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Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012Show full title

Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 of 18 January 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall...

  3. CHAPTER II EXPORT AND IMPORT RESTRICTIONS

    1. Article 2.(1) It shall be prohibited: (a) to sell, supply, transfer...

    2. Article 3.(1) It shall be prohibited: (a) to provide, directly or...

    3. Article 4.(1) It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or...

    4. Article 5.(1) It shall be prohibited: (a) to provide, directly or...

    5. Article 6.It shall be prohibited: to import crude oil or petroleum...

    6. Article 7.The prohibitions in Article 6 shall not apply to: the...

    7. Article 8.(1) It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or...

    8. Article 9.It shall be prohibited: to provide, directly or indirectly, technical...

    9. Article 10.(1) The prohibitions in Articles 8 and 9 shall not...

    10. Article 11.It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export,...

  4. CHAPTER III RESTRICTIONS ON PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

    1. Article 12.(1) It shall be prohibited: (a) to sell, supply, transfer...

  5. CHAPTER IV RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCING CERTAIN ENTERPRISES

    1. Article 13.(1) The following shall be prohibited: (a) the granting of...

  6. CHAPTER V FREEZING OF FUNDS AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES

    1. Article 14.(1) All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held...

    2. Article 15.(1) Annexes II and IIa shall consist of the following:...

    3. Article 16.By way of derogation from Article 14, the competent authorities...

    4. Article 17.By way of derogation from Article 14, the competent authorities...

    5. Article 18.By way of derogation from Article 14, the competent authorities...

    6. Article 19.(1) Article 14(2) shall not apply to the addition to...

    7. Article 20.By way of derogation from Article 14 and provided that...

    8. Article 21.By way of derogation from Article 14(1), an entity listed...

    9. Article 22.The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal...

  7. CHAPTER VI RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCIAL SERVICES

    1. Article 23.The European Investment Bank (EIB) shall: be prohibited from making...

    2. Article 24.It shall be prohibited: to sell or purchase Syrian public...

    3. Article 25.(1) It shall be prohibited for credit and financial institutions...

    4. Article 26.(1) It shall be prohibited: (a) to provide insurance or...

  8. CHAPTER VII GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 27.No claims, including for compensation or indemnification or any other...

    2. Article 28.The prohibitions set out in this Regulation shall not give...

    3. Article 29.(1) Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality...

    4. Article 30.Member States and the Commission shall immediately inform each other...

    5. Article 31.The Commission shall be empowered to amend Annex III on...

    6. Article 32.(1) Where the Council decides to subject a natural or...

    7. Article 33.(1) Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties...

    8. Article 34.Where there is, in this Regulation, a requirement to notify,...

    9. Article 35.This Regulation shall apply: within the territory of the Union,...

    10. Article 36.Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 is repealed.

    11. Article 37.This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of...

  9. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      LIST OF EQUIPMENT WHICH MIGHT BE USED FOR INTERNAL REPRESSION AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 AND ARTICLE 3

      1. Fire-arms, ammunition and related accessories therefor, as follows: Firearms not...

    2. ANNEX II

      1. ANNEX IIa

        LIST OF ENTITIES OR BODIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 14 AND 15(1)(b)

    3. ANNEX III

      LIST OF COMPETENT AUTHORITIES IN THE MEMBER STATES AND ADDRESS FOR NOTIFICATIONS TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

      1. Competent authorities in each Member State: BELGIUM http://www.diplomatie.be/eusanctions BULGARIA http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/view/5519...

    4. ANNEX IV

    5. ANNEX V

      EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4

      1. General Note

      2. The categories A, B, C, D and E refer to...

      3. The 'equipment, technology and software' referred to in Article 4...

      4. List of equipment Deep Packet Inspection equipment Network Interception equipment...

      5. Equipment, technology and software falling within these categories is within...

      6. For the purpose of this Annex 'monitoring' means acquisition, extraction,...

    6. ANNEX VI

      LIST OF KEY EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8

      1. General notes

        1. 1. The object of the prohibitions contained in this Annex should...

          1. N.B.: In judging whether the prohibited component or components are to...

        2. 2. The goods specified in this Annex include both new and...

        3. 3. Definitions of terms between 'single quotation marks' are given in...

        4. 4. Definitions of terms between "double quotation marks" can be found...

      2. General Technology Note (GTN)

        1. 1. The "technology""required" for the "development", "production" or "use" of prohibited...

        2. 2. Prohibitions do not apply to that "technology" which is the...

        3. 3. Prohibitions on "technology" transfer do not apply to information "in...

      3. Exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas

        1. 1.A Equipment

          1. 1. Geophysical survey equipment, vehicles, vessels and aircraft specially designed or...

          2. 2. Sensors specially designed for downhole well operations in oil and...

          3. 3. Drilling equipment designed to drill rock formations, specifically for the...

          4. 4. Drill bits, drill pipes, drill collars, centralisers and other equipment,...

          5. 5. Drilling wellheads, 'blowout preventers' and 'Christmas or production trees' and...

            1. Technical Notes:

              1. a. A 'blowout preventer' is a device typically used at ground...

              2. b. A 'Christmas tree or production tree' is a device typically...

              3. c. For the purpose of this item, 'API and ISO specifications'...

          6. 6. Drilling and production platforms for crude oil and natural gas....

          7. 7. Vessels and barges incorporating drilling and/or petroleum processing equipment used...

          8. 8. Liquid/gas separators meeting API specification 12J, specially designed to process...

          9. 9. Gas compressor with a design pressure of 40 bar (PN 40 and/or...

          10. 10. Subsea production control equipment and the components thereof meeting 'API...

            1. Technical Note:

          11. 11. Pumps, typically high capacity and/or high pressure (in excess of...

        2. 1.B Test and inspection equipment

          1. 1. Equipment specially designed for sampling, testing and analysing the properties...

          2. 2. Equipment specially designed for sampling, testing and analysing the properties...

          3. 3. Equipment specially designed for collecting and interpreting information about the...

        3. 1.C Materials

          1. 1. Drilling mud, drilling mud additives and the components thereof, specially...

          2. 2. Cements and other materials meeting the 'API and ISO specifications'...

            1. Technical Note:

          3. 3. Corrosion inhibiting, emulsion treatment, defoaming agents and other chemicals specially...

        4. 1.D Software

          1. 1. "Software" specially designed to collect and interpret data acquired from...

          2. 2. "Software" specially designed for storing, analysing and interpreting information acquired...

          3. 3. "Software" specially designed for the "use" of petroleum production and...

        5. 1.E Technology

          1. 1. "Technology""required" for the "development", "production" and "use" of equipment specified...

      4. Refining of crude oil and liquefaction of natural gas

        1. 2.A Equipment

          1. 1. Heat exchangers as follows and specially designed components therefor:

          2. 2. Cryogenic pumps for the transport of media at a temperature...

          3. 3. 'Coldbox' and 'coldbox' equipment not specified by 2.A.1.

            1. Technical Note:

          4. 4. Equipment for shipping terminals of liquefied gases having a temperature...

          5. 5. Flexible and non-flexible transfer line having a diameter greater than...

          6. 6. Maritime vessels specially designed for the transport of LNG.

          7. 7. Electrostatic desalters specially designed to remove contaminants such as salts,...

          8. 8. All crackers, including hydrocrackers, and cokers, specially designed for conversion...

          9. 9. Hydrotreaters specially designed for desulphurisation of gasoline, diesel cuts and...

          10. 10. Catalytic reformers specially designed for conversion of desulphurised gasoline into...

          11. 11. Refinery units for C5-C6 cuts isomerisation, and refinery units for...

          12. 12. Pumps specially designed for the transport of crude oil and...

          13. 13. Tubes with an outer diameter of 0,2 m or more and...

            1. Technical Note:

          14. 14. 'Pigs' (Pipeline Inspection Gauge(s)) and specially designed components therefor.

            1. Technical Note:

          15. 15. Pig launchers and pig catchers for the integration or removing...

          16. 16. Tanks for the storage of crude oil and fuels with...

          17. 17. Subsea flexible pipes specially designed for the transportation of hydrocarbons...

          18. 18. Flexible pipes used for high pressure for topside and subsea...

          19. 19. Isomeration equipment specially designed for production of high-octane gasoline based...

        2. 2.B Test and inspection equipment

          1. 1. Equipment specially designed for testing and analysing of quality (properties)...

          2. 2. Interface control systems specially designed for controlling and optimising of...

        3. 2.C Materials

          1. 1. Diethyleneglycol (CAS 111-46-6), Triethylene glycol (CAS 112-27-6).

          2. 2. N-Methylpyrrolidon (CAS 872-50-4), Sulfolane (CAS 126-33-0).

          3. 3. Zeolites, of natural or synthetic origin, specially designed for fluid...

          4. 4. Catalysts for the cracking and conversion of hydrocarbons as follows:...

          5. 5. Gasoline additives specially formulated for increasing the octane number of...

            1. Note:

        4. 2.D Software

          1. 1. "Software" specially designed for the "use" of LNG plants or...

          2. 2. "Software" specially designed for the "development", "production" or "use" of...

        5. 2.E Technology

          1. 1. "Technology" for the conditioning and purification of raw natural gas...

          2. 2. "Technology" for the liquefaction of natural gas, including "technology" required...

          3. 3. "Technology" for the shipment of liquefied natural gas.

          4. 4. "Technology""required" for the "development", "production" or "use" of maritime vessels...

          5. 5. "Technology" for storage of crude oil and fuels.

          6. 6. "Technology""required" for the "development", "production" or "use" of a refinery...

    7. ANNEX VII

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