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

For the purpose 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 6 of Resolution 661 (1990);

2. ‘funds’ means financial assets and economic benefits of every kind, including but not limited to:

   1. cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;

   2. deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;

   3. publicly- and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;

   4. interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;

   5. credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;

   6. letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;

   7. documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources,

   8. any other instrument of export-financing;

3. ‘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;

4. ‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of 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 use of the funds, including portfolio management;

5. ‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing their use to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them;

6. ‘Development Fund for Iraq’ means the Development Fund for Iraq held by the Central Bank of Iraq.

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.