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Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998Show full title

Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 of 7 December 2020 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses

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  2. Article 1.For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:...

  3. Article 2.(1) This Regulation applies to: (a) genocide;

  4. Article 3.(1) All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held...

  5. Article 4.(1) By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent...

  6. Article 5.(1) By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent...

  7. Article 6.(1) By way of derogation from Article 3(1), the competent...

  8. Article 7.(1) By way of derogation from Article 3(1) and provided...

  9. Article 8.(1) Article 3(2) shall not prevent the crediting of frozen...

  10. Article 9.(1) Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality...

  11. Article 10.It shall be prohibited to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in...

  12. Article 11.(1) The freezing of funds and economic resources or the...

  13. Article 12.(1) No claims in connection with any contract or transaction...

  14. Article 13.(1) The Commission and Member States shall inform each other...

  15. Article 14.(1) Where the Council decides to subject a natural or...

  16. Article 15.(1) Annex I shall include the grounds for the listing...

  17. Article 16.(1) Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties...

  18. Article 17.(1) The Council, the Commission and the High Representative of...

  19. Article 18.(1) Member States shall designate the competent authorities referred to...

  20. Article 19.This Regulation shall apply: within the territory of the Union,...

  21. Article 20.This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following...

  22. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      List of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 3

      1. Natural persons Legal persons, entities and bodies

    2. ANNEX II

      Websites for information on the competent authorities and address for notifications to the Commission

      1. BELGIUM

      2. BULGARIA

      3. CZECH REPUBLIC

      4. DENMARK

      5. GERMANY

      6. ESTONIA

      7. IRELAND

      8. GREECE

      9. SPAIN

      10. FRANCE

      11. CROATIA

      12. ITALY

      13. CYPRUS

      14. LATVIA

      15. LITHUANIA

      16. LUXEMBOURG

      17. HUNGARY

      18. MALTA

      19. NETHERLANDS

      20. AUSTRIA

      21. POLAND

      22. PORTUGAL

      23. ROMANIA

      24. SLOVENIA

      25. SLOVAKIA

      26. FINLAND

      27. SWEDEN

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