Regulation (EC) No 147/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
(1)
The following Article is inserted:
‘Article 3b
1. It shall be prohibited:
(a)
to import charcoal into the Union if it:
(i)
originates in Somalia; or
(ii)
has been exported from Somalia;
(b)
to purchase charcoal which is located in or which originated in Somalia;
(c)
to transport charcoal if it originates in Somalia, or is being exported from Somalia to any other country;
(d)
to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance, as well as insurance and re-insurance related to the import, transport or purchase of charcoal from Somalia referred to in points (a), (b) and (c); and
(e)
to participate knowingly and intentionally, in activities whose object or effect is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the prohibition in points (a), (b), (c) and (d).
2. For the purposes of this Article, ‘charcoal’ means the products listed in Annex II.
3. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the purchase or transport of charcoal which had been exported from Somalia prior to 22 February 2012.’.
(2)
In Article 2a, Article 6a and Article 7a(1), references to ‘the Annex’ are replaced by references to ‘Annex I’.
(3)
The Annex shall be renamed ‘Annex I’ and shall be replaced by the text of Annex I to this Regulation.
(4)
The text set out in Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I
‘ANNEX I
Websites for information on the competent authorities and address for notifications to the European Commission
BELGIUM
http://www.diplomatie.be/eusanctions
BULGARIA
http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/view/5519
CZECH REPUBLIC
http://www.mfcr.cz/mezinarodnisankce
DENMARK
http://um.dk/da/politik-og-diplomati/retsorden/sanktioner/
GERMANY
http://www.bmwi.de/BMWi/Navigation/Aussenwirtschaft/Aussenwirtschaftsrecht/embargos.html
ESTONIA
http://www.vm.ee/est/kat_622/
IRELAND
http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=28519
GREECE
http://www1.mfa.gr/en/foreign-policy/global-issues/international-sanctions.html
SPAIN
http://www.maec.es/es/MenuPpal/Asuntos/Sanciones%20Internacionales/Paginas/Sanciones_%20Internacionales.aspx
FRANCE
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/autorites-sanctions/
ITALY
http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Politica_Europea/Deroghe.htm
CYPRUS
http://www.mfa.gov.cy/sanctions
LATVIA
http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/security/4539
LITHUANIA
http://www.urm.lt/sanctions
LUXEMBOURG
http://www.mae.lu/sanctions
HUNGARY
http://www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/hu/bal/Kulpolitikank/nemzetkozi_szankciok/
MALTA
http://www.doi.gov.mt/EN/bodies/boards/sanctions_monitoring.asp
NETHERLANDS
http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/internationale-vrede-en-veiligheid/sancties
AUSTRIA
http://www.bmeia.gv.at/view.php3?f_id=12750&LNG=en&version=
POLAND
http://www.msz.gov.pl
PORTUGAL
http://www.min-nestrangeiros.pt
ROMANIA
http://www.mae.ro/node/1548
SLOVENIA
http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/zunanja_politika_in_mednarodno_pravo/zunanja_politika/mednarodna_varnost/omejevalni_ukrepi/
SLOVAKIA
http://www.foreign.gov.sk
FINLAND
http://formin.finland.fi/kvyhteistyo/pakotteet
SWEDEN
http://www.ud.se/sanktioner
UNITED KINGDOM
www.fco.gov.uk/competentauthorities
Address for notifications to the European Commission:
European Commission
Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI)
Office EEAS 02/309
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel (Belgium)
E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu’.
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II
‘ANNEX II
Products included within the meaning of the word ‘charcoal’
HS Code
Description
4402
Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated’.
