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21.6.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
161/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 588/2011
of 20 June 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President
Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Article 1
Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is hereby amended as follows:
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/357/CFSP of 20 June
2011 amending Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive
measures against certain officials of Belarus (
(1) The title of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is replaced by the

1 ),
following:
Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative
of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the
‘Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006
European Commission,
concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus’.
Whereas:
(2) Article 1 is amended as follows:
(1) Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
765/2006
of
18
May
(a) Point (5) is replaced by the following:
2006 ( 2 ) provides for a freezing of the assets of
President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus.
‘5. “territory of the Community” means the territories
(2)
By Decision 2011/357/CFSP, the Council has decided to
of the Member States, including their airspace, to
take certain additional restrictive measures in relation to
which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions
Belarus, in particular by imposing an arms embargo and
laid down in the Treaty.’.
a prohibition on internal repression equipment.
(b) The following point is added:
(3) Some
elements
of
these
measures
fall
within
the
scope
of
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
and regulatory action at the level of the Union is
‘6. “technical assistance” means any technical support
therefore necessary in order to implement them, in
related to repairs, development, manufacture,
particular with a view to ensuring their uniform appli
assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other
cation by economic operators in all Member States.
technical service, and may take forms such as
instruction, advice, training, transmission of
(4) In
view
of
the
gravity
of
the
situation
in
Belarus
and
in
working knowledge or skills or consulting services;
accordance with Council Decision 2011/357/CFSP, addi
including verbal forms of assistance.’.
tional persons and entities should be included in the list
of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set
out in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.
(3) The following Articles are inserted:

(5) Regulation
(EC)
No
765/2006
should
therefore
be
‘Article 1a
amended accordingly.
1. It
shall
be
prohibited:
(6) In
order
to
ensure
that
the
measures
in
this
Regulation
are effective, this Regulation should enter into force
(a) to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly,
immediately,
equipment which might be used for internal repression
as listed in Annex III, whether or not originating in the
( 1 ) See page 25 of this Official Journal.
Union, to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for
( 2 ) OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1.
use in Belarus;

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(b) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities
(d) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities
the object or effect of which is to circumvent the
the object or effect of which is to circumvent the
prohibitions referred to in point (a).
prohibitions referred to in points (a) to (c).
2. Paragraph
1
shall
not
apply
to
protective
clothing,
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the
including flak jackets and helmets, temporarily exported
prohibitions referred to therein shall not apply to:
to Belarus by United Nations (UN) personnel, personnel
of the Union or its Member States, representatives of the
(a) non-lethal military equipment, or equipment which
media or humanitarian and development workers and
might be used for internal repression, intended solely
associated persons exclusively for their personal use.
for humanitarian purposes or protective use or for insti
tution building programmes of the UN and the Union,
or for EU or UN crisis management operations; or
3. By
way
of
derogation
from
paragraph
1,
the
competent authorities in the Member States as listed in
Annex II may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or
(b) non-combat vehicles fitted with materials to provide
export of equipment which might be used for internal
ballistic protection, intended solely for the protective
repression, under such conditions as they deem appropriate,
use of personnel of the Union and its Member States
if they determine that such equipment is intended solely for
in Belarus,
humanitarian or protective use.
provided that the provision thereof has first been approved
by the competent authority of a Member State, as identified
Article 1b
on the websites listed in Annex II.
1. It
shall
be
prohibited:
3. Paragraph
1
shall
not
apply
to
protective
clothing,
including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily
(a) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance
exported to Belarus by UN personnel, personnel of the
related to the goods and technology listed in the
Union or its Member States, representatives of the media
Common Military List of the European Union ( 1 )
or humanitarian and development workers and associated
(“Common Military List”), or related to the provision,
persons exclusively for their personal use.
manufacture, maintenance and use of goods included
in that list, to any person, entity or body in Belarus
___________
or for use in Belarus;
( 1 ) OJ C 86, 18.3.2011, p. 1.’.
(b) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or
Article 2
brokering services related to equipment which might be
used for internal repression as listed in Annex III, to any
1. The
persons
and
entities
listed
in
Annex
I
to
this
Regu
person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
lation shall be added to the list set out in Annex IA to Regu
lation (EC) No 765/2006.
(c) to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial
2. Annex II to this Regulation shall be added to Regulation
assistance related to the goods and technology listed in
(EC) No 765/2006.
the Common Military List or in Annex III, including in
particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for
Article 3
any sale, supply, transfer or export of such items, or for
any provision of related technical assistance to any
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi
person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 2011.
For the Council
The President
C. ASHTON

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21.6.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
161/3
ANNEX I
Persons and entities referred to in Article 2(1)
A. Persons
Names
Transcription of
Names
Place and date of birth,
Belarusian spelling
(Belarusian
Names
other identifying
Reasons
Transcription of Russian
spelling)
(Russian spelling)
information
spelling
(passport number, …)
1 Andrey
Kazheunikau Андрэй
Андрей
Public prosecutor of the case
Andrey Kozhevnikov Кажэнiка Кожевников
against ex-presidential candidates
Vladimir Neklyaev, Vitaly Rimas
hevsky, members of Neklyaev’s
campaign team Andrei Dmitriev,
Aleksandr Feduta and Sergei
Vozniak, as well as Young Front
deputy chairperson Anastasia
Polozhanka. The accusation
presented by him had a clear
political motivation and it was a
clear violation of the Code of
Penal Procedure. It was based on
wrong classification of the events
of 19 December 2010, not
sustained by evidence, proofs and
testimonies of witnesses.
2 Grachova,
Liudmila Грачова
Грачева
Judge of the Leninski District Court
(Grachova, Ludmila; Людмiла
Людмила
of Minsk. She dealt with the case of
Grachova Lyudmila)
ex-presidential candidates Nikolai
Gracheva Liudmila
Statkevich and Dmitri Uss, as well
(Gracheva Lyudmila;
as political and civil society activists
Grachiova Ludmila)
Andrei Pozniak, Aleksandr Klas
kovski, Aleksandr Kvetkevich,
Artiom Gribkov and Dmitri
Bulanov. Her way of conducting
the trial was a clear violation of
the Code of Penal Procedure. She
sustained the use of evidence and
testimonies irrelevant to the
accused persons.
3 Chubkavets
Kiril
Чубкавец
Чубковец
Public prosecutor of the case
Chubkovets Kirill
Кiрыл
Кирилл
against ex-presidential candidates
Nikolai Statkevich and Dmitri Uss,
as well as political and civil society
activists Andrei Pozniak, Aleksandr
Klaskovski, Aleksandr Kvetkevich,
Artiom Gribkov and Dmitri
Bulanov. The accusation presented
by him had a clear political moti
vation and it was a clear violation
of the Code of Penal Procedure. It
was based on wrong classification
of the events of 19 December
2010, not sustained by evidence,
proofs and testimonies of witnesses.
4 Peftiev
Vladimir
Пефцiе
Пефтиев
Born on 1 July 1957 Person associated with President
Peftiev Vladimir
Уладзiмiр
Владимир
in the town of Lukashenko and his family. Chief
Pavlovich
Палавiч
Павлович
Berdyansk, Zapo economic advisor of President
rozhskaya Oblast,
Lukashenko and key financial
Ukraine
sponsor of the Lukashenko regime.
Present passport No.: Chairman of the Council of Share
MP2405942
holders of Beltechexport, the largest
export/import company of defence
products in Belarus

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B. Entities
Names
Transcription of
Names
Belarusian spelling
(Belarusian
Names
Transcription of Russian
spelling)
(Russian spelling)
Identifying information Reasons
spelling
1 Beltechexport
ЗАО
Republic of Belarus,
Entity controlled by Mr. Peftiev
Белтехэкспорт“ 220012, Minsk,
Vladimir
Nezavisimost ave., 86-B
Tel: (+375 17) 263-63-83,
Fax: (+375 17) 263-90-12
2 Sport-Pari
ЗАО
Спорт-
Entity controlled by Mr. Peftiev
(Operator of the
пари“
Vladimir
Republican Lottery
(оператор
company)
республиканск
ой лотереи)
3 Private
Unitary
частное
Entity controlled by Mr. Peftiev
Enterprise (PUE) BT
унитарное
Vladimir
Telecommunications
предприятие
ЧУП
БТ
Телекоммуник
ации“

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Journal
of
the
European
Union L
161/5
ANNEX II
‘ANNEX III
List of equipment which might be used for internal repression as referred to in Article 1a and Article 1b
1. Fire-arms,
ammunition
and
related
accessories
therefor,
as
follows:
1.1. Firearms not controlled by ML 1 and ML 2 of the Common Military List of the European Union ( 1 ) (‘Common
Military List’);
1.2. Ammunition specially designed for the firearms listed in item 1.1 and specially designed components therefor;
1.3. Weapon-sights not controlled by the Common Military List.
2. Bombs
and
grenades
not
controlled
by
the
Common
Military
List.
3. Vehicles
as
follows:
3.1. Vehicles equipped with a water cannon, specially designed or modified for the purpose of riot control;
3.2. Vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel borders;
3.3. Vehicles specially designed or modified to remove barricades, including construction equipment with ballistic
protection;
3.4. Vehicles specially designed for the transport or transfer of prisoners and/or detainees;
3.5. Vehicles specially designed to deploy mobile barriers;
3.6. Components for the vehicles specified in items 3.1 to 3.5 specially designed for the purposes of riot control.
Note 1 This item does not control vehicles specially designed for the purposes of fire-fighting.
Note 2 For the purposes of item 3.5 the term ‘vehicles’ includes trailers.
4. Explosive
substances
and
related
equipment
as
follows:
4.1. Equipment and devices specially designed to initiate explosions by electrical or non-electrical means, including firing
sets, detonators, igniters, boosters and detonating cord, and specially designed components therefor; except those
specially designed for a specific commercial use consisting of the actuation or operation by explosive means of other
equipment or devices the function of which is not the creation of explosions (e.g., car air-bag inflaters, electric-surge
arresters of fire sprinkler actuators);
4.2. Linear cutting explosive charges not controlled by the Common Military List;
4.3. Other explosives not controlled by the Common Military List and related substances as follows:
a. amatol;
b. nitrocellulose (containing more than 12,5 % nitrogen);
c. nitroglycol;
d. pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN);
e. picryl chloride;
f. 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).
5. Protective equipment not controlled by ML 13 of the Common Military List as follows:
5.1. Body armour providing ballistic and/or stabbing protection;
5.2. Helmets providing ballistic and/or fragmentation protection, anti-riot helmets, antiriot shields and ballistic shields.
Note: This item does not control:
— equipment specially designed for sports activities,
— equipment specially designed for safety of work requirements,
( 1 ) OJ C 86, 18.3.2011, p. 1.

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6. Simulators,
other
than
those
controlled
by
ML
14
of
the
Common
Military
List,
for
training
in
the
use
of
firearms,
and specially designed software therefor.
7. Night
vision,
thermal
imaging
equipment
and
image
intensifier
tubes,
other
than
those
controlled
by
the
Common
Military List.
8. Razor
barbed
wire.
9. Military
knives,
combat
knives
and
bayonets
with
blade
lengths
in
excess
of
10
cm.
10. Production equipment specially designed for the items specified in this list.
11. Specific technology for the development, production or use of the items specified in this list.’.

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