Joint Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, in view of the situation in Somalia

Council Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 imposes restrictive measures against the persons entities and bodies identified in Annex I to that Regulation, as provided for in United Nations' Security Council Resolution 1844 (2008).

On 22 February 2012, the United Nations' Security Council adopted Resolution 2036 (2012), by which it confirms its assessment that the export of charcoal from Somalia may pose a threat to the peace, security or stability of Somalia and decides that the Sanctions Committee may designate individuals and entities engaged in such commerce as being subject to the targeted measures established by Resolution 1844.

The Council has reached political agreement to adopt a new CFSP Decision amending Decision 2010/231/CFSP so as to provide, inter alia, for the imposition in the Union of restrictive measures against those identified by the Sanctions Committee as being engaged in such commerce. This measure falls within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to implement it, in particular with a view to ensuring its uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.

Council Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

EUR-Lex: JOIN(2012)004: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=JOIN:2012:004:FIN

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