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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-396/annex/division-b/division-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-396/annex/division-b/division-7.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/396",
  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/396 of 7 March 2017 implementing Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-396",
  "path": "annex/division/b/division/7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "MACHANGA LTD",
  "text": "Address: Plot 55A, Upper Kololo Terrace, Kampala, Uganda.\nDate of UN designation: 29 March 2007.\nOther information: Gold export company (Directors: Mr. Rajendra Kumar Vaya and Mr. Hirendra M. Vaya). In 2010, assets belonging to Machanga, held in the account of Emirates Gold, were frozen by Bank of Nova Scotia Mocatta (UK). The owners of Machanga have remained involved in purchasing gold from eastern DRC. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278291\nAdditional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:\nMachanga bought gold through a regular commercial relationship with traders in the DRC tightly linked to militias. This constitutes ‘provision of assistance’ to illegal armed groups in breach of the arms embargo of resolutions 1493 (2003) and 1596 (2005). Gold export company (Directors: Mr. Rajendra Kumar Vaya and Mr. Hirendra M. Vaya). In 2010, assets belonging to Machanga, held in the account of Emirates Gold, were frozen by Bank of Nova Scotia Mocatta (UK). The previous owner of Machanga, Rajendra Kumar, and his brother Vipul Kumar, have remained involved in purchasing gold from eastern DRC.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/396/annex/division/b/division/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:08.233913+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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