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Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria

EU Decision 2013/255 · Adopted 31 May 2013 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP

of 31 May 2013

concerning restrictive measures against Syria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 27 May 2013, the Council agreed to adopt for a period of 12 months restrictive measures against Syria in the following fields, as specified in Council Decision 2012/739/CFSP of 29 November 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Syriaf1:

  • export and import restrictions with the exception of arms and related material and equipment which might be used for internal repression;

  • restrictions on financing of certain enterprises;

  • restrictions on infrastructure projects;

  • restrictions of financial support for trade;

  • financial sector;

  • transport sector;

  • restrictions on admission;

  • freezing of funds and economic resources.

(2)

With regard to the possible export of arms to Syria, the Council took note of the commitment by Member States to proceed in their national policies in agreement with paragraph 2 of the Council Declaration adopted on 27 May 2013, including by assessing the export licence applications on a case-by-case basis, taking full account of the criteria set out in Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipmentf2.

(3)

Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement certain measures,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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Footnotes

f1

OJ L 330, 30.11.2012, p. 21.

f2

OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 99.

Contents

  1. Chapter I: EXPORT AND IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
  2. 1Article 1
  3. 2Article 2
  4. 3Article 3
  5. 4Article 4
  6. 5Article 5
  7. 6Article 6
  8. 7Article 7
  9. 7aArticle 7a
  10. 8Article 8
  11. 9Article 9
  12. 10Article 10
  13. 11Article 11
  14. 12Article 12
  15. 13Article 13
  16. 13aArticle 13a
  17. Chapter II: RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCING OF CERTAIN ENTERPRISES
  18. 14Article 14
  19. 15Article 15
  20. 16Article 16
  21. Chapter III: RESTRICTIONS ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
  22. 17Article 17
  23. Chapter IV: RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR TRADE
  24. 18Article 18
  25. Chapter V: FINANCIAL SECTOR
  26. 19Article 19
  27. 20Article 20
  28. 21Article 21
  29. 22Article 22
  30. 23Article 23
  31. 24Article 24
  32. Chapter VI: TRANSPORT SECTOR
  33. 25Article 25
  34. 26Article 26
  35. Chapter VII: RESTRICTIONS ON ADMISSION
  36. 27Article 27
  37. Chapter VIII: FREEZING OF FUNDS AND ECONOMIC RESSOURCES
  38. 28Article 28
  39. 28aArticle 28a
  40. Chapter IX: GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
  41. 29Article 29
  42. 30Article 30
  43. 31Article 31
  44. 32Article 32
  45. 33Article 33
  46. 34Article 34
  47. 35Article 35
  48. Annex IList of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Articles 27 and 28
  49. Annex IIList of entities referred to in Article 28