External policy: freezing of funds and economic resources of persons designated by the United Nations as impeding the peace process in the Darfur region in Sudan

The Council has brought about some specific restrictive technical amendments to the Commission’s initial proposal. These amendments do not modify the general content of the proposal (please refer to the initial proposal).

It should however be noted that the addition of a recital states that Articles 60 and 301 of the Treaty empowers the Council to take, under certain conditions, measures aimed at the interruption or reduction of payments or movement of capital and of economic relations with regard to third countries.The measures laid down in this Regulation, targeted also at individual persons not directly linked to the government of a third country, are necessary to attain this objective of the Community and Article 308 of the Treaty empowers the Council to take such measures if no other specific powers are provided for in the Treaty.