Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 271/2011 of 21 March 2011 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus (1), and in particular Article 8a(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 18 May 2006, the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus.

(2) In view of the gravity of the situation in Belarus, additional persons should be included in the lists of persons subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annexes I and IA to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006. Furthermore, the information relating to certain persons on the lists in Annexes I and IA to that Regulation should be updated,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and IA to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 shall be replaced by the text set out in Annexes I and II 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, 21 March 2011.

For the Council The President C. ASHTON

(1) OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1.