Joint Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

On 18 January 2012 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 in order to give effect to Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria. On 29 November 2012, the Council approved Decision 2012/739/CFSP which repealed and replaced Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP.

The further prohibitions which have been incorporated into Council Decision 2012/739/CFSP include a ban on the purchase, import or transport of equipment that may be used for internal repression, and financing or financial assistance for the purchase of such items. It is also necessary to ensure that the restrictive measures against Syrian Arab Airlines do not prevent acts or transactions carried out for the sole purpose of evacuating citizens of the Union and their family members from Syria.

Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 provides that information provided or received shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received. That provision should be qualified to clarify that this does not prevent Member States from sharing such information with Syria and other Member States in accordance with national law for the purpose of the recovery of misappropriated assets.

Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.

EUR-Lex: JOIN(2012)037: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=JOIN:2012:037:FIN

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