COUNCIL DECISION 2012/457/CFSP
of 2 August 2012
amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 23(1) and (2),
Whereas:
(1)
On 26 July 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/413/CFSP.
(2)
The Council considers that certain persons should be removed from the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP and that the entries concerning certain entities should be amended.
(3)
Following the decision by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 1737 (2006), two persons and one entity should be removed from the list set out in Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP and included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to that Decision.
(4)
The lists set out in Annexes I and II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The persons listed in Annex I to this Decision shall be deleted from the list set out in Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP.
Article 2
In Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP, the entries concerning the entities referred to in Annex II to this Decision shall be replaced by the entries set out in Annex II to this Decision.
Article 3
The persons and entity listed in Annex III to this Decision shall be deleted from the list set out in Annex II to Decision 2010/413/CFSP and added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2010/413/CFSP, as amended by the entries set out in Annex III to this Decision.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 2 August 2012.