COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1054/2013
of 29 October 2013
implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus (1), and in particular Article 8a(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On18 May 2006, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 which concerns restrictive measures against Belarus. Those measures apply until 31 October 2013.
(2)
On the basis of a review of Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP (2), the Council has decided that those restrictive measures should be extended until 31 October 2014.
(3)
In view of the continuing gravity of the situation in Belarus, the Council considers that three persons should be added to the list of persons and entities to which the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2012/642/CFSP apply.
(4)
The Council also considers that there are no longer grounds for keeping certain persons and entities on the list of persons and entities to which the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2012/642/CFSP apply.
(5)
Furthermore, the information relating to certain persons and entities set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 should be updated.
(6)
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
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, 29 October 2013.