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Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
#### Article 1
#### Article 1
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
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All proceeds from all export sales of petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas from Iraq, as listed in Annex I, as of 22 May 2003 shall be deposited into the Development Fund for Iraq under the conditions set out in UNSC Resolution 1483 (2003) and in particular paragraphs 20 and 21 thereof.
#### Article 3
#### Article 3
1. The following shall be prohibited:
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(b)the cultural items are being returned to Iraqi institutions in accordance with the objective of safe return as set out in paragraph 7 of UNSC Resolution 1483 (2003).
#### Article 4
#### Article 4
1. All funds and economic resources of the previous Government of Iraq, or of any of the public bodies, corporations, including companies established under private law in which the public authorities have a majority or controlling stake, or agencies of that Government, identified by the Sanctions Committee and listed in Annex III, shall be frozen, if they were located outside Iraq on the date of 22 May 2003.
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The prohibition set out in Article 4(3) and 4(4) shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal persons or entities concerned, if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe this prohibition.
#### Article 5
#### Article 5
1. The crediting of frozen accounts shall be allowed on the condition that any additions shall be frozen.
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(d)recognising the lien or judgment is not contrary to public policy in the Member State concerned.
2. In all other circumstances, funds, economic resources and proceeds of economic resources frozen pursuant to Article 4 shall only be unfrozen for the purpose of their transfer to the Development Fund for Iraq held by the Central Bank of Iraq, under the conditions set out in UNSC Resolution 1483 (2003).
2. In all other circumstances, funds, economic resources and proceeds of economic resources frozen pursuant to Article 4 shall only be unfrozen for the purpose of their transfer to the successor arrangements to the Development Fund for Iraq put in place by the Government of Iraq under the conditions set out in UNSC Resolutions 1483 (2003) and 1956 (2010).
#### Article 7
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2. Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.
#### Article 9
#### Article 9
The freezing of funds and economic resources, 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 or entity implementing it, or its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen as result of negligence.
#### Article 10
#### Article 10
1. The following shall be immune from legal proceedings and shall not be subjected to any form of attachment, garnishment or execution:
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3. Paragraph 1(a), (b) and (d) shall not apply to legal proceedings concerning any contractual obligation entered into by Iraq, including in particular its Interim Government, the Central Bank of Iraq and the Development Fund for Iraq, after 30 June 2004 nor to any final judgement arising out of such a contractual obligation.
#### Article 11
#### Article 11
The Commission shall be empowered to:
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(c)amend Annex V on the basis of information supplied by Member States.
#### Article 12
#### Article 12
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 13
#### Article 13
The Commission and the Member States shall immediately inform each other of any measures taken pursuant to this Regulation. They shall supply each other with relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information received in accordance with Article 8 and information relating to breaches of the provisions of this Regulation, enforcement problems and judgements handed down by national courts.
#### Article 14
#### Article 14
This Regulation shall apply notwithstanding any rights conferred or obligations imposed by any international agreement signed or any contract entered into or any licence or permit granted before the entry into force of this Regulation.
#### Article 15
#### Article 15
1. The Member States shall lay down the rules on sanctions applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The sanctions provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
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(e)to any legal person, entity or body in respect of any business done in whole or in part within the Community.
#### Article 17
#### Article 17
Regulation (EC) No 2465/96 is hereby repealed.
#### Article 18
#### Article 18
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.
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| CN code | Product description |
| --- | --- |
| 2709 00 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude |
| 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more or petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations |
| 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more or petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations |
| 2711 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons |
| 2712 10 | Petroleum jelly |
| 2712 20 00 | Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0,75 % of oil |
| 2712 20 00 | Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0,75 % of oil |
| ex27 12 90 | ‘Slack wax’, ‘scale wax’ |
| 2713 | Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals |
| 2714 | Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks |
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| 2902 60 00 | Ethylbenzene |
| 2902 70 00 | Cumene |
| 2905 11 00 | Methanol (methyl alcohol) |
| 3403 19 10 | Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals but not as the basic constituent |
| 3403 19 10 | Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals but not as the basic constituent |
| 3811 21 00 | Additives for lubricating oils containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals |
| 3824 90 10 | Petroleum sulphonates, excluding petroleum sulphonated of alkali metals, of ammonium or of ethanolamines; thiophenated sulphonic acids of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, and their salts |
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69.IRAQI STATE IMPORT ORGANISATION (*alias* IRAQI STATE ORGANISATION OF IMPORTS). Address: P.O. Box 5642, Al Masbah, Hay Babile Area, 29 Street 16 Building no. 5, Baghdad, Iraq.
70IRAQI TEXTILE STATE ESTABLISHMENT (*alias* IRAQI STATE TEXTILE COMPANY). Address: Al Nawab Street, Khadhumiya, P.O. Box 9106, Baghdad, Iraq.
70.IRAQI TEXTILE STATE ESTABLISHMENT (*alias* IRAQI STATE TEXTILE COMPANY). Address: Al Nawab Street, Khadhumiya, P.O. Box 9106, Baghdad, Iraq.
71.IRAQI TOBACCO STATE ESTABLISHMENT (*alias* IRAQI TOBACCO STATE ENTERPRISE). Addresses: (a) Karrada Al Sharkiya, Nadhimiya, P.O. Box 10026, Baghdad, Iraq; (b) P.O. Box 10026, Jumhuriya Street, Khallani Square, Baghdad, Iraq.
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82.Munir Al Qubaysi (*alias* (a) Munir Al-Kubaysi, (b) Muneer Al-Kubaisi, (c) Munir Awad, (d) Munir A Mamduh Awad). Date of birth: 1966. Place of birth: Heet, Iraq. Address: Syria. Nationality: Iraqi
83.ALFA COMPANY LIMITED FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND MARKETING (*alias* (a) ALFA TRADING COMPANY, (b) ALFA INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADING). Address:P.O. Box 910606, Amman 11191, Jordan
84.TRADING AND TRANSPORT SERVICES COMPANY, LTD. Addresses: (a)Al-Razi Medical Complex, Jabal Al-Hussein, Amman, Jordan; (b)P.O. Box 212953, Amman 11121, Jordan; (c)P.O. Box 910606, Amman 11191, Jordan
83.ALFA COMPANY LIMITED FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND MARKETING (*alias* (a) ALFA TRADING COMPANY, (b) ALFA INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADING). Address: P.O. Box 910606, Amman 11191, Jordan
84.TRADING AND TRANSPORT SERVICES COMPANY, LTD. Addresses: (a)Al-Razi Medical Complex, Jabal Al-Hussein, Amman, Jordan; (b) P.O. Box 212953, Amman 11121, Jordan; (c) P.O. Box 910606, Amman 11191, Jordan
85.Muhammad Yunis **Ahmad** (*alias* (a) Muhammad Yunis Al-Ahmed, (b) Muhammad Yunis Ahmed, (c) Muhammad Yunis Ahmad Al-Badrani, (d) Muhammad Yunis Ahmed Al-Moali). Addresses: (a) Al-Dawar Street, Bludan, Syria, (b) Damascus, Syria, (c) Mosul, Iraq, (d) Wadi Al-Hawi, Iraq, (e) Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (f) Al-Hasaka, Syria. Date of birth: 1949. Place of birth: Al-Mowall, Mosul, Iraq. Nationality: Iraqi.
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## ANNEX V
### Websites for information on the competent authorities referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 8 and address for notifications to the European Commission
### A. **Websites for information on competent authorities**
### **Websites for information on the competent authorities referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 8 and address for notifications to the European Commission**
### A. ***Competent authorities in each Member State*:**
http://www.diplomatie.be/eusanctions
http://www.mfa.government.bg
http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/135/index.html
http://www.mfcr.cz/mezinarodnisankce
http://www.um.dk/da/menu/Udenrigspolitik/FredSikkerhedOgInternationalRetsorden/Sanktioner/
http://www.bmwi.de/BMWi/Navigation/Aussenwirtschaft/Aussenwirtschaftsrecht/embargos.html
http://um.dk/da/politik-og-diplomati/retsorden/sanktioner/
http://www.bmwi.de/DE/Themen/Aussenwirtschaft/aussenwirtschaftsrecht,did=404888.html
http://www.vm.ee/est/kat_622/
http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=28519
http://www1.mfa.gr/en/foreign-policy/global-issues/international-sanctions.html
www.mae.es/es/MenuPpal/Asuntos/Sanciones+Internacionales
http://www.mfa.gr/en/foreign-policy/global-issues/international-sanctions.html
http://www.maec.es/es/MenuPpal/Asuntos/Sanciones%20Internacionales/Paginas/Sanciones_%20Internacionales.aspx
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/autorites-sanctions/
http://www.esteri.it/UE/deroghe.html
http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Politica_Europea/Deroghe.htm
http://www.mfa.gov.cy/sanctions
http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/security/4539
http://www.urm.lt
http://www.urm.lt/sanctions
http://www.mae.lu/sanctions
http://www.kormany.hu/download/5/35/50000/ENSZBT-ET-szankcios-tajekoztato.pdf
http://www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/hu/bal/Kulpolitikank/nemzetkozi_szankciok/
http://www.doi.gov.mt/EN/bodies/boards/sanctions_monitoring.asp
http://www.minbuza.nl/sancties
www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/internationale-vrede-en-veiligheid/sancties
http://www.bmeia.gv.at/view.php3?f_id=12750&LNG=en&version=
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http://www.min-nestrangeiros.pt
http://www.mae.ro/index.php?unde=doc&id=32311&idlnk=1&cat=3
http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/zunanja_politika/mednarodna_varnost/omejevalni_ukrepi/
http://www.mae.ro/node/1548
http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/zunanja_politika_in_mednarodno_pravo/zunanja_politika/mednarodna_varnost/omejevalni_ukrepi/
http://www.foreign.gov.sk
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http://www.ud.se/sanktioner
http://www.fco.gov.uk/competentauthorities
### B. **Address for notifications to the European Commission:**
Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General for External Relations
Directorate A. Crisis Platform and Policy Coordination in Common Foreign and Security Policy
Unit A.2. Crisis Response and Peace Building
CHAR 12/106
B-1049 Brussels
Tel. (32-2) 295 5585
Fax (32-2) 299 0873
www.fco.gov.uk/competentauthorities
### B. ***Address for notifications to, or other communication with, the European Commission*:**
European Commission
Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI)
EEAS 02/309
Brussels
BELGIUM
E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu
(<sup>1</sup>) See page 72 of this Official Journal.
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