   Any additional information directly received by the Commission shall be made available to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned.

    3.   Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received. Such purposes shall be deemed to include cooperation with any international investigation related to the assets or financial transactions of the natural and legal persons, bodies and entities listed in Annex I.

    Article 6

    The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal to make funds or economic resources available, carried out in good faith that such action is in accordance with this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal person, entity or body implementing it, or its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen as result of negligence.

    Article 7

    The Commission and Member States shall immediately inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and shall supply each other with any other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information in respect of violation and enforcement problems and judgments handed down by national courts.

    Article 8

    1.   The Commission shall be empowered to:

    (a)

    amend Annex I on the basis of determinations made by the Sanctions Committee; and

    (b)

    amend Annex II on the basis of information supplied by Member States.

    2.   Without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Member States under the Charter of the United Nations, the Commission shall maintain all necessary contacts with the Sanctions Committee for the purpose of the effective implementation of this Regulation.

    Article 9

    Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

    Member States shall notify the Commission of those rules without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment to them.

    Article 10

    This Regulation shall apply:

    (a)

    within the territory of the Community, including its airspace;

    (b)

    on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;

    (c)

    to any person inside or outside the territory of the Community who is a national of a Member State;

    (d)

    to any legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State;

    (e)

    to any legal person, entity or body in respect of any business done in whole or in part within the Community.

    Article 11

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 21 February 2006.

    For the Council

    The President

    K. GASTINGER

    (1)   OJ L 327, 14.12.2005, p. 26.

    (2)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.

    ANNEX I

    List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2

    (Annex to be completed after the persons and entities have been registered by the Committee established by paragraph 3 (b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005))

    ANNEX II

    List of competent authorities referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5

    BELGIUM

    Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën Thesaurie

    Kunstlaan 30

    B-1040 Brussel

    Fax: (32-2) 233 74 65

    E-mail: Quesfinvragen.tf@minfin.fed.be

    Service Public Fédéral des Finances

    Trésorerie

    30 Avenue des Arts

    B-1040 Bruxelles

    Fax: 00 32 2 233 74 65

    E-mail: Quesfinvragen.tf@minfin.fed.be

    CZECH REPUBLIC

    Ministerstvo financí

    Finanční analytický útvar

    P.O. BOX 675

    Jindřišská 14

    111 21 Praha 1

    Tel.: +420 2 5704 4501

    Fax: +420 2 5704 4502

    Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí

    Odbor společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky EU

    Loretánské nám. 5

    118 00 Praha 1

    Tel.: +420 2 2418 2987

    Fax: +420 2 2418 4080

    DENMARK

    Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen

    Langelinie Allé 17

    DK-2100 København K

    Tlf. (45) 35 46 62 81

    Fax (45) 35 46 62 03

    Udenrigsministeriet

    Asiatisk Plads 2

    DK-1448 København K

    Tlf. (45) 33 92 00 00

    Fax (45) 32 54 05 33

    Justitsministeriet

    Slotholmsgade 10

    DK-1216 København K

    Tlf. (45) 33 92 33 40

    Fax (45) 33 93 35 10

    GERMANY

    Concerning funds:

    Deutsche Bundesbank

    Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen

    Postfach

    D-80281 München

    Tel.: (49) 89 28 89 3800

    Fax: (49) 69 709097 3800

    Concerning economic resources

    —

    for information in accordance with Art. 5:

    Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie

    Referat V B 2

    Scharnhorststr. 34—37

    D-10115 Berlin

    Tel.: 01888-615-9

    Fax: 01888-615-5358

    Email: BUERO-VB2@bmwi.bund.de

    —

    for granting of exemptions in accordance with Art. 3:

    Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)

    Frankfurter Straße 29—35

    D-65760 Eschborn

    Tel.: (49) 6196 908-0

    Fax: (49) 6196 908-800

    ESTONIA

    Eesti Välisministeerium

    Islandi väljak 1

    15049 Tallinn

    Tel.: + 372 6317 100

    Faks: + 372 6317 199

    Finantsinspektsioon

    Sakala 4

    15030 Tallinn

    Tel.: + 372 6680 500

    Faks: + 372 6680 501

    GREECE

    A.   Freezing of Assets

    Ministry of Economy and Finance

    General Directory of Economic Policy

    Address: 5 Nikis Str.

    10 563 Athens — Greece

    Tel.: + 30 210 3332786

    Fax: + 30 210 3332810

    Α.   Δέσμευση κεφαλαίων

    Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών

    Γενική Δ/νση Οικονομικής Πολιτικής

    Δ/νση: Νίκης 5

    10 563 Αθήνα

    Τηλ.: + 30 210 3332786

    Φαξ: + 30 210 3332810

    B.   Import-Export restrictions

    Ministry of Economy and Finance

    General Directorate for Policy Planning and Management

    Address: Kornarou Str. 1

    10 563 Athens

    Tel.: + 30 210 3286401-3

    Fax: + 30 210 3286404

    Β.   Περιορισμοί εισαγωγών — εξαγωγών

    Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών

    Γενική Δ/νση Σχεδιασμού και Διαχείρισης Πολιτικής

    Δ/νση: Κορνάρου 1

    Τ.Κ. 10 563 Αθήνα — Ελλάς

    Τηλ.: + 30 210 3286401-3

    Φαξ: + 30 210 3286404

    SPAIN

    Dirección General del Tesoro y Política Financiera

    Subdirección General de Inspección y Control de Movimientos de Capitales

    Ministerio de Economía

    Paseo del Prado, 6

    E-28014 Madrid

    Tel.: (34) 912 09 95 11

    Dirección General de Comercio e Inversiones

    Subdirección General de Inversiones Exteriores

    Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo

    Paseo de la Castellana, 162

    E-28046 Madrid

    Tel.: (34) 913 49 39 83

    FRANCE

    Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie

    Direction générale du Trésor et de la politique économique

    Service des affaires multilatérales et du développement

    Sous-direction Politique commerciale et investissements

    Service Services, Investissements et Propriété intellectuelle

    139, rue de Bercy

    75572 Paris Cedex 12

    Tél.: (33) 1 44 87 72 85

    Télécopieur: (33) 1 53 18 96 55

    Ministère des affaires étrangères

    Direction générale des affaires politiques et de sécurité

    Service de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune

    37, Quai d'Orsay

    75007 Paris

    Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 45 16

    Télécopieur: (33) 1 43 17 45 84

    IRELAND

    United Nations Section

    Department of Foreign Affairs

    Iveagh House

    79-80 Saint Stephen's Green

    Dublin 2

    Tel.: + 353 1 478 0822

    Fax: + 353 1 408 2165

    Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland

    Financial Markets Department

    Dame Street

    Dublin 2

    Tel.: + 353 1 671 6666

    Fax: + 353 1 679 8882

    ITALY

    Ministero degli Affari Esteri

    Piazzale della Farnesina, 1

    I-00194 Roma

    D.G.M.M. — Ufficio II

    Tel.: (39) 06 3691 2296

    Fax: (39) 06 3691 3567

    Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze

    Dipartimento del Tesoro

    Comitato di Sicurezza Finanziaria

    Via XX Settembre, 97

    I-00187 Roma

    Tel.: (39) 06 4761 3942

    Fax: (39) 06 4761 3032

    CYPRUS

    Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

    6 Andrea Araouzou

    1421 Nicosia

    Tel: + 357 22 86 71 00

    Fax: + 357 22 31 60 71

    Central Bank of Cyprus

    80 Kennedy Avenue

    1076 Nicosia

    Tel: + 357 22 71 41 00

    Fax: + 357 22 37 81 53

    Ministry of Finance (Department of Customs)

    M. Karaoli

    1096 Nicosia

    Tel: + 357 22 60 11 06

    Fax: + 357 22 60 27 41/47

    LATVIA

    Latvijas Republikas Prokuratūra

    Noziedzīgi iegūtu līdzekļu legalizācijas novēršanas dienests

    Kalpaka bulvāris 6

    Rīga, LV-1801

    Tel.: (371) 70144431

    Fax: (371) 7044804

    Latvijas Republikas Ārlietu ministrija

    Brīvības bulvāris 36

    Rīga, LV-1395

    Tel.: (371) 7016201

    Fax: (371) 7828121

    LITHUANIA

    Saugumo politikos departamentas

    Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministerija

    J. Tumo-Vaižganto 2

    LT-01511 Vilnius

    Lithuania

    Tel. +370 5 236 25 16

    Fax. +370 5 231 30 90

    LUXEMBOURG

    Ministère des Affaires étrangères et de l’Immigration

    Direction des Relations économiques internationales

    5, rue Notre-Dame

    L-2240 Luxembourg

    Tél.: (352) 478 2346

    Fax: (352) 22 20 48

    Ministère des Finances

    3, rue de la Congrégation

    L-1352 Luxembourg

    Tél.: (352) 478 2712

    Fax: (352) 47 52 41

    HUNGARY

    Hungarian National Police Headquarters

    Teve u. 4–6.

    H-1139 Budapest

    Hungary

    Tel./fax: +36-1-443-5554

    Országos Rendőrfőkapitányság

    1139 Budapest, Teve u. 4–6.

    Magyarország

    Tel./fax: +36-1-443-5554

    Ministry of Finance

    József nádor tér. 2–4.

    H-1051 Budapest

    Hungary

    Postbox: 1139 Pf.: 481

    Tel.: +36-1-318-2066, +36-1-327-2100

    Fax: +36-1-318-2570, +36-1-327-2749

    Pénzügyminisztérium

    1051 Budapest, József nádor tér. 2–4.

    Magyarország

    Postafiók: 1139 Pf.: 481

    Tel.: +36-1-318-2066, +36-1-327-2100

    Fax: +36-1-318-2570, +36-1-327-2749

    MALTA

    Bord ta' Sorveljanza dwar is-Sanzjonijiet

    Ministeru ta' l-Affarijiet Barranin

    Palazzo Parisio

    Triq il-Merkanti

    Valletta CMR 02

    Tel.: + 356 21 24 28 53

    Fax: + 356 21 25 15 20

    NETHERLANDS

    De Minister van Financiën

    Directie Financiële Markten/Afdeling Integriteit

    Postbus 20201

    NL-2500 EE

    Den Haag

    Tel.: (31-70) 342 89 97

    Fax: (31-70) 342 79 84

    AUSTRIA

    A.   Freezing of Assets

    Österreichische Nationalbank

    (Austrian National Bank)

    Otto-Wagner-Platz 3

    A-1090 Wien

    Tel. (+ 43-1) 404 20-0

    Fax (+ 43-1) 404 20-7399

    B.   Import-Export restrictions and all other restrictions

    Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

    (Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour)

    Abteilung C2/2 (Ausfuhrkontrolle)

    Stubenring 1

    A-1010 Wien

    Tel. (+ 43-1) 711 00-0

    Fax (+ 43-1) 711 00-8386

    POLAND

    Ministerstwo Finansów

    Generalny Inspektor Informacji Finansowej (GIIF)

    ul. Świętokrzyska 12

    00–916 Warszawa

    Poland

    Tel. (+48 22) 694 59 70

    Faks (+48 22) 694 54 50

    PORTUGAL

    Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros

    Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Multilaterais

    Largo do Rilvas

    P-1350-179 Lisboa

    Tel.: (351) 21 394 67 02

    Fax: (351) 21 394 60 73

    Ministério das Finanças

    Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus e Relações

    Internacionais

    Avenida Infante D. Henrique n.o 1, C, 2.o

    P-1100 Lisboa

    Tel.: (351) 21 882 3390/8

    Fax: (351) 21 882 3399

    SLOVENIA

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Prešernova 25

    SI-1000 Ljubljana

    Tel.: 00386 1 478 2000

    Faks: 00386 1 478 2341

    Ministry of the Economy

    Kotnikova 5

    SI-1000 Ljubljana

    Tel.: 00386 1 478 3311

    Faks: 00386 1 433 1031

    Ministry of Defence

    Kardeljeva pl. 25

    SI-1000 Ljubljana

    Tel.: 00386 1 471 2211

    Faks: 00386 1 431 8164

    SLOVAKIA

    Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky

    Štefanovičova 5

    P.O. BOX 82

    817 82 Bratislava

    Tel.: 00421 2 5958 1111

    Fax: 00421 2 5249 3048

    FINLAND

    Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet

    PL/PB 176

    FIN-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors

    Tel (358-9) 16 00 5

    Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07

    SWEDEN

     

    Article 3:

    Försäkringskassan

    SV-103 51 Stockholm

    Tfn +46 (0) 8 786 90 00

    Fax +46 (0) 8 411 27 89

     

    Articles 4 and 5:

    Finansinspektionen

    Box 6750

    SV-113 85 Stockholm

    Tfn +46 (0) 8 787 80 00

    Fax +46 (0) 8 24 13 35

    UNITED KINGDOM

    HM Treasury

    Financial Systems and International Standards

    1, Horse Guards Road

    London SW1A 2HQ

    United Kingdom

    Tel. + 44 (0) 20 7270 4901

    Fax + 44 (0) 20 7270 5430

    Bank of England

    Financial Sanctions Unit

    Threadneedle Street

    London EC2R 8AH

    United Kingdom

    Tel. + 44 (0) 20 7601 4768

    Fax + 44 (0) 20 7601 4309

    EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

    Commission of the European Communities

    Directorate-General for External Relations

    Directorate Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP): Commission Coordination and Contribution

    Legal and institutional matters, CFSP Joint Actions, Sanctions, Kimberley Process

    CHAR 12/163

    B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

    Tel. (32-2) 295 55 85/299 11 76

    Fax (32-2) 296 75 63

    E-mail: relex-sanctions@cec.eu.int
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