Regulation 2012/1014 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus

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Current status

This regulation has been published on November  7, 2012 and entered into force on the same day.

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Key information

official title

Council Regulation (EU) No 1014/2012 of 6 November 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus
 
Legal instrument Regulation
Number legal act Regulation 2012/1014
Original proposal JOIN(2012)29 EN
CELEX number i 32012R1014

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Key dates

Document 06-11-2012
Publication in Official Journal 07-11-2012; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 18 Volume 013,OJ L 307, 7.11.2012
Effect 07-11-2012; Entry into force Date pub. See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

7.11.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 307/1
 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1014/2012

of 6 November 2012

amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus (1),

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

Whereas:

 

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus (2) provides for a freezing of funds and economic resources of President Lukashenka and certain officials of Belarus as well as persons responsible for, inter alia, serious violations of human rights, the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, or violations of international electoral standards. It also provides for a freezing of funds and economic resources of persons and entities benefiting from, or supporting, the Lukashenka regime.
 

(2)

By Decision 2012/642/CFSP, the Council decided to clarify the criteria for listing natural or legal persons, entities and bodies in the Annexes to Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP (3), and to consolidate those Annexes into a single Annex.
 

(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 (EC) No 765/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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’.

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