Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/2004 of 31 August 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq(1), and in particular Article 11(c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 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 should, therefore, be included as from 1 May 2004 in that Annex,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 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, 31 August 2004 .

For the Commission

Christopher Patten

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1412/2004 (OJ L 257, 4.8.2004, p. 1).

ANNEX

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is amended as follows:

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

«CZECH REPUBLIC

Funds and economic resources:

Ministerstvo pr>ISO_2>ùmyslu a obchodu

Licenèní správa

Na Franti¹ku 32

110 15 Praha 1

Tel. (420-2) 24 06 27 20

Fax (420-2) 24 22 18 11

Ministerstvo financí

Finanèní analytický útvar

P.O. Box 675

Jind>ISO_2>øi¹ská 14

111 21 Praha 1

Tel. (420-2) 57 04 45 01

Fax (420-2) 57 04 45 02

Trade in Iraqi cultural property:

Národní museum - Náprstkovo museum asijských; afrických a amerických kultur

Bétlémske nam>ISO_2>ìstí 1

110 00 Praha

Tel. (420-2) 24 49 75 01

Fax (420-2) 22 22 14 18» .

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

«ESTONIA

Eesti Välisministeerium

Islandi väljak 1

15049 Tallinn

Tel. (372-6) 31 71 00

Fax (372-6) 31 71 99

Finantsinspektsioon

Sakala 4

15030 Tallinn

Tel. (372-6) 68 05 00

Fax (372-6) 68 05 01» .

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

«CYPRUS

Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών

Λεωφ. Προεδρικού Μεγάρου

1447 Λευκωσία

Tel. (357-22) 30 06 00

Fax (357-22) 66 18 81

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Presidential Palace Avenue

1447 Nicosia

Tel. (357-22) 30 06 00

Fax (357-22) 66 18 81

Υπουργείο Εμπορίου, Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού

Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου

Οδός Αραούζου 6

1421 Λευκωσία

Tel. (357-2) 286 71 00

Fax (357-2) 237 51 20

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

6 Andreas Araouzos Street

1421 Nicosia

Tel. (357-22) 86 71 00

Fax (357-22) 37 51 20

LATVIA

Noziedz>ISO_4>ïgi ieg>ISO_4>þto l>ISO_4>ïdzek>ISO_4>¶u legaliz>ISO_4>àcijas nov>ISO_4>ºr¹anas dienests

Kalpaka bulv>ISO_4>àr>ISO_4>ï 6,

R>ISO_4>ïg>ISO_4>à, LV 1081

Tel. (371) 704 44 31

Fax (371) 704 45 49

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

Pénzügyminisztérium

1051 Budapest

József nádor tér 2-4.

Tel. (36-1) 327 21 00

Fax (36-1) 318 25 70

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

Banka Slovenije

Slovenska 35

1505 Ljubljana

Tel. (386-1) 471 90 00

Fax (386-1) 251 55 16

http://www.bsi.si

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

Funds and economic resources:

Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky

©tefanovièova 5

817 82 Bratislava

Tel. (421-2) 59 58 22 01

Fax (421-2) 52 49 35 31

Trade in Iraqi cultural property:

Ministerstvo kultúry Slovenskej republiky

Nám. SNP 33

813 31 Bratislava

Tel. (421-2) 59 39 11 55

Fax (421-2) 59 39 11 74» .