Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2217
of 1 December 2017
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 , and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists public bodies, corporations and agencies and natural and legal persons, bodies and entities of the previous government of Iraq covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources that were located outside Iraq on the date of 22 May 2003 under that Regulation.
(2)
On 24 November 2017, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to remove one entry from the list of persons or entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.
(3)
Annex III 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 the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
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, 1 December 2017.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
ANNEX
In Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, the following entry is deleted:
2.
Iraq Re-insurance Company, Al Khalani Square, Baghdad, Iraq.
OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6.