Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/665 of 21 April 2022 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/665 of 21 April 2022 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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(1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,
Whereas:
Annexes III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 list natural and legal persons, bodies or entities associated with the regime of former President Saddam Hussein and subject to an assets freeze.
On 18 April 2022, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove two natural persons and one entity from the list of persons and entities to whom the assets freeze should apply.
Annexes III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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 Brussels, 21 April 2022.
For the Commission
On behalf of The President
Director-General
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union