Council Regulation (EU) No 555/2010 of 24 June 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Lebanon

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Common Position 2006/625/CFSP of 15 September 2006 concerning a prohibition on the sale or supply of arms and related matériel and on the provision of related services to entities or individuals in Lebanon in accordance with UNSC Resolution 1701 (2006) (1),

Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 of 25 September 2006 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Lebanon (2) prohibits the provision of certain technical assistance, financing and financial assistance to anyone in Lebanon or for use in Lebanon, in accordance with Common Position 2006/625/CFSP.

(2) It is appropriate to align Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 with recent developments in sanctions practice, on the one hand as regards the identification of competent authorities and on the other, as regards the Article on Union jurisdiction. For the sake of clarity, the Articles to which amendments need to be made should be replaced in full.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006 is amended as follows:

‘Article 6a

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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 Luxembourg, 24 June 2010.

For the Council The President J. BLANCO LÓPEZ

(1) OJ L 253, 16.9.2006, p. 36.

(2) OJ L 267, 27.9.2006, p. 2.