Council Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005 of 14 November 2005 imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Uzbekistan
Modified by
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006of 20 November 2006adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, 32006R1791, December 20, 2006
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 154/2009of 23 February 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005 imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Uzbekistan, 32009R0154, February 24, 2009
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 1227/2009of 15 December 2009repealing Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005 imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Uzbekistan, 32009R1227, December 16, 2009
Council Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005of 14 November 2005imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Uzbekistan THE 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 Common Position 2005/792/CFSP of 14 November 2005 concerning restrictive measures against UzbekistanSee page 72 of this Official Journal.,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas:(1)On 23 May 2005, the Council strongly condemned the "reported excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force by the Uzbek security forces in Andijan, Eastern Uzbekistan", earlier that month. The Council expressed its deep regret regarding the failure of the Uzbek authorities to respond adequately to the United Nations' call for an independent international inquiry. On 13 June 2005, it urged these authorities to reconsider their position by the end of June 2005.(2)In view of the absence of any adequate response up to now, Common Position 2005/792/CFSP provides that certain restrictive measures should be imposed for an initial period of one year, during which period the measures will be kept under constant review.(3)The restrictive measures provided for by Common Position 2005/792/CFSP include, inter alia, a ban on the export of equipment which might be used for internal repression and a ban on technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to military activities, to arms and related materiel, and to equipment which might be used for internal repression.(4)These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty and, therefore, notably with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States, Community legislation is necessary to implement them as far as the Community is concerned. For the purposes of this Regulation, the territory of the Community should be deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty.(5)In due course, the list of equipment which might be used for internal repression should be supplemented by the reference numbers taken from the Combined Nomenclature as set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs TariffOJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1)..(6)Member States should determine the penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation. The penalties provided for should be proportionate, effective and dissuasive.(7)In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:1."equipment which might be used for internal repression" means the goods listed in Annex I;2."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;3."territory of the Community" means the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty.
Article 2It shall be prohibited:(a)to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, equipment which might be used for internal repression, whether or not originating in the Community, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;(b)to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance related to the equipment referred to in point (a), to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;(c)to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the equipment referred to in point (a), to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;(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 3It shall be prohibited:(a)to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance related to military activities and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts of the aforementioned, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;(b)to provide, directly or indirectly, 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 provision of related technical assistance and other services, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Uzbekistan;(c)to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to promote the transactions referred to in points (a) and (b).
Article 41.By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 3, the competent authorities of the Member States as listed in Annex II, may authorise:(a)the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment which might be used for internal repression, provided it is intended(i)for use by the forces in Uzbekistan of contributors to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and "Operation Enduring Freedom" (OEF), or(ii)solely for humanitarian or protective use;(b)the provision of financing, financial assistance or technical assistance related to equipment referred to in point (a);(c)the provision of financing, financial assistance and technical assistance related to:(i)non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, for institution building programmes of the United Nations, the European Union and the Community, or for EU and UN crisis management operations; or(ii)military equipment for use by the forces in Uzbekistan of contributors to the ISAF and the OEF.2.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 Uzbekistan 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 the 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 judgments 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 8The Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.The 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 natural 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 in respect of any business done, in whole or in part, within the Community.
Article 10This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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.ANNEX IList of equipment which might be used for internal repression as referred to in Articles 1(1), 2 and 41.Firearms, ammunition and related accessories therefor, as follows:1.1.Firearms not controlled by ML 1 and ML 2 of the EU Common Military ListOJ C 98, 18.4.2008, p. 1.;1.2.Ammunition specially designed for the firearms listed in item 1.1 and specially designed components therefor;1.3.Weapon-sights not controlled by the EU Common Military List.2.Bombs and grenades not controlled by the EU Common Military List.3.Vehicles as follows:3.1.Vehicles equipped with a water cannon, specially designed or modified for the purpose of riot control;3.2.Vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders;3.3.Vehicles specially designed or modified to remove barricades, including construction equipment with ballistic protection;3.4.Vehicles specially designed for the transport or transfer of prisoners and/or detainees;3.5.Vehicles specially designed to deploy mobile barriers;3.6.Components for the vehicles specified in items 3.1 to 3.5 specially designed for the purposes of riot control.Note 1This item does not control vehicles specially designed for the purposes of fire-fighting.Note 2For the purposes of item 3.5 the term "vehicles" includes trailers.4.Explosive substances and related equipment as follows:4.1.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 airbag inflaters, electric-surge arresters of fire sprinkler actuators);4.2.Linear cutting explosive charges not controlled by the EU Common Military List;4.3.Other explosives not controlled by the EU Common Military List and related substances as follows:(a)amatol;(b)nitrocellulose (containing more than 12,5 % nitrogen);(c)nitroglycol;(d)pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN);(e)picryl chloride;(f)2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).5.Protective equipment not controlled by ML 13 of the EU Common Military List as follows:5.1.Body armour providing ballistic and/or stabbing protection;5.2.Helmets providing ballistic and/or fragmentation protection, anti-riot helmets, anti-riot shields and ballistic shields.Note. This item does not control:equipment specially designed for sports activities,equipment specially designed for safety of work requirements.6.Simulators, other than those controlled by ML 14 of the EU Common Military List, for training in the use of firearms, and specially designed software therefor.7.Night vision, thermal imaging equipment and image intensifier tubes, other than those controlled by the EU Common Military List.8.Razor barbed wire.9.Military knives, combat knives and bayonets with blade lengths in excess of 10 cm.10.Production equipment specially designed for the items specified in this list.11.Specific technology for the development, production or use of the items specified in this list.ANNEX IIList of competent authorities referred to in Article 4BELGIUMFederal Authority in charge of sales, purchases and technical assistance by Belgian defence forces and security services, and of financial and technical services in relation to the production or delivery of weapons and military and paramilitary equipment:Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie/Service Public Fédéral Economie, PME, Classes Moyennes et EnergieAlgemene Directie Economisch Potentieel/Direction générale du Potentiel économiqueVergunningen/LicencesK.B.O. Beheerscel/Cellule de gestion B.C.E44, Leuvensestraat/rue de LouvainB-1000 Brussel/BruxellesTel.: 0032 (0) 2 548 67 79Fax: 0032 (0) 2 548 65 70.Regional Authorities in charge of other export, import and transit licences for weapons, military and paramilitary equipment:Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest/Région de Bruxelles — Capitale:Directie Externe Betrekkingen/Direction des Relations extérieuresCity CenterKruidtuinlaan/Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 20B-1035 Brussel/BruxellesTel.: (32-2) 800 37 59 (Cédric Bellemans)Fax: (32-2) 800 38 20e-mail: cbellemans@mrbc.irisnet.beRégion wallonne:Direction Générale Economie et EmploiDirection Gestion des LicencesChaussée de Louvain 145000 NamurTel.: 081/649751Fax: 081/649760e-mail: m.moreels@mrw.wallonie.beVlaams Gewest:Administratie Buitenlands BeleidCel WapenexportBoudewijnlaan 30B-1000 BrusselTel.: (32-2) 553 59 28Fax: (32-2) 553 60 37e-mail: wapenexport@vlaanderen.beBULGARIAConcerning freezing of funds:Министерство на финанситеул. "Г.С. Раковски" № 102София 1000Тел: (359-2) 985 91Факс: (359-2) 988 1207Е-mail: feedback@minfin.bgMinistry of Finance102 "G.S. Rakovsky" streetSofia 1000Tel.: (359-2) 985 91Fax: (359-2) 988 1207E-mail: feedback@minfin.bgConcerning technical assistance and import-export restrictions:Междуведомствен съвет по въпросите на военнопромишления комплекс и мобилизационната готовност на странатабул. "Дондуков" № 11594 Софиятел.: (359) 2 987 9145факс: (359) 2 988 0379Interdepartmental Council on the Military-Industrial Complex and the Mobilisation Preparedness of the Country1 "Dondukov" Blvd.1594 SofiaTel.: (359) 2 987 9145Fax: (359) 2 988 0379CZECH REPUBLICMinisterstvo průmyslu a obchoduLicenční správaNa Františku 32110 15 Praha 1Tel.: + 420 2 24 06 27 20Tel.: + 420 2 24 22 18 11Ministerstvo financíFinanční analytický útvarP.O. 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