Sanctions and the authorisation of exemptions
Dear Service for Foreign Policy Instruments,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain certain information, as detailed below.
BASIS FOR THE REQUEST
Guidelines on implementation and evaluation of restrictive measures (sanctions) in the framework of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy [‘Guidelines’], were first adopted by the Council on 8 December 2003. The latest version of the Guidelines is dated 15 June 2012 and was adopted 25 June 2012.
The Guidelines, E. Exemptions, paragraph 25, state:
‘It is important that the legal instruments on financial restrictions, restrictions on admission and other restrictive measures make provision for appropriate exemptions to take account of in particular basic needs of targeted persons, legal fees, extraordinary expenses or, where applicable, humanitarian needs or international obligations, including as host nations of international organisations or the OSCE, with regard to the various restrictive measures taken.’
The Guidelines, F. Exchange of information and reporting requirements, paragraph 29, state:
‘Member States are invited to communicate to the EEAS [European External Action Service] and to the Commission data collected in applying these exemptions in order to improve the quality of the identifiers referred to above.’
REQUESTED INFORMATION
Please can you please provide:
(i) Documents provided by Member States by which the data collected under Guidelines, F. Exchange of information and reporting requirements, paragraph 29, is communicated to the EEAS and/or the Commission/FPI;
(ii) Documents produced by either the EEAS or the Commission/FPI which refers to this data on exemptions.
(iii) Documents from the competent authorities of Member States informing the Commission/FPI when authorisations granting exemptions to restrictive measures have been granted.
(iv) Documents produced by the EEAS or the Commission/FPI that refer to authorisations granting exemptions.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Rights & Accountability in Development.
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Rights & Accountability in Development
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