
Article 1 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1.. ‘Sanctions Committee’ means the Committee of the Security Council of the United Nations which was established pursuant to paragraph 3(b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005);
2.. ‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every kind, including but not limited to:

((a)) cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;
((b)) deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;
((c)) publicly and privately traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;
((d)) interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;
((e)) credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;
((f)) letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;
((g)) documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources;
3.. ‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management;
4.. ‘economic resources’ means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds but can be used to obtain funds, goods or services;
5.. ‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, the selling, hiring or mortgaging of them;
6.. ‘territory of the Community’ means the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty.
Article 2 

1. All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by the natural or legal persons, entities or 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 or 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.
Article 3 

1. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities of the Member States, as listed in Annex II, may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are:
(a) necessary for basic expenses, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;
(b) intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services; or
(c) intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;
provided that the Member State concerned has notified the Sanctions Committee of that determination and that the determination has been approved by that Committee.
2. The relevant competent authority shall inform the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 1.
3. Article 2(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of interest or other earnings on those accounts provided that any such interest or other earnings are frozen in accordance with Article 2(1).
Article 4 
Article 2(2) shall not prevent the crediting of the frozen accounts by financial institutions that receive funds transferred by third parties to the account of a listed person, entity or body, provided that any such crediting to such accounts is also frozen in accordance with Article 2(1). The financial institution shall inform the competent authorities of such transactions without delay.
Article 5 

1. Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy and to the provisions of Article 284 of the Treaty, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall:
(a) supply immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 2, to the competent authorities of the Member States listed in Annex II where they are resident or located, and shall transmit such information, directly or through these competent authorities, to the Commission;
(b) cooperate with the competent authorities listed in Annex II in any verification of this information.
2. Any additional information directly received by the Commission shall be made available to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned.
3. Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received. Such purposes shall be deemed to include cooperation with any international investigation related to the assets or financial transactions of the natural and legal persons, bodies and entities listed in Annex I.
Article 6 
The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal to make funds or economic resources available, carried out in good faith that such action is in accordance with this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal person, entity or body implementing it, or its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen as result of negligence.
Article 7 
The 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 judgments handed down by national courts.
Article 8 

1. The Commission shall be empowered to:
(a) amend Annex I on the basis of determinations made by the Sanctions Committee; and
(b) amend Annex II on the basis of information supplied by Member States.
2. Without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Member States under the Charter of the United Nations, the Commission shall maintain all necessary contacts with the Sanctions Committee for the purpose of the effective implementation of this Regulation.
Article 9 
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.
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 to them.
Article 10 
This 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 in respect of any business done in whole or in part within the Community.
Article 11 
This 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, 21 February 2006.
For the Council
The President
K. GASTINGER
ANNEX I

(Annex to be completed after the persons and entities have been registered by the Committee established by paragraph 3 (b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005))

ANNEX II
Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën ThesaurieKunstlaan 30B-1040 BrusselFax: (32-2) 233 74 65E-mail: Quesfinvragen.tf@minfin.fed.be

Service Public Fédéral des FinancesTrésorerie30 Avenue des ArtsB-1040 BruxellesFax: 00 32 2 233 74 65E-mail: Quesfinvragen.tf@minfin.fed.be

Ministerstvo financíFinanční analytický útvarP.O. BOX 675Jindřišská 14111 21 Praha 1Tel.: +420 2 5704 4501Fax: +420 2 5704 4502

Ministerstvo zahraničních věcíOdbor společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky EULoretánské nám. 5118 00 Praha 1Tel.: +420 2 2418 2987Fax: +420 2 2418 4080

Erhvervs- og ByggestyrelsenLangelinie Allé 17DK-2100 København KTlf. (45) 35 46 62 81Fax (45) 35 46 62 03

UdenrigsministerietAsiatisk Plads 2DK-1448 København KTlf. (45) 33 92 00 00Fax (45) 32 54 05 33

JustitsministerietSlotholmsgade 10DK-1216 København KTlf. (45) 33 92 33 40Fax (45) 33 93 35 10

Deutsche BundesbankServicezentrum FinanzsanktionenPostfachD-80281 MünchenTel.: (49) 89 28 89 3800Fax: (49) 69 709097 3800


— for information in accordance with Art. 5:
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— for granting of exemptions in accordance with Art. 3:
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)Frankfurter Straße 29—35D-65760 EschbornTel.: (49) 6196 908-0Fax: (49) 6196 908-800

Eesti VälisministeeriumIslandi väljak 115049 TallinnTel.: + 372 6317 100Faks: + 372 6317 199

FinantsinspektsioonSakala 415030 TallinnTel.: + 372 6680 500Faks: + 372 6680 501
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Ministry of Economy and FinanceGeneral Directory of Economic PolicyAddress: 5 Nikis Str.10 563 Athens — GreeceTel.: + 30 210 3332786Fax: + 30 210 3332810
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Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και ΟικονομικώνΓενική Δ/νση Οικονομικής ΠολιτικήςΔ/νση: Νίκης 510 563 ΑθήναΤηλ.: + 30 210 3332786Φαξ: + 30 210 3332810
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Ministry of Economy and FinanceGeneral Directorate for Policy Planning and ManagementAddress: Kornarou Str. 110 563 AthensTel.: + 30 210 3286401-3Fax: + 30 210 3286404
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Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και ΟικονομικώνΓενική Δ/νση Σχεδιασμού και Διαχείρισης ΠολιτικήςΔ/νση: Κορνάρου 1Τ.Κ. 10 563 Αθήνα — ΕλλάςΤηλ.: + 30 210 3286401-3Φαξ: + 30 210 3286404

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Ministero degli Affari EsteriPiazzale della Farnesina, 1I-00194 RomaD.G.M.M. — Ufficio IITel.: (39) 06 3691 2296Fax: (39) 06 3691 3567

Ministero dell'Economia e delle FinanzeDipartimento del TesoroComitato di Sicurezza FinanziariaVia XX Settembre, 97I-00187 RomaTel.: (39) 06 4761 3942Fax: (39) 06 4761 3032

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Central Bank of Cyprus80 Kennedy Avenue1076 NicosiaTel: + 357 22 71 41 00Fax: + 357 22 37 81 53

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Országos Rendőrfőkapitányság1139 Budapest, Teve u. 4–6.MagyarországTel./fax: +36-1-443-5554

Ministry of FinanceJózsef nádor tér. 2–4.H-1051 BudapestHungaryPostbox: 1139 Pf.: 481Tel.: +36-1-318-2066, +36-1-327-2100Fax: +36-1-318-2570, +36-1-327-2749

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Österreichische Nationalbank(Austrian National Bank)Otto-Wagner-Platz 3A-1090 WienTel. (+ 43-1) 404 20-0Fax (+ 43-1) 404 20-7399
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Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit(Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour)Abteilung C2/2 (Ausfuhrkontrolle)Stubenring 1A-1010 WienTel. (+ 43-1) 711 00-0Fax (+ 43-1) 711 00-8386

Ministerstwo FinansówGeneralny Inspektor Informacji Finansowej (GIIF)ul. Świętokrzyska 1200–916 WarszawaPolandTel. (+48 22) 694 59 70Faks (+48 22) 694 54 50

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Ministry of Foreign AffairsPrešernova 25SI-1000 LjubljanaTel.: 00386 1 478 2000Faks: 00386 1 478 2341

Ministry of the EconomyKotnikova 5SI-1000 LjubljanaTel.: 00386 1 478 3311Faks: 00386 1 433 1031

Ministry of DefenceKardeljeva pl. 25SI-1000 LjubljanaTel.: 00386 1 471 2211Faks: 00386 1 431 8164

Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republikyŠtefanovičova 5P.O. BOX 82817 82 BratislavaTel.: 00421 2 5958 1111Fax: 00421 2 5249 3048

Ulkoasiainministeriö/UtrikesministerietPL/PB 176FIN-00161 Helsinki/HelsingforsTel (358-9) 16 00 5Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07


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FinansinspektionenBox 6750SV-113 85 StockholmTfn +46 (0) 8 787 80 00Fax +46 (0) 8 24 13 35

HM TreasuryFinancial Systems and International Standards1, Horse Guards RoadLondon SW1A 2HQUnited KingdomTel. + 44 (0) 20 7270 4901Fax + 44 (0) 20 7270 5430

Bank of EnglandFinancial Sanctions UnitThreadneedle StreetLondon EC2R 8AHUnited KingdomTel. + 44 (0) 20 7601 4768Fax + 44 (0) 20 7601 4309

Commission of the European CommunitiesDirectorate-General for External RelationsDirectorate Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP): Commission Coordination and ContributionLegal and institutional matters, CFSP Joint Actions, Sanctions, Kimberley ProcessCHAR 12/163B-1049 Bruxelles/BrusselTel. (32-2) 295 55 85/299 11 76Fax (32-2) 296 75 63E-mail: relex-sanctions@cec.eu.int
