Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/2008 of 29 April 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 817/2006

of 29 April 2008

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 817/2006

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 817/2006 ¹ , and in particular Article 18(1)(b), thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

(2) Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 lists enterprises owned or controlled by the Government of Burma/Myanmar or its members or persons associated with them, subject to restrictions on investment under that Regulation.

(3) Common Position 2008/349/CFSP of 29 April 2008 ² amends Annex II and Annex III to Common Position 2006/318/CFSP of 27 April 2006. Annex VI and VII to Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 should, therefore, be amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 is hereby amended as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

2. Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 is hereby amended as set out in Annex 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 .

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 April 2008. For the Commission Eneko LANDÁBURU Director-General of External Relations

¹ OJ L 66, 10.3.2008, p. 1 .

² See page 57 of this Official Journal.

Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 is amended as follows:

(1) The following notes are added to the Table Notes:

‘4. If not stated otherwise, all passport and ID cards are those of Burma/Myanmar.’

‘5. The numbers in the left-hand column are for ease of reference.’

(2) Under the heading ‘A. STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (SPDC)’,

(3) Under the heading ‘B. REGIONAL COMMANDERS’,

(4) Under the heading ‘C. DEPUTY REGIONAL COMMANDERS’,

(5) Under the heading ‘D. MINISTERS’,

(6) Under the heading ‘E. DEPUTY MINISTERS’,

(7) Under the heading ‘G. SENIOR MILITARY OFFICERS’,

(8) Under the heading ‘H. MILITARY OFFICERS RUNNING PRISONS AND POLICE’, the following entries shall be added in appropriate numerical order:

(9) Under the heading ‘I. UNION SOLIDARITY AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (USDA)’,

(10) The heading ‘J. PERSONS WHO BENEFIT FROM GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES’ is replaced by ‘J. PERSONS WHO BENEFIT FROM GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC POLICIES AND OTHER PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REGIME’

Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 is amended as follows:

(1) Entry 4 under the section ‘I. UNION OF MYANMAR ECONOMIC HOLDING LTD .’, sub-heading ‘ Joint Ventures ’, ‘A. MANUFACTURING’, shall be replaced by the following (changes shown in bold):

(2) A new section ‘III. GOVERNMENT OWNED COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES ’ shall be inserted following the section entitled ‘II. MYANMAR ECONOMIC CORPORATION (MEC) ’, with the following entries:

(3) The section ‘III. OTHERS ’ shall become section ‘IV. OTHERS ’ and the following entries shall be replaced with the entries below (changes shown in bold):

(4) Under the heading ‘IV. OTHERS ’, the following entries are added:

Footnotes

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2. See page 57 of this Official Journal. ↩ ↩²