Commission Regulation (EC) No 1489/2004 of 20 August 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Liberia and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 of 10 February 2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Liberia and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003(1), and in particular Article 9(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 lists the competent authorities to which specific functions related to the implementation of that Regulation are attributed.

(2) On 1 May 2004 , the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia acceded to the European Union. The Act of Accession does not make provision for amendment of that Annex.

(3) The competent authorities of the new Member States countries should, therefore, be included as from 1 May 2004 in that Annex,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 is hereby 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 .

It shall apply from 1 May 2004 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 August 2004 .

For the Commission

Christopher Patten

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 40, 12.2.2004, p. 1.

ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 is amended as follows:

1. The following is inserted between the entries for Belgium and Denmark:

«CZECH REPUBLIC

Ministerstvo pr>ISO_2>ùmyslu a obchodu

Licenèní správa

Na Franti¹ku 32

110 15 Praha 1

Tel: +420 22406 2720

Fax: +420 22422 1811»

2. The following is inserted between the entries for Germany and Greece:

«ESTONIA

Eesti Välisministeerium

Islandi väljak 1

15049 Tallinn

Tel: +372 6 317 100

Fax: +372 6 317 199

Finantsinspektsioon

Sakala 4

15030 Tallinn

Tel: +372 6680500

Fax: +372 6680501»

3. The following is inserted between the entries for Italy and Luxembourg:

«CYPRUS

Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών

Λεωφ. Προεδρικού Μεγάρου

1447 Λευκωσία

Τηλ: +357-22-300600

Φαξ: +357-22-661881

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Presidential Palace Avenue

1447 Nicosia

Tel: +357-22-300600

Fax: +357-22-661881

LATVIA

Latvijas Republikas >ISO_4>Àrlietu ministrija

Br>ISO_4>ïv>ISO_4>ïbas iela 36

R>ISO_4>ïga LV1395

Tel. Nr. (371) 7016201

Fax Nr. (371) 7828121

LITHUANIA

Economics Department

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

J. Tumo-Vai¾ganto 2

LT-2600 Vilnius

Tel.: 370 5 236 25 92

Fax: 370 5 231 30 90»

4. The following is inserted between the entries for Luxembourg and the Netherlands:

«HUNGARY

Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium

Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási Hivatal

1024 Budapest

Margit körút 85

Tel: (36-1) 336 7300

Fax: (36-1) 336 7302

MALTA

Bord ta' Sorveljanza dwar is-Sanzjonijiet

Direttorat ta' l-Affarijiet Multilaterali

Ministeru ta' l-Affarijiet Barranin

Palazzo Parisio

Triq il-Merkanti

Valletta CMR 02

Tel: +356 21 24 28 53

Fax: +356 21 25 15 20»

5. The following is inserted between the entries for Austria and Portugal:

«POLAND

Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych

Departament Prawno - Traktatowy

Al. J. CH. Szucha 23

PL-00-580 Warszawa

Tel. (48 22) 523 93 48

Fax (48 22) 523 91 29»

6. The following is inserted between the entries for Portugal and Finland:

«SLOVENIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia

Pre¹ernova 25

1000 Ljubljana

Tel: +386 1 478 20 00

Fax: +386 1 478 23 47

http://www.gov.si/mzz

SLOVAKIA

Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky

Sekcia obchodných vz>ISO_2>»ahov a ochranspotrebite>ISO_2>µa

Mierová 19

827 15 Bratislava

tel: +421 2 4854 2116

fax: +421 2 4854 3116»

7. The following is added after the entry for the United Kingdom:

«EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Commission of the European Communities

Directorate-General for External Relations

Directorate CFSP

Unit A.2: Legal and institutional matters for external relations - Sanctions

CHAR 12/163

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

Tel. (32-2) 295 81 48, 296 25 56

Fax (32-2) 296 75 63»