The following Article shall be inserted in Regulation (EC) No 881/2002:
"Article 2a
1. Article 2 shall not apply to funds or economic resources where:
(a) any of the competent authorities of the Member States, as listed in Annex II, has determined, upon a request made by an interested natural or legal person, that these funds or economic resources are:
(i) necessary to cover basic expenses, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;
(ii) intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;
(iii) intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or frozen economic resources; or
(iv) necessary for extraordinary expenses; and
(b) such determination has been notified to the Sanctions Committee; and
(c) (i) in the case of a determination under point (a)(i), (ii) or (iii), the Sanctions Committee has not objected to the determination within 48 hours of notification; or
(ii) in the case of a determination under point (a)(iv), the Sanctions Committee has approved the determination.
2. Any person wishing to benefit from the provisions referred to in paragraph 1 shall address its request to the relevant competent authority of the Member State as listed in Annex II.
The competent authority listed in Annex II shall promptly notify both the person that made the request, and any other person, body or entity known to be directly concerned, in writing, whether the request has been granted.
The competent authority shall also inform other Member States whether the request for such an exception has been granted.
3. Funds released and transferred within the Community in order to meet expenses or recognised by virtue of this Article shall not be subject to further restrictive measures pursuant to Article 2.
4. Article 2(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of:
(a) interest or other earnings due on those accounts; or
(b) payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that arose prior to the date on which those accounts became subject to the provisions of UN Security Council resolutions implemented successively through Regulation (EC) No 337/2000(6), Regulation (EC) No 467/2001(7) or this Regulation.
In the same manner as the account to which they are added, such interest, other earnings and payments shall also be frozen."