Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1338 of 14 May 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1336 of 14 May 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (1).

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

Whereas:

(1) On 20 July 2023, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 (2).

(2) Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 gives effect to certain measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 (3).

(3) In view of the seriousness of the situation with regard to Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2024/1336 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 on 14 May 2024.

(4) Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 should be amended and asset freeze measures should be imposed against natural and legal persons, entities or bodies responsible for, supporting, or being involved in Iran’s missile programme or supplying, selling or otherwise involved in transferring Iran’s missiles or unmanned aerial vehicles or related technologies to Russia in support of its war of aggression against Ukraine, or to armed groups and entities undermining peace and security in the Middle East and the Red Sea region, or in breach of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216 (2015). As a consequence, the title of Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 should also be amended.

(5) It is also appropriate to prohibit the export, sale, transfer or supply to Iran of further components that could be used in the development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles.

(6) Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 is amended as follows:

(1) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 of 20 July 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region’.

(3) Annex II is 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2024.

For the Council The President V. VAN PETEGHEM

(1) OJ L, 2024/1336, 15.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1336/oj.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 of 20 July 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (OJ L 186, 25.7.2023, p. 1).

(3) Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 of 20 July 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (OJ L 186, 25.7.2023, p. 20).