Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/2004 of 31 August 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq (1), and in particular Article 11(c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists the competent authorities to which specific functions related to the implementation of that Regulation are attributed.

(2) On 1 May 2004, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia acceded to the European Union. The Act of Accession does not make provision for amendment of that Annex.

(3) The competent authorities of the new Member States should, therefore, be included as from 1 May 2004 in that Annex,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 May 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 August 2004.

For the Commission Christopher PATTEN Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1412/2004 (OJ L 257, 4.8.2004, p. 1).