Council Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 of 31 January 2005 imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military activities to Côte d’Ivoire
Council Regulation (EC) No 174/2005of 31 January 2005imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military activities to Côte d’IvoireTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,Having regard to Council Common Position 2004/852/CFSP of 13 December 2004 concerning restrictive measures against Côte d’IvoireOJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 50.,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas:(1)In its Resolution 1572 (2004) of 15 November 2004, the UN Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, and deploring the resumption of hostilities in Côte d’Ivoire and the repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement of 3 May 2003, decided to impose certain restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire.(2)Common Position 2004/852/CFSP provides for the implementation of the measures set out in UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1572 (2004), including a ban on technical and financial assistance related to military activities and on equipment, which might be used for internal repression.(3)This measure falls within the scope of the Treaty and, therefore, in order to avoid any distortion of competition, Community legislation is necessary to implement it as far as the Community is concerned. For the purpose of this Regulation, the territory of the Community is deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty.(4)In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:1."technical assistance" means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services; technical assistance includes verbal forms of assistance;2."Sanctions Committee" means the Committee of the Security Council of the United Nations which was established pursuant to paragraph 14 of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1572 (2004).Article 2It shall be prohibited:(a)to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical assistance related to military activities directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Côte d’Ivoire;(b)to provide financing or financial assistance related to military activities, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, or for any grant, sale, supply, or transfer of related technical assistance and other services, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Côte d’Ivoire;(c)to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions referred to in points (a) and (b).Article 3It shall be prohibited:(a)to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex I, whether or not originating in the Community, to any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Côte d'Ivoire;(b)to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical assistance related to the equipment referred to in point (a), directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Côte d'Ivoire;(c)to provide financing or financial assistance related to the equipment referred to in point (a), directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Côte d'Ivoire;(d)to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions referred to in points (a), (b) or (c).Article 41.By way of derogation from Article 2, the prohibitions referred to therein shall not apply to:(a)the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to arms and related materiel, where such assistance or services are intended solely for support of and use by the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French forces who support it;(b)the provision of technical assistance related to non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, including such equipment intended for EU, UN, African Union and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) crisis management operations, where such activities have also been approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee;(c)the provision of financing or financial assistance related to non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, including such equipment intended for EU, UN, African Union and ECOWAS crisis management operations;(d)the provision of technical assistance related to arms and related materiel intended solely for support of or use in the process of restructuring defence and security forces pursuant to paragraph 3, subparagraph (f) of the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement, where such activities have also been approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee;(e)the provision of financing or financial assistance related to arms and related materiel intended solely for support of or use in the process of restructuring defence and security forces pursuant to paragraph 3, subparagraph (f) of the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement;(f)the sales or supplies temporarily transferred or exported to Côte d'Ivoire to the forces of a State which is taking action, in accordance with international law, solely and directly to facilitate the evacuation of its nationals and those for whom it has consular responsibility in Côte d'Ivoire, where such activities have also been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee.2.Authorisations for the activities referred to in paragraph 1, including where approval by, or notification to, the Sanctions Committee is required, shall be obtained through the competent authority, as listed in Annex II, of the Member State where the service provider is established or of the exporting Member State.3.No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.Article 5Articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Côte d’Ivoire by United Nations personnel, personnel of the European Union, the Community or its Member States, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel, for their personal use only.Article 6The 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 judgements handed down by national courts.Article 7The Commission shall be empowered to amend Annex II on the basis of information supplied by Member States.Article 8Member States shall lay down the rules on sanctions applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The sanctions 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.Article 9This 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 doing business within the Community.Article 10This 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, 31 January 2005.For the CouncilThe PresidentJ. AsselbornANNEX IList of equipment which might be used for internal repression as referred to in Article 3The list below does not comprise the articles that have been specially designed or modified for military use.1.Helmets providing ballistic protection, anti-riot helmets, anti-riot shields and ballistic shields and specially designed components therefor.2.Specially designed fingerprint equipment.3.Power-controlled searchlights.4.Construction equipment provided with ballistic protection.5.Hunting knives.6.Specially designed production equipment to make shotguns.7.Ammunition hand-loading equipment.8.Communications intercept devices.9.Solid-state optical detectors.10.Image-intensifier tubes.11.Telescopic weapon sights.12.Smooth-bore weapons and related ammunition, other than those specially designed for military use, and specially designed components therefor; except:signal pistols;air- and cartridge-powered guns designed as industrial tools or humane animal stunners.13.Simulators for training in the use of firearms and specially designed or modified components and accessories therefor.14.Bombs and grenades, other than those specially designed for military use, and specially designed components therefor.15.Body armour, other than that manufactured to military standards or specifications, and specially designed components therefor.16.All-wheel-drive utility vehicles capable of off-road use that have been manufactured or fitted with ballistic protection, and profiled armour for such vehicles.17.Water cannon and specially designed or modified components therefor.18.Vehicles equipped with a water cannon.19.Vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders and components therefor specially designed or modified for that purpose.20.Acoustic devices represented by the manufacturer or supplier as suitable for riot-control purposes, and specially designed components therefor.21.Leg-irons, gang-chains, shackles and electric-shock belts, specially designed for restraining human beings, except handcuffs for which the maximum overall dimension including chain does not exceed 240 mm when locked.22.Portable devices designed or modified for the purpose of riot control or self-protection by the administration of an incapacitating substance (such as tear gas or pepper sprays), and specially designed components therefor.23.Portable devices designed or modified for the purpose of riot control or self-protection by the administration of an electric shock (including electric-shock batons, electric shock shields, stun guns and electric shock dart guns (tasers)) and components therefor specially designed or modified for that purpose.24.Electronic equipment capable of detecting concealed explosives and specially designed components therefor, except TV or X-ray inspection equipment.25.Electronic jamming equipment specially designed to prevent the detonation by radio remote control of improvised devices and specially designed components therefor.26.Equipment and devices specially designed to initiate explosions by electrical or non-electrical means, including firing sets, detonators, igniters, boosters and detonating cord, and specially designed components therefor, except those specially designed for a specific commercial use consisting of the actuation or operation by explosive means of other equipment or devices the function of which is not the creation of explosions (e.g., car air-bag inflaters, electric-surge arresters of fire sprinkler actuators).27.Equipment and devices designed for explosive ordnance disposal; except:bomb blankets;containers designed for folding objects known to be, or suspected of being improvised explosive devices.28.Night vision and thermal imaging equipment and image intensifier tubes or solid state sensors therefor.29.Linear cutting explosive charges.30.Explosives and related substances as follows:amatol,nitrocellulose (containing more than 12,5 % nitrogen),nitroglycol,pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN),picryl chloride,tinitorphenylmethylnitramine (tetryl),2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)31.Software specially designed and technology required for all listed items.ANNEX IILIST OF COMPETENT AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4BELGIUMService public fédéral de l'économie, des PME, des classes moyennes et de l'énergiePotentiel économique, E4, Service des licencesAvenue du Général Leman 60B-1040 BruxellesTéléphone: (32-2) 206 58 16/27Fax: (32-2) 230 83 22Federale overheidsdienst Economie, KMO's, Middenstand en EconomieEconomisch Potentieel, E4, Dienst vergunningenGeneraal Lemanstraat 60B-1040 BrusselTelefoon (32-2) 206.58.16/27Fax: (32-2) 230.83.22CZECH REPUBLICMinisterstvo průmyslu a obchoduLicenční správaNa Františku 32110 15 Praha 1Tel. (420-2) 24 06 27 20Fax (420-2) 24 22 18 11Ministerstvo zahraničních věcíOdbor Společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky EULoretánské nám. 5118 00 Praha 1Tel. (420) 2 2418 2987Fax (420) 2 2418 4080DENMARKErhvervs- og ByggestyrelsenLangelinie Allé 17DK-2100 København ØTlf. (45) 35 46 62 81Fax (45) 35 46 62 03UdenrigsministerietAsiatisk Plads 2DK-1448 København KTlf. (45) 33 92 00 00Fax (45) 32 54 05 33JustitsministerietSlotholmsgade 10DK-1216 København KTlf. (45) 33 92 33 40Fax (45) 33 93 35 10GERMANYConcerning financing and financial assistance:Deutsche BundesbankServicezentrum FinanzsanktionenPostfachD-80281 MünchenTel.: (49) 89 28 89 38 00Fax: (49) 89 35 01 63 38 00Concerning technical assistance:Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)Frankfurter Straße 29—35D-65760 EschbornTel: (49) 61 96 908-0Fax: (49) 61 96 908-800ESTONIAEesti VälisministeeriumIslandi väljak 115049 TallinnTel: +372 6317 100Fax: +372 6317 199GREECEMinistry of Economy and FinanceGeneral Directorate for Policy Planning and ManagementAddress Kornaroy Str., 105 63 AthensTel.: +30 210 3286401-3Fax.: +30 210 3286404Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και ΟικονομικώνΓενική Δ/νση Σχεδιασμού και Διαχείρισης ΠολιτικήςΔ/νση : Κορνάρου 1, Τ.Κ. 101 80Αθήνα - ΕλλάςΤηλ.: +30 210 3286401-3Φαξ: +30 210 3286404SPAINSecretaría General de Comercio ExteriorPaseo de la Castellana, 162E-28046 MadridTel. (34) 913 49 38 60Fax (34) 914 57 28 63FRANCEMinistère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrieDirection générale des douanes et des droits indirectsCellule embargo — Bureau E2Tél.: (33) 1 44 74 48 93Télécopie: (33) 1 44 74 48 97Direction générale du Trésor et de la politique économiqueService des affaires multilatérales et du développementSous-direction Politique commerciale et investissementsService Investissements et propriété intellectuelle139, rue du Bercy75572 Paris Cedex 12Tél.: (33) 1 44 87 72 85Télécopie: (33) 1 53 18 96 55Ministère des affaires étrangèresDirection générale des affaires politiques et de sécuritéDirection des Nations Unies et des organisations internationalesSous-direction des affaires politiquesTél.: (33) 1 43 17 59 68Télécopie (33) 1 43 17 46 91Service de la politique étrangère et de sécurité communeTél.: (33) 1 43 17 45 16Télécopie: (33) 1 43 17 45 84IRELANDUnited Nations SectionDepartment of Foreign Affairs,Iveagh House79-80 Saint Stephen's GreenDublin 2.Telephone +353 1 478 0822Fax +353 1 408 2165Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of IrelandFinancial Markets DepartmentDame StreetDublin 2.Telephone +353 1 671 6666Fax +353 1 679 8882ITALYMinistero degli Affari EsteriPiazzale della Farnesina, I-00194 RomaD.G.A.S. — Ufficio ITel. (39) 06 3691 7334Fax (39) 06 3691 5446U.A.M.A.Tel. (39) 06 3691 3605Fax (39) 06 3691 8815CYPRUSMinistry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism6 Andrea Araouzou1421 NicosiaTel: +357 22 86 71 00Fax: +357 22 31 60 71Central Bank of Cyprus80 Kennedy Avenue1076 NicosiaTel: +357 22 71 41 00Fax: +357 22 37 81 53Ministry of Finance (Department of Customs)M. Karaoli1096 NicosiaTel: +357 22 60 11 06Fax: +357 22 60 27 41/47LATVIALatvijas Republikas Ārlietu ministrijaBrīvības iela 36Rīga LV 1395Tālr. nr.: (371) 7016 201Fakss: (371) 7828 121LITHUANIAMinistry of Foreign AffairsSecurity Policy DepartmentJ.Tumo-Vaizganto 22600 VilniusTel.: +370 5 2362516Fax: +370 5 2313090LUXEMBOURGMinistère de l'économie et du commerce extérieurOffice des licencesB.P. 113L-2011 LuxembourgTél: (352) 478 23 70Fax: (352) 46 61 38mail: office.licences@mae.etat.luMinistère des affaires étrangères et de l’immigrationDirection des affaires politiques5, rue Notre-DameL-2240 LuxembourgTél: (352) 478 2421Fax: (352) 22 19 89HUNGARYMinistry of Economic Affairs and Transport — Hungarian Licencing and Administrative OfficeMargit krt. 85.H-1024 BudapestHungaryPostbox: 1537 Pf.: 345Tel.: +36-1-336-7300Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium — Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási HivatalMargit krt. 85.H-1024 BudapestMagyarországPostafiók: 1537 Pf.: 345Tel.: +36-1-336-7300MALTABord ta' Sorveljanza dwar is-SanzjonijietDirettorat ta' l-Affarijiet MultilateraliMinisteru ta' l-Affarijiet BarraninPalazzo ParisioTriq il-MerkantiValletta CMR 02Tel: +356 21 24 28 53Fax: +356 21 25 15 20NETHERLANDSMinisterie van Economische ZakenDe Belastingdienst/Douane NoordPostbus 402008004 DE ZwolleAUSTRIABundesministerium für Wirtschaft und ArbeitAbteilung C2/2 (Ausfuhrkontrolle)Stubenring 1A-1010 WienTel (+43-1) 711 00-0FAX (+43-1) 711 00-8386POLANDCo-ordinating authority:Ministry of Foreign AffairsDepartment of Law and TreatiesAl. J. Ch. Szucha 2300-580 WarsawPolandTel. (+48 22) 523 9427 or 9348Fax (+48 22) 523 8329Co-operating authorities:Ministry of DefenceDepartment of Defence PolicyAl. Niepodległości 21800-911 WarsawPolandTel. (+48 22) 687 49 17Fax (+48 22) 682 621 80Ministry of Economy and LabourDepartment of Export ControlPlac Trzech Krzyży 3/500-507 WarsawPolandTel. (+48 22) 693 51 71Fax (+48 22) 693 40 33PORTUGALMinistério dos Negócios EstrangeirosDirecção-Geral dos Assuntos MultilateraisLargo do RilvasP-1350-179 LisboaTel.: (351) 21 394 60 72Fax: (351) 21 394 60 73Ministério das FinançasDirecção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus e Relações InternacionaisAvenida Infante D. Henrique, n.o 1, C 2.oP-1100 LisboaTel.: (351) 21 882 32 32 40/47Fax: (351) 21 882 32 49SLOVENIAMinistry of Foreign AffairsPrešernova 25SI-1000 LjubljanaPhone: 00386 1 4782000Fax: 00386 1 4782341Ministry of the EconomyKotnikova 5SI-1000 LjubljanaPhone: 00386 1 4783311Fax: 00386 1 4331031Ministry of DefenceKardeljeva pl. 25SI-1000 LjubljanaPhone 00386 1 4712211Fax: 00386 1 4318164SLOVAKIAMinisterstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republikyMierová 19827 15 Bratislava 212Tel.: 00421/2/4854 1111Fax: 00421/2/4333 7827Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republikyŠtefanovičova 5P. O. BOX 82817 82 BRATISLAVATel.: 00421/2/5958 1111Fax: 00421/2/5249 8042FINLANDUlkoasiainministeriö/UtrikesministerietPL/PB 176FIN-00161 Helsinki/HelsingforsP./Tfn (358-9) 16 00 5Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07Puolustusministeriö/FörsvarsministerietEteläinen Makasiinikatu 8 / Södra Magasinsgatan 8FIN-00131 Helsinki/HelsingforsPL/PB 31P./Tfn (358-9) 16 08 81 28Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 08 81 11SWEDENInspektionen för strategiska produkter (ISP)Box 70 252107 22 StockholmTfn (46-8) 406 31 00Fax (46-8) 20 31 00UNITED KINGDOMSanctions Licensing UnitExport Control OrganisationDepartment of Trade and Industry4 Abbey Orchard StreetLondon SW1P 2HTTel. (44) 20 7215 0594Fax. (44) 20 7215 0593EUROPEAN COMMUNITYCommission of the European CommunitiesDirectorate-General for External RelationsDirectorate CFSPUnit A.2: Legal and institutional matters for external relations — SanctionsCHAR 12/163B-1049 Bruxelles/BrusselTel. (32-2) 296 25 56Fax (32-2) 296 75 63