Commission Regulation (EC) No 242/2009 of 20 March 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 lists the natural and legal persons, entities and bodies covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under the Regulation.

(2) On 7 November 2007, 26 November 2008 and 16 December 2008, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council amended data concerning 19 individuals included in the list of persons, entities and bodies to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. On 24 April 2008, the Committee removed one individual from the said list and on 3 March 2009 it decided to add four individuals to that list. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 20 March 2009.

For the Commission Eneko LANDÁBURU Director-General for External Relations

(1) OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1.