Commission Regulation (EC) No 117/2008 of 28 January 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007^f1, and in particular Article 13(a) and (b) thereof,

Whereas:

According to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 329/2007, Annex I to that Regulation should list the goods and technology, including software, whose sale, supply, transfer or export to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or North Korea, is prohibited in accordance with determinations made by the competent Sanctions Committee of the United Nations or by the UN Security Council.

The UN Security Council determined on 14 October 2006, when it adopted Resolution 1718, that the goods and technology set out in UN documents S/2006/814 and S/2006/815 should be subject to the ban. The competent Sanctions Committee determined on 1 November 2006 that the goods and technology set out in UN document S/2006/853 should also be subject to the ban.

However, according to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 329/2007, Annex I should not include goods and technology included in the Common Military List of the European Union^f2.

In order to facilitate application, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 should present the goods and technology subject to the ban by reference to Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology^f3.

Bulgaria, Austria and Sweden requested that their websites indicating the competent authorities be inserted in the list set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 and Estonia and Hungary asked for corrections as regards their websites,

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