2011/523/EU: Council Decision of 2 September 2011 partially suspending the application of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic

• Articles: 4

Article 1

Articles 12, 14 and 15 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic are suspended in so far as the measures listed in the Annex to this Decision are concerned.

Article 2

This Decision shall be notified to the Syrian Arab Republic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

List of measures referred to in Article 1

(1)

The importation of crude oil and petroleum products into the Union if they:

(a)

originate in Syria; or

(b)

have been exported from Syria;

(2)

The purchase of crude oil or petroleum products which are located in or which originated in Syria;

(3)

The transportation of crude oil or petroleum products if they originate in Syria, or are being exported from Syria to any other country;

(4)

The provision, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives , as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to points (1), (2) and (3); and

(5)

The participation, knowing and intentional, in activities whose object or effect is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the prohibitions set out in point (1), (2), (3) or (4).