PART 3Amendment of direct EU legislation

Amendment of Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 (Afghanistan)I122

1

Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011, concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan, is amended as follows.

2

In Article 5—

a

in paragraph 1—

i

for the words from “Article 3” to “Annex II,” substitute “ regulations 3 to 7 of the Afghanistan (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011, the Treasury ”;

ii

for “the Member State concerned has” substitute “ the Treasury have ”;

b

in paragraph 2—

i

for the words from “Article 3” to “Annex II,” substitute “ regulations 3 to 7 of the Afghanistan (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011, the Treasury ”;

ii

for “the Member State concerned” substitute “ the Treasury ”;

c

in paragraph 3—

i

in the first subparagraph—

aa

for “the relevant competent authority of the Member State as listed in Annex II” substitute “ the Treasury ”;

ii

in the second subparagraph, for the words “The competent authority listed in Annex II” substitute “ The Treasury ”;

iii

omit the third subparagraph;

d

in paragraph 4—

i

for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

ii

for “Article 3” substitute “ the Afghanistan (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 ”;

e

in paragraph 5—

i

for the words from “the competent authorities” to “Annex II” substitute “ the Treasury ”;

ii

at the end, insert “ , subject to subsequent variation or revocation under regulation 9 of the Afghanistan (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 ”.

3

In Article 7—

a

in paragraph 1, after “this Regulation” insert “ or the Afghanistan (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 ”;

b

omit paragraph 2.

4

In Article 8, omit “in accordance with Article 3”.