Council Regulation (EU) No 124/2014 of 10 February 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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Official Journal of the European Union

11.2.2014

REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 124/2014

of 10 February 2014

amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in

Syria

order to implement it, in particular, with a view to

ensuring its uniform application by economic operators

in all Member States.

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 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May

2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1),

(5)

Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Represen­

tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and

the European Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should therefore be

amended accordingly,

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (2) gives effect to

most of the measures provided for in Decision

2013/255/CFSP.

In the first paragraph of Article 16 of Regulation (EU)

No 36/2012, the following point is added:

(2)

On 10 February 2014, the Council adopted Decision

2014/74/CFSP (3) amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(3)

A further derogation from the asset freeze should be

provided for in Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 to enable

the release of funds or economic resources of Syrian

State-owned entities or the Central Bank of Syria for

the purpose of making payments on behalf of the

Syrian Arab Republic to the Organisation for the

Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for activities

related to the OPCW verification mission and the

destruction of Syrian chemical weapons.

‘(i) intended exclusively for payments by Syrian State-owned

entities or the Central Bank of Syria, as listed in Annexes

II and IIa, on behalf of the Syrian Arab Republic to the

OPCW for activities related to the OPCW verification

mission and the destruction of Syrian chemical

weapons, including in particular payments to the

OPCW Special Trust Fund for activities related to the

complete destruction of Syrian chemical weapons

outside the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.’.

(4)

That measure falls within the scope of the Treaty and

regulatory action at Union level is therefore necessary in

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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.

Done at Brussels, 10 February 2014.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

(1) OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 of 18 January 2012

concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 (OJ L 16, 19.1.2012,

p. 1).

(3) See page 63 of this Official Journal.

لائحة من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي تعدّل عقوبات سورية لتسهيل تدمير الأسلحة الكيميائية السورية عبر استثناء التمويل والأنشطة المتعلقة بها.