Regulation 2014/271 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Congo - Main contents

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 79/35

Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 (2) gives effect to measures provided for in Decision 2010/788/CFSP. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 lists the natural and legal persons, entities and bodies covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2136 (2014) of 30 January 2014 amended the criteria for the designation of persons and entities to be subject to the restrictive measures set out in paragraphs 9 and 11 of UNSCR 1807 (2008) of 31 March 2008.

That measure 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 give effect to it, in particular with a view to ensuring its uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.

Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly,

persons or entities acting in violation of the arms embargo and related measures as referred to in Article 1 of Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP (3) and in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 889/2005 (4);

political and military leaders of foreign armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who impede the disarmament and the voluntary repatriation or resettlement of combatants belonging to those groups;

political and military leaders of Congolese militias, including those receiving support from outside the DRC, who impede the participation of their combatants in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration processes;

persons or entities operating in the DRC and recruiting or using children in armed conflict in violation of applicable international law;

persons or entities operating in the DRC and involved in planning, directing or participating in the targeting of children or women in situations of armed conflict, including killing and maiming, rape and other sexual violence, abduction, forced displacement and attacks on schools and hospitals;

persons or entities obstructing the access to or the distribution of humanitarian assistance in the DRC;

persons or entities supporting armed groups in the DRC through illicit trade of natural resources, including gold or wildlife as well as wildlife products;

persons or entities acting on behalf of or at the direction of a designated person or entity, or acting on behalf of or at the direction of an entity owned or controlled by a designated person or entity;

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