Article 5
1
All funds and economic resources belonging to individual members of the Government of Zimbabwe or to any natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, or belonging to any other natural or legal person whose activities seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe, shall be frozen. The persons and entities referred to in this paragraph are listed in the Annex I.
2
No funds or economic resources shall be made available directly or indirectly to, or for the benefit, of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in the Annex I.
3
Exemptions may be made for funds or economic resources which are:
a
necessary for basic expenses, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums and public utility charges;
b
intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;
c
intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources; or
d
necessary for extraordinary expenses.
4
Paragraph 2 shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of:
a
interest or other earnings on those accounts; or
b
payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded or arose prior to the date on which those accounts became subject to restrictive measures,
provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments continue to be subject to paragraph 1.
Substituted by Council Decision 2012/97/CFSP of 17 February 2012 amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe.