# Council Regulation (EU) 2017/964 of 8 June 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 2a, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
‘5. The Member State concerned shall notify the Joint Commission of authorisations granted under point (e) of paragraph 1 and authorisations concerning the purchase, import or transport from Iran of the further goods and technology referred to in paragraph 4, whether or not originating in Iran.’;
(2) Article 3a is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
‘6. The competent authority granting an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 1(a) shall ensure that, except for temporary exports, the applicant has submitted the end-use statement set out in Annex IIa or an end-use statement in an equivalent document containing information on the end-use and, as a basic principle, end-use location of any supplied item.’;
(b) the following paragraph is inserted:
‘6a. If the competent authority decides to grant an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 1(a) in the absence of information on the end-use location, it may request the applicant to supply such information at a later stage. The applicant shall provide the information within a reasonable period of time.’;
(3) Article 3c is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. The competent authority granting an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 1 shall ensure that, except for temporary exports, the applicant has submitted the end-use statement set out in Annex IIa or an end-use statement in an equivalent document containing information on the end-use and, as a basic principle, end-use location of any supplied item.’;
(b) the following paragraph is inserted:
‘2a. If the competent authority decides to grant an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 1(a) in the absence of information on the end-use location, it may request the applicant to supply such information at a later stage. The applicant shall provide the information within a reasonable period of time.’;
(4) Article 3d is amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. The competent authority granting an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 1 shall ensure that:
(a) all activities are undertaken strictly in accordance with the JCPOA; and
(b) except for temporary exports, the applicant has submitted the end-use statement set out in Annex IIa or an end-use statement in an equivalent document containing information on the end-use and, as a basic principle, end-use location of any supplied item.’;
(b) the following paragraph is inserted:
‘2a. If the competent authority decides to grant an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 1(a) in the absence of information on the end-use location, it may request the applicant to supply such information at a later stage. The applicant shall provide the information within a reasonable period of time.’;
(5) The text set out in the Annex to this Regulation is inserted as Annex IIa.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/964/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-964/article-1
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