{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-588/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/588",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) No 588/2011 of 20 June 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-588",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EU) No 588/2011\nof 20 June 2011\namending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 2011/357/CFSP of 20 June 2011 amending Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus,\nHaving regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCouncil Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 provides for a freezing of the assets of President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus.\n(2)\nBy Decision 2011/357/CFSP, the Council has decided to take certain additional restrictive measures in relation to Belarus, in particular by imposing an arms embargo and a prohibition on internal repression equipment.\n(3)\nSome elements of these measures fall 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 them, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.\n(4)\nIn view of the gravity of the situation in Belarus and in accordance with Council Decision 2011/357/CFSP, additional persons and entities should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.\n(5)\nRegulation (EC) No 765/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(6)\nIn order to ensure that the measures in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See page 25 of this Official Journal."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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