Council Decision 2007/235/CFSP
of 16 April 2007
implementing Common Position 2004/161/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Zimbabwe
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP and in particular Article 6 thereof, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1)
By Common Position 2002/145/CFSP and Regulation (EC) No 310/2002 , the Council adopted restrictive measures against Zimbabwe. Those measures namely provide for the prohibition of supply of arms and related technical assistance to the country, and for the freezing of funds and assets belonging to certain individuals.
(2)
By Common Position 2004/161/CFSP the Council renewed some of the said restrictive measures, in particular those provided for in Common Position 2002/145/CFSP.
(3)
In the course of the reshuffle in the Government of Zimbabwe that took place on 6-7 February 2007, five new persons became part of the Government. They should, as a consequence, be covered by the restrictive measures set out in Common Position 2004/161/CFSP.
(4)
The list of persons subject to the said restrictive measures, whose names are set out in the Annex to Common Position 2004/161/CFSP, should therefore be updated,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
OJ L 50, 20.2.2004, p. 66. Common Position as last amended by Common Position 2007/120/CFSP (OJ L 51, 20.2.2007, p. 25).
OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 1. Common Position as last amended by Common Position 2003/115/CFSP (OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 30).
OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 743/2003 (OJ L 106, 29.4.2003, p. 18).