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United Kingdom

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/2004

of 31 August 2004

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq^f1, and in particular Article 11(c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists the competent authorities to which specific functions related to the implementation of that Regulation are attributed.

(2)

On 1 May 2004, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia acceded to the European Union. The Act of Accession does not make provision for amendment of that Annex.

(3)

The competent authorities of the new Member States should, therefore, be included as from 1 May 2004 in that Annex,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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Footnotes

f1: OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1412/2004 (OJ L 257, 4.8.2004, p. 1).