Considerations on JOIN(2012)22 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran

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dossier JOIN(2012)22 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran.
document JOIN(2012)22 EN
date August  2, 2012
 
table>(1)Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 (2) gives effect to the measures provided for in Decision 2010/413/CFSP. That Regulation provides for, inter alia, the freezing of all funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by the persons, entities and bodies listed in Annexes VIII and IX thereto.
(2)In order to clarify the criteria for listing persons, entities and bodies in Annex IX to that Regulation, an amendment to Article 23 is necessary.

(3)This Regulation falls within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to implement it, in particular with a view to ensuring its uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.

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

(5)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,