Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2005)614 - Specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri

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dossier COM(2005)614 - Specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime ...
source COM(2005)614 EN
date 28-11-2005
1. In view of the report of the international independent investigation commission concerning the investigation into the 14 February 2005 terrorist bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others, the United Nations Security Council decided on 31 October 2005 to take certain measures to support the investigation.

2. The measures decided by the Security Council in its Resolution 1636 (2005) include, inter alia, the freezing of funds and economic resources of persons designated by the Committee of the Security Council established by paragraph 3 (b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005), as suspected of involvement in the planning, sponsoring, organising or perpetrating of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and others.

3. The freezing of funds and economic resources of designated persons falls within the scope of the Treaty. The Commission proposes to implement it by means of a Council Regulation.

4. The proposed measures are similar to those imposed by means of Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, by Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 imposing certain restrictive measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and by Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic Republic of Congo.