
Article 1 
Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
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 Luxembourg, 18 April 2016.
For the Council
The President
F. MOGHERINI
ANNEX
The following entry is inserted in part I.B of Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 until 22 October 2016:

I.  B 

 Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
‘7a. Bank Saderat Iran (including all branches) and subsidiaries: Bank Saderat Tower, 43 Somayeh Ave, Tehran, Iran. By handling letters of credit of Defence Industries Organisation (DIO) in March 2009, Bank Saderat violated the provisions of UNSCR 1737 which designated DIO and therefore required the freezing of its, and prohibited the making available to it of any, funds, financial assets and economic resources. By handling those letters of credit, Bank Saderat also assisted DIO in violating the prohibition contained in UNSCR 1747 on the procurement and the provision by Iran of any arms and related materiel. 
 (a) Bank Saderat PLC (London)
 5 Lothbury, London, EC2R 7 HD, UK 100 % owned subsidiary of Bank Saderat 

