Article 7U.K.
1.The competent authority of a Member States as listed in Annex II may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as it deems appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are:
(a)necessary to satisfy the basic needs of persons listed in Annex III and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;
(b)intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;
(c)intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;
(d)necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the relevant competent authority has notified all other competent authorities and the Commission, of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted, at least two weeks before the authorisation.
The relevant competent authority shall inform the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this paragraph.
2.Article 6(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of:
interest or other earnings on those accounts; or
payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded or arose before the date on which those accounts became subject to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1081/2000, Regulation (EC) No 798/2004 or this Regulation, whichever is the earlier,
provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments continue to be subject to Article 6(1).