Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/661

of 6 April 2017

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 of 27 March 2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of Korea1, and in particular Article 13(1)b, c, e and g thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 gives effect to measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/8492.
(2)

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 should be updated with the latest information provided by Member States regarding the identification of competent authorities.

(3)
On 30 November 2016, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2321 (2016) providing for new measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, including an import ban for copper, nickel, silver, zinc and statues, and an export ban for helicopters and vessels. On 27 February 2017 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2017/3303 amending Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 accordingly, adding Annexes Ih, IIIa and IIIb. The copper, nickel, silver and zinc, the statues and the helicopters and vessels to be included in these Annexes should now be identified, and they should be allocated the reference numbers taken from the Combined Nomenclature as set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/874.
(4)

UNSCR 2321 (2016) also further refines the list of luxury goods, already subject to an export ban, set out in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007.

(5)

On 6 April 2017, the Council decided to add four natural persons to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.

(6)

Annexes Ih, II, III, IIIa, IIIb and V of Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly,

(7)

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Annex Ih is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation.

  2. (2)

    Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

  3. (3)

    Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.

  4. (4)

    Annex IIIa is replaced by the text in Annex IV to this Regulation.

  5. (5)

    Annex IIIb is replaced by the text in Annex V to this Regulation.

  6. (6)

    Annex V is amended in accordance with Annex VI to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 6 April 2017.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Acting Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments

ANNEX I

‘ANNEX Ih

Copper, nickel, silver and zinc referred to in point (b) of Article 2(4)5:

Copper

2603

Copper ores and concentrates

74

Copper and articles thereof

8536 90 95 30

Rivet contacts

–

of copper

–

plated with silver nickel alloy AgNi10 or with silver containing by weight 11,2 % (± 1,0 %) of tin oxide and of indium oxide taken together

–

with a thickness of the plating of 0,3 mm (– 0/+ 0,015mm)

ex

8538 90 99

Copper parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537

– –

Winding wire:

8544 11

– –

of copper

–

Other copper electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 V:

ex

8544 42

– –

Fitted with connectors

ex

8544 49

– –

Other

–

Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1 000 V:

8544 60 10

– –

With copper conductors

Nickel

2604

Nickel ores and concentrates

Ferro-alloys:

7202 60

–

Ferro-nickel

Wire of stainless steel:

7223 00 11

– –

Containing by weight 28 % or more but not more than 31 % of nickel and 20 % or more but not more than 22 % of chromium

75

Nickel and articles thereof

8105 90 00 10

Bars or wires made of cobalt alloy containing, by weight:

  • 35 % (± 2 %) cobalt,

  • 25 % (± 1 %) nickel,

  • 19 % (± 1 %) chromium and

  • 7 % (± 2 %) iron

conforming to the material specifications AMS 5842, of a kind used in the aerospace industry

Silver

2616 10

Silver ores and concentrates

Zinc

2608

Zinc ores and concentrates

79

Zinc and articles thereof’

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

Websites for information on the competent authorities referred to in Articles 5, 7, 8, 10 and 15, and address for notifications to the European Commission:

  • BELGIUM

    http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/policy/policy_areas/peace_and_security/sanctions

  • BULGARIA

    http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/135/index.html

  • CZECH REPUBLIC

    http://www.mfcr.cz/mezinarodnisankce

  • DENMARK

    http://um.dk/da/Udenrigspolitik/folkeretten/sanktioner/

  • GERMANY

    http://www.bmwi.de/DE/Themen/Aussenwirtschaft/aussenwirtschaftsrecht,did=404888.html

  • ESTONIA

    http://www.vm.ee/est/kat_622/

  • IRELAND

    http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=28519

  • GREECE

    http://www.mfa.gr/en/foreign-policy/global-issues/international-sanctions.html

  • SPAIN

    http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/PoliticaExteriorCooperacion/GlobalizacionOportunidadesRiesgos/Paginas/SancionesInternacionales.aspx

  • FRANCE

    http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/autorites-sanctions/

  • CROATIA

    http://www.mvep.hr/sankcije

  • ITALY

    http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Politica_Europea/Deroghe.htm

  • CYPRUS

    http://www.mfa.gov.cy/sanctions

  • LATVIA

    http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/security/4539

  • LITHUANIA

    http://www.urm.lt/sanctions

  • LUXEMBOURG

    http://www.mae.lu/sanctions

  • HUNGARY

    http://www.kormany.hu/download/9/2a/f0000/EU%20szankci%C3%B3s%20t%C3%A1j%C3%A9koztat%C3%B3_20170214_final.pdf

  • MALTA

    https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/Government%20of%20Malta/Ministries%20and%20Entities/Officially%20Appointed%20Bodies/Pages/Boards/Sanctions-Monitoring-Board-.aspx

  • NETHERLANDS

    https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/internationale-sancties

  • AUSTRIA

    http://www.bmeia.gv.at/view.php3?f_id=12750&LNG=en&version=

  • POLAND

    http://www.msz.gov.pl

  • PORTUGAL

    http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/ministerios/mne/quero-saber-mais/sobre-o-ministerio/medidas-restritivas/medidas-restritivas.aspx

  • ROMANIA

    http://www.mae.ro/node/1548

  • SLOVENIA

    http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/zunanja_politika_in_mednarodno_pravo/zunanja_politika/mednarodna_varnost/omejevalni_ukrepi/

  • SLOVAKIA

    https://www.mzv.sk/europske_zalezitosti/europske_politiky-sankcie_eu

  • FINLAND

    http://formin.finland.fi/kvyhteistyo/pakotteet

  • SWEDEN

    http://www.ud.se/sanktioner

  • UNITED KINGDOM

    https://www.gov.uk/sanctions-embargoes-and-restrictions

Address for notifications to the European Commission:

European Commission

Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI)

EEAS 07/99

B-1049 Brussels

Belgium

E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu’

ANNEX III

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 is amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    ‘9. Hand-knotted carpets, handwoven rugs and tapestries’ is replaced by ‘9. Carpets, rugs and tapestries, hand-made or not, valued higher than 500 USD’.

  2. 2.

    ‘13. High quality tableware of porcelain, china, stone- or earthenware or fine pottery’ is replaced by ‘13. Tableware of porcelain, china, stone- or earthenware or fine pottery, valued higher than 100 USD’.

ANNEX IV

‘ANNEX IIIa

The statues referred to in Article 4c(1):

ex

4420 10

Statues and statuettes of wood

–

Statues and statuettes of stone

ex

6802 91

– –

Marble, travertine and alabaster

ex

6802 92

– –

Other calcareous stone

ex

6802 93

– –

Granite

ex

6802 99

– –

Other stone

ex

6809 90

Statues and statuettes of plaster or of compositions based on plaster

ex

6810 99

Statues and statuettes of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced

ex

6913

Ceramic statues and statuettes

Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares

–

Of precious metal whether or not plated or clad with precious metal

ex

7114 11

– –

Statuettes of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal

ex

7114 19

– –

Statuettes of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal

ex

7114 20

–

Statues and statuettes of base metal clad with precious metal

–

Statues and statuettes of base metal

ex

8306 21

– –

Statues and statuettes plated with precious metal

ex

8306 29

– –

Other statues and statuettes

ex

9505

Statues and statuettes for festive, carnival or other entertainment use

ex

9602

Statuettes of worked vegetable or mineral carving material

ex

9703

Original statuary, of any material’

ANNEX V

‘ANNEX IIIb

The helicopters and vessels referred to in Article 4d(1):

Helicopters

8802 11

Of an unladen weight not exceeding 2 000 kg

8802 12

Of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 kg

Vessels

8901

Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods

8902

Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products

8903

Yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; rowing boats and canoes

8904

Tugs and pusher crafts

8906

Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than rowing boats

8907 10

Inflatable rafts’

ANNEX VI

In Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 the following entries under the heading ‘Natural persons referred to in Article 6(2)(a)’ are added:

‘33.

RI Myong Su

DOB: 1937

POB: Myongchon, North Hamgyong

Vice-President of the Central Military Commission of the Korean Workers' Party and Chief of Staff of the People's Armed Forces. In this capacity, Ri Myong Su holds a key position for national defence matters and is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK's nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons-of-mass-destruction-related programmes.

34.

SO Hong Chan

DOB: 30.12.1957

POB: Kangwon

Passport No: PD836410105

Passport date of expiration: 27.11.2021

First Vice-Minister of the People's Armed forces, member of the Central Military Commission of the Korean Workers' Party and Colonel-General in the People's Armed Forces. In this capacity, So Hong Chan is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK's nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons-of-mass-destruction-related programmes.

35.

WANG Chang Uk

DOB: 29.05.1960

Minister for Industry and Atomic Energy. In this capacity, Wang Chang Uk is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK's nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons-of-mass-destruction-related programmes.

36.

JANG Chol

DOB: 31.03.1961

POB: Pyongyang

Passport No: 563310042

President of the State Academy of Sciences, an organisation dedicated to the development of technological and scientific capacities of DPRK. In this capacity, Jang Chol holds a strategic position for the development of DPRK nuclear activities and is responsible for supporting or promoting the DPRK's nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons-of-mass-destruction-related programmes.’