Following the entry into force of UNSCR 2270 (2016), COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2016/1341[1] and COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2016/1333[2] have been published on the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendments regard additional goods to which prohibitions on the transfer, procurement and provision of technical assistance apply, a list of weapons of mass destruction-related items, materials, equipment, goods and technology to be identified and designated as sensitive goods and the prohibition on the entry into ports of any vessel that is also flagged DPRK.
More specifically, COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2016/1341 inserts the following amendments:
- In point (b) of Article 1(1), paragraph 25 of UNSCR 2270(2016) is added to the list of UNSC resolutions in force and implemented by the EU;
- Paragraph 1 of Article 18 is reworded as to include vessel not only owned, operated and crewed by the DPRK, but also flagged.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2016/1333 inserts the following amendments:
- Annex Ig is added in point (a) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 and paragraph 3, in points (a) to (d) in Article 3(1);
- In paragraph 2 of Article 2, a subparagraph is added to specify the content of Annex Ig: “weapons-of-mass-destruction-related items, materials, equipment, goods and technology identified and designated as sensitive goods, pursuant to paragraph 25 of UN Security Council Resolution 2270 (2016)”;
- A point is added to paragraph 1 of article 13, specifying the modalities to amend Annex Ig (on the basis of determinations made by the UN Security Council or the Sanctions Committee and add the reference numbers taken from the Combined Nomenclature as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87).
[1] COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2016/1341 of 4 August 2016 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (OJ L 212/116 of 05/08/2016).
[2] COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2016/1333 of 4 August 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (OJ L 212/1 of 05/08/2016).