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Specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

2005/0101(CNS)

PURPOSE : to propose certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

PROPOSED ACT : Council Regulation.

CONTENT : in view of the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN Security Council of the United Nations adopted Resolution 1596 (2005) of 18 April 2005, amending the arms embargo imposed by UN Security Council Resolution 1493 (2003) and taking additional restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These measures concern restrictions on admission and financial restrictive measures against persons designated by the competent United Nations Sanctions Committee as acting in violation of the arms embargo imposed against the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In order to implement the restrictive measures set out in UN Security Council Resolution 1596 (2005), the Council has adopted common position which provides, inter alia, for implementation of the financial restrictive measures against persons designated by the competent United

Nations Sanctions Committee.

This proposal aims to implement these measures in the Community by means of a Council Regulation. The proposed measures are similar to those imposed by means of a Regulation imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban.