# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 675/2008

of 16 July 2008

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 of 27 June 2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment [^1] , and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 lists the competent authorities to which specific functions related to the implementation of that Regulation are attributed.

**(2)** Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and the United Kingdom have requested that the information concerning their competent authorities be amended. The address of the Commission should also be amended.

**(3)** It is appropriate to publish the full updated list of competent authorities,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 July 2008. *For the Commission* Benita FERRERO-WALDNER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 200, 30.7.2005, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_200_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 ( [OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_363_R_TOC) ).

‘ANNEX I LIST OF AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 8 AND 11 A. Authorities of the Member States BELGIUM Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand & Energie Algemene Directie Economisch Potentieel Dienst Vergunningen Leuvenseweg 44 B-1000 Brussel Téléphone: (32-2) 277 67 13 Télécopie: (32-2) 277 50 63 Service public fédéral économie, PME, classes moyennes & énergie Direction générale du potentiel économique Service licences Rue de Louvain 44 B-1000 Bruxelles Tél. (32-2) 277 67 13 Fax (32-2) 277 50 63 BULGARIA Министерство на икономиката и енергетиката (Ministry of Economy and Energy) ул.‘Славянска’ № 8 гр. София, 1052 България Tel.: +359 29 40 71 Fax.: +359 29 87 21 90 CZECH REPUBLIC Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu Licenční správa Na Františku 32 110 15 Praha 1 Česká republika Tel.: (420) 224 90 76 41; (420) 224 90 76 38 Fax: (420) 224 22 18 11 E-mail: osm@mpo.cz DENMARK *Annex III, No 2 and 3* Justitsministeriet Slotsholmsgade 10 DK-1216 København K Denmark Telephone: (45) 72 26 84 00 Telefax: (45) 33 93 35 10 E-mail: jm@jm.dk *Annex II and Annex III, No 1* Økonomi- og Erhvervsministeriet Erhvers- og Byggestyrelsen Eksportkontroladministrationen Langelinie Allé 17 DK-2100 København Ø Denmark Telephone: (45) 35 46 60 00 Telefax: (45) 35 46 60 01 E-mail: ebst@ebst.dk GERMANY Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) Frankfurter Straße 29—35 D-65760 Eschborn Tel.: (+49) 6196 908-0 Fax: (+49) 6196 908 800 E-Mail: ausfuhrkontrolle@bafa.bund.de ESTONIA Eesti Välisministeerium 1. Poliitikaosakond Relvastus- ja strateegilise kauba kontrolli büroo Islandi väljak 1 15049 Tallinn Eesti Tel: +372 637 7200 Faks: +372 637 7288 E-post: stratkom@mfa.ee IRELAND Licensing Unit Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Earlsfort Centre Lower Hatch Street Dublin 2 Ireland Tel. (353-1) 631 21 21 Fax (353-1) 631 25 62 GREECE Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών Γενική Διεύθυνση Διεθνούς Οικονομικής Πολιτικής Διεύθυνση Καθεστώτων Εισαγωγών-Εξαγωγών, Εμπορικής Άμυνας Ερμού και Κορνάρου 1, GR-105 63 Αθήνα Ελλας Τηλ.: (30) 210 328 60 21-22, (30) 210 328 60 51-47 Φαξ: (30) 210 328 60 94 e-mail: e3a@mnec.gr, e3c@mnec.gr SPAIN Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior Secretaría de Estado de Comercio Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio Paseo de la Castellana, 162 E-28046 Madrid Telephone: (34) 91 3492587 Telefax: (34) 91 3492470 E-mail: Buzon.Oficial@SGDEFENSA.SECGCOMEX.MCX.ES Departamento de Aduanas e Impuestos Especiales de la Agencía Estatal de Administración Tributaria Subdirección General de Gestión Aduanera Avda. Llano Castellano, 17 28071 Madrid España Telephone: +34 91 7289450 Telefax: +34 91 7292065 FRANCE Ministère du budget, des comptes publics et de la fonction publique Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects Service des titres du commerce extérieur (Setice) 14, rue Yves-Toudic F-75010 PARIS Tél. (33) 173 79 74 37/38/39/40/41 Fax (33) 173 79 74 36 Courriel: dg-setice@douane.finances.gouv.fr ITALY Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico Direzione Generale per la Politica Commerciale Divisione IV Viale Boston, 25 00144 Roma Italia Telephone: + 39 06 59 93 24 30 or + 39 06 59 93 25 01 Telefax: + 39 06 59 64 75 06 E-mail: polcom4@mincomes.it CYPRUS Υπουργείο Εμπορίου, Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου Μονάδα Έκδοσης Aδειών Eισαγωγών/Eξαγωγών Ανδρέα Αραούζου 6 CY-1421 Λευκωσία Τηλ. (357-22) 86 71 00 Φαξ (357-22) 37 51 20 E-mail: perm.sec@mcit.gov.cy Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Trade Service Import/Export Licensing Unit 6 Andreas Araouzos Street CY-1421 Nicosia Tel. (357-22) 86 71 00 Fax: (357-22) 37 51 20 E-mail: perm.sec@mcit.gov.cy LATVIA Ekonomikas ministrija Brīvības iela 55 LV-1519 Rīga Latvija Telefax: +371 6 7280882 LITHUANIA Policijos departamento prie Vidaus reikalų ministerijos Licencijavimo skyrius Saltoniškių g. 19 LT-08105 Vilnius Lietuva Telephone: +370 8 271 97 67 Telefax: +370 5 271 99 76 E-mail: leidimai.pd@policija.lt LUXEMBOURG Ministère de l'économie et du commerce extérieur Office des licences BP 113 L-2011 Luxembourg Tél. (352) 24 78 23 70 Fax (352) 46 61 38 Courriel: office.licences@mae.etat.lu HUNGARY Magyar Kereskedelmi Engedélyezési Hivatal Margit krt. 85. H-1024 Budapest Magyarország Telephone: +36 1 336 74 30 Telefax: +36 1 336 74 28 E-mail: spectrade@mkeh.hu MALTA Diviżjoni għall-Kummerċ Servizzi Kummerċjali Lascaris Valletta CMR02 Malta Telephone: +356 25 69 02 09 Telefax: +356 21 24 05 16 NETHERLANDS Ministerie van Economische Zaken Directoraat-generaal voor Buitenlandse Economische Betrekkingen Directie Handelspolitiek en Globalisering Bezuidenhoutseweg 20 Postbus 20101 2500 EC Den Haag The Netherlands Telephone: (31-70) 379 64 85, 379 62 50 AUSTRIA Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Abteilung für Aus- und Einfuhrkontrolle Stubenring 1 A-1011 Wien Tel.: (+43) 1 71100 8327 Fax: (+43) 1 71100 8386 E-Mail: post@C22.bmwa.gv.at POLAND Ministerstwo Gospodarki Departament Administrowania Obrotem plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5 00-507 Warszawa Polska tel. (+48 22) 693 55 53 fax (+48 22) 693 40 21 e-mail: SekretariatDAO\_1@mg.gov.pl PORTUGAL Ministério das Finanças Direcção-Geral das Alfândegas e dos Impostos Especiais de Consumo Direcção de Serviços de Licenciamento Rua Terreiro do Trigo, edifício da Alfândega P-1149-060 Lisboa Tel.: (351-21) 881 42 63 Fax: (351-21) 881 42 61 ROMANIA Ministerul pentru Întreprinderi Mici și Mijlocii, Comerț, Turism și Profesii Liberale Departamentul pentru Comerț Exterior Direcția Generală Politici Comerciale Str. Ion Câmpineanu, nr. 16 București, sector 1 Cod poștal 010036 România Tel.: + 40 21 401 05 49; + 40 21 401 05 67 + 40 21 401 05 03 Fax: + 40 21 401 05 48; + 40 21 315 04 54 e-mail: clc@dce.gov.ro SLOVENIA Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo Direktorat za ekonomske odnose s tujino Kotnikova 5 1000 Ljubljana Republika Slovenija Telephone: +386 1 400 3542 Telefax: +386 1 400 3611 SLOVAKIA Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky Odbor riadenia obchodovania s citlivými tovarmi Mierová 19 827 15 Bratislava Slovenská republika Telephone: +421 2 48 54 21 65 Telefax: +421 2 43 42 39 15 FINLAND Sisäasiainministeriö Arpajais- ja asehallintoyksikkö PL 50 FI-11101 RIIHIMÄKI Puhelin (358-9) 160 01 Faksi (358-19) 72 06 68 Sähköposti: aahy@poliisi.fi SWEDEN Kommerskollegium PO Box 6803 S-113 86 Stockholm Tfn (46-8) 690 48 00 Fax (46-8) 30 67 59 E-post: registrator@kommers.se UNITED KINGDOM *Import of goods listed in Annex II:* Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Import Licensing Branch Queensway House West Precinct Billingham TS23 2NF United Kingdom Tel. (44-1642) 364 333 Fax (44-1642) 364 269 E-mail: enquiries.ilb@berr.gsi.gov.uk *Export of goods listed in Annexes II or III, and supply of technical assistance related to goods listed in Annex II as referred to in Articles 3(1) and (4)(1):* Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Export Control Organisation 1 Victoria Street London SW1H 0ET United Kingdom Tel. (44-20) 7215 2423 Fax (44-20) 7215 0531 E-mail: lu3.eca@berr.gsi.gov.uk B. Address for notifications to the Commission Commission of the European Communities Directorate-General for External Relations Directorate A. Crisis Platform — Policy Coordination in Common Foreign and Security Policy Unit A.2. Crisis Response and Peace Building CHAR 12/45 B-1049 Brussels Tel. (32-2) 295 55 85 Fax (32-2) 299 08 73 E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu.’

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 ().