Article 1
Open ↗Decision 2012/642/CFSP is amended as follows: (1) Article 5(1) is replaced by the following: ‘Article 5 1. The competent authority of a Member State may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as it deems appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are: (a) necessary to satisfy the basic needs of any person listed in the Annex and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges; (b) intended exclusively for the payment of reasonable professional fees and the reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services; (c) intended exclusively for the payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources; (d) necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the competent authority has notified the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted to the other competent authorities and the Commission at least two weeks prior to the authorisation; (e) to be paid into or from an account of a diplomatic mission or consular post or an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, in so far as such payments are intended to be used for official purposes of the diplomatic mission or consular post or international organisation; (f) intended exclusively for the payment of a charge necessary for: (i) the operation of flights for humanitarian purposes, for the evacuation or repatriation of persons, or for initiatives providing support to victims of natural, nuclear or chemical disasters; (ii) the operation of flights in the framework of international adoption procedures; (iii) the operation of flights required for attending meetings with the objective of seeking a solution to the crisis in Belarus or promoting the policy objectives of the restrictive measures; (iv) an emergency landing, take-off or overflight by an EU air carrier; or (g) necessary to deal with urgent and clearly identified air safety matters and after prior consultation of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. Member States shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this Article.’. (2) The Annex to Decision 2012/642/CFSP is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.