Joint Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

On 2 March 2011 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya to give effect to the measures provided for in Decision 2011/137/CFSP of 28 February 2011.

On 29 March 2014, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2146 (2014) prohibiting vessels designated by the Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1970 (2011) under the jurisdiction of a Member State from loading, transporting or discharging crude oil absent direction from the Government of Libya.

Resolution 2146 (2014) also called on Member States to prevent designated vessels from entering ports and prohibited the provision of bunkering, ship supply and other services to designated vessels, unless the provision of such services is necessary for humanitarian purposes or where the vessel is returning to Libya. Resolution 2146 (2014) furthermore decided that all Member States should take measures to prohibit financial transactions with respect to crude oil from Libya aboard designated vessels.

The Council is about to adopt a decision amending Decision 2011/137/CFSP to give effect to these measures. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission therefore propose to amend Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 accordingly.

EUR-Lex: JOIN(2014)016: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=JOIN:2014:016:FIN

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