External policy: restrictive measures directed against persons and entities constituting a threat to the peace in the Ivory Coast following the UN Security Council Resolution 1572 from 2004

PURPOSE :to impose certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire.

PROPOSED ACT : Council Regulation.

PURPOSE : in view of recent developments in Côte d'Ivoire, and notably the resumption of hostilities and repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement of 3 May 2003, the United Nations Security Council decided on 15 November 2004 to impose certain restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire.

The restrictive measures decided by the Security Council in its Resolution 1572 (2004) include, inter alia, the application as of 15 December 2004 of the freezing of funds and economic resources of persons designated by the United Nations as constituting a threat to the peace and national reconciliation process in Côte d'Ivoire.

The freezing of funds and economic resources of designated persons falls within the scope of the Treaty. The Commission proposes to implement it by means of a Council Regulation.

The proposed measures are similar to those imposed by means of Regulation 881/2002/EC imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and by Regulation 1763/2004/EC imposing certain restrictive measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (refer to CNS/2004/0114).