Legal provisions of JOIN(2012)29 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus

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dossier JOIN(2012)29 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus.
document JOIN(2012)29 EN
date November  6, 2012

Contents

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is amended as follows:

(1)Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1. All funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned, held or controlled by the natural or legal persons, entities and 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 and 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.

4. Annex I shall consist of a list of the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies who, in accordance with point (a) of Article 4(1) of Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus (4), have been identified by the Council as being responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, or whose activities otherwise seriously undermine democracy or the rule of law in Belarus, or any natural or legal persons, entities and bodies associated with them, as well as legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by them.

5. Annex I shall also consist of a list of the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies who, in accordance with point (b) of Article 4(1) of Decision 2012/642/CFSP, have been identified by the Council as benefiting from or supporting the Lukashenka regime, as well as legal persons, entities and bodies owned or controlled by them.

(2)In paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2b, in Article 3(1)(a), in Article 4a and in paragraphs 1 and 4 of Article 8a, references to ‘Annexes I, IA and IB’ or to ‘Annexes I or (in) IA’ are replaced by references to ‘Annex I’.

Article 2

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.