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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1099/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/1099",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) No 1099/2012 of 26 November 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1099",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EU) No 1099/2012\nof 26 November 2012\namending Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP of 21 March 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt,\nHaving regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and of the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCouncil Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 gives effect to the measures provided for in Decision 2011/172/CFSP.\n(2)\nCouncil Decision 2012/723/CFSP provides for an amendment to Decision 2011/172/CFSP in order to permit the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources where they are required to satisfy a judicial or administrative decision rendered in the Union, or a judicial decision enforceable in a Member State.\n(3)\nArticle 9 of Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 concerns information to be supplied by persons, entities and bodies to the competent authorities of Member States, which has to be transmitted to the Commission, in order to facilitate compliance with that Regulation. In accordance with Article 9(2), any information provided or received is to be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received. However, this should not prevent Member States from sharing such information, in accordance with their national law, with the relevant authorities of Egypt and other Member States where necessary for the purpose of assisting the recovery of misappropriated assets.\n(4)\nRegulation (EU) No 270/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 63."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See page 44 of this Official Journal."
    }
  ],
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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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