1.   It shall be prohibited:

2.   Annex I shall include goods and technology, including software, which are dual-use items or technology as defined in Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items, except for the goods and technology defined in Category 5 of Annex I to that Regulation which are not included in the Nuclear Suppliers Group and Missile Technology Control Regime lists.

3.   Annex II shall include other goods and technology which could contribute to Iran's enrichment-related, reprocessing or heavy-water-related activities, to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems, or to the pursuit of activities related to other topics about which the IAEA has expressed concerns or has identified as outstanding, including those determined by the UN Security Council or by the Sanctions Committee.

4.   Annexes I, II and III shall not include goods and technology included in the Common Military List of the European Union (14) (‘Common Military List’).

1.   A prior authorisation shall be required for the sale, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, of the goods and technology listed in Annex IV, whether or not originating in the Union, to any Iranian person, entity or body or for use in Iran.

2.   For all exports for which an authorisation is required under this Article, such authorisation shall be granted by the competent authorities of the Member State where the exporter is established and shall be in accordance with the detailed rules laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 428/2009. The authorisation shall be valid throughout the Union.

3.   Annex IV shall include any goods and technology, other than those included in Annexes I and II, which could contribute to enrichment-related, reprocessing or heavy water-related activities, to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems, or to the pursuit of activities related to other topics about which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expressed concerns or has identified as outstanding.

4.   Exporters shall supply the competent authorities with all relevant information required for their application for an export authorisation.

5.   The competent authorities of the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex V, shall not grant any authorisation for any sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods or technology included in Annex IV, if they have reasonable grounds to determine that the sale, supply, transfer or export thereof would contribute to one of the following activities:

6.   Under the conditions set out in paragraph 5, the competent authorities of the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex V, may annul, suspend, modify or revoke an export authorisation which they have granted.

7.   Where the competent authority of a Member State refuses to grant an authorisation, or annul, suspend, substantially limit or revoke an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 5, the Member State shall notify the other Member States and the Commission thereof and share the relevant information with them, while complying with the provisions concerning the confidentiality of such information of Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (15).

8.   Before a Member State grants an authorisation in accordance with paragraph 5 for a transaction which is essentially identical to a transaction which is the subject of a still valid denial issued by another Member State or by other Member States under paragraphs 6 and 7, it will first consult the Member State or States which issued the denial. If, following such consultations, the Member State concerned decides to grant an authorisation, it shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof, providing all relevant information to explain the decision.

1.   It shall be prohibited:

2.   The provision of the following shall be subject to an authorisation from the competent authority of the Member State concerned:

3.   The competent authorities of the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex V, shall not grant any authorisation for the transactions referred to in paragraph 2, if they have reasonable grounds to determine that the action would contribute to one of the following activities:

1.   The competent authorities of the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex V, may grant, under such terms and conditions as they deem appropriate, an authorisation for a transaction in relation to goods and technology referred to in Article 2(1) or assistance or brokering services referred to in Article 5(1), if they determine, except when subparagraph (c) applies, that the transaction would clearly not contribute to the development of technologies in support of Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities, or to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems, including where such goods and technology, assistance or brokering services are for food, agricultural, medical or other humanitarian purposes, and if the following conditions are met:

2.   The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission when it rejects a request for an authorisation.

3.   Paragraph 1 shall not apply to transactions or brokering services in relation to goods and technology referred to in Annex III.

1.   It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export key equipment or technology listed in Annex VI, directly or indirectly, to any Iranian person, entity or body or for use in, Iran.

2.   Annex VI shall include key equipment and technology for the following key sectors of the oil and gas industry in Iran:

3.   Annex VI shall not include items included in the Common Military List, or in Annex I, Annex II or Annex IV.

1.   The following shall be prohibited:

2.   The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall apply to any Iranian person, entity or body engaged:

3.   For the purposes of paragraph 2(c) only, the following definitions shall apply:

4.   It shall be prohibited to establish cooperation with an Iranian person, entity or body engaged in the transmission of natural gas as referred to in paragraph 3(b).

5.   For the purposes of paragraph 4, ‘cooperation’ means:

1.   The making of an investment through transactions referred to in Article 11(1) in an Iranian person, entity or body engaged in the manufacture of goods or technology listed in Annex IV shall be subject to an authorisation from the competent authority of the Member State concerned.

2.   The competent authorities of the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex V, shall not grant any authorisation for the transactions referred to in paragraph 1, if they have reasonable grounds to determine that the action would contribute to one of the following activities:

1.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by the persons, entities and bodies listed in Annex VII shall be frozen. Annex VII shall include the persons, entities and bodies designated by the United Nations Security Council or by the Sanctions Committee in accordance with paragraph 12 of UNSCR 1737 (2006), paragraph 7 of UNSCR 1803 (2008) or paragraph 11, 12 or 19 of UNSCR 1929 (2010).

2.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by the persons, entities and bodies listed in Annex VIII shall be frozen. Annex VIII shall include the natural and legal persons, entities and bodies, not covered by Annex VII, who, in accordance with Article 20(1)(b) of Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP, have been identified as:

3.   No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annexes VII and VIII.

4.   The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the measures referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be prohibited.

5.   Annexes VII and VIII shall include the grounds for listing of listed persons, entities and bodies, as provided by the Security Council or by the Sanctions Committee for Annex VII.

6.   Annexes VII and VIII shall also include, where available, information necessary to identify the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies concerned, as provided by the Security Council or by the Sanctions Committee for Annex VII. With regard to natural persons, such information may include names including aliases, date and place of birth, nationality, passport and ID card numbers, gender, adress, if known, and function or profession. With regard to legal persons, entities and bodies, such information may include names, place and date of registration, registration number and place of business. Annex VII shall also include the date of designation by the Security Council or by the Sanctions Committee.

1.   By way of derogation from Article 16, the competent authorities of the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex V, may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, provided that the following conditions are met:

2.   By way of derogation from Article 16, the competent authorities of the Member States, as indicated on the websites listed in Annex V, may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, after having determined that the funds or economic resources are necessary for extraordinary expenses or for payment for or transfer of goods when procured for a light water reactor in Iran the construction of which has begun before December 2006, or for goods referred to in Article 6(b) and (c), provided that the following conditions are met:

3.   The relevant Member State shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 1 or 2.

1.   Article 16(3) shall not prevent financial or credit institutions from crediting frozen accounts where they receive funds transferred onto the account of a listed natural or legal person, entity or body, provided that any additions to such accounts shall also be frozen. The financial or credit institution shall inform the competent authorities about such transactions without delay.

2.   Article 16(3) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of:

provided that any such interest or other earnings and payments are frozen in accordance with Article 16(1) or (2).

3.   This Article shall not be construed as authorising transfers of funds referred to in Article 21.

1.   Transfer of funds to and from an Iranian person, entity or body shall be processed as follows:

2.   These provisions shall apply regardless of whether the transfer of funds is executed in a single operation or in several operations which appear to be linked.

3.   Notifications and requests for authorisation relating to the transfer of funds to an Iranian person, entity or body shall be addressed by or on behalf of the payment service provider of the payer as referred to in Article 1(r) to the competent authorities of the Member State where the initial order to execute the transfer is given.

Notifications and requests for authorisation relating to the transfer of funds from an Iranian person, entity or body shall be addressed by or on behalf of the payment service provider of the payee as referred to in Article 1(r) to the competent authorities of the Member State in which the payee is resident or the payment service provider is established.

If the payments service provider of the payer or the payee does not fall under the scope of Article 39, notifications and requests for authorisation shall be addressed by the payer or payee to the competent authorities of the Member State in which the payer or payee is resident.

4.   For the purposes of paragraph 1(c), the competent authorities of the Member States, as identified on the websites listed in Annex V, shall grant, under such terms and conditions as they deem appropriate, an authorisation for a transfer of funds having a value of EUR 40 000 or more, unless they have reasonable grounds to determine that the transfer of funds for which the authorisation is requested, would contribute to one of the following activities:

5.   This article shall not apply where an authorisation for a transfer has been granted in accordance with Articles 13, 17, 18, 19 or 20.

1.   Branches and subsidiaries, falling within the scope of Article 39, of credit and financial institutions domiciled in Iran shall notify the competent authority of the Member State where they are established, as identified on the website mentioned in Annex V, of all transfers of funds carried out or received by them, the names of the parties and the amount and the date of the transaction, within five working days after carrying out or receiving the transfer of funds concerned. If the information is available, the notification must specify the nature of the transaction and, where appropriate, the nature of the goods covered by the transaction and must, in particular, state whether the goods are covered by Annex I, II, III, IV or VI of this Regulation and, if their export is subject to authorisation, indicate the number of the licence granted.

2.   Subject to and in accordance with the information-sharing arrangements, the other notified competent authorities shall without delay transmit that data, as necessary, in order to prevent any transaction that could contribute to proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or to the development of nuclear weapons delivery systems, to the competent authorities of other Member States where the counterparts to such transactions are established.

1.   Credit and financial institutions which fall within the scope of Article 39 shall, in their activities with credit and financial institutions referred to in paragraph 2, and in order to prevent such activities from contributing to proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems:

The above requirements for credit and financial institutions shall be complementary to existing obligations deriving from Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 and from the implementation of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (16).

2.   The measures set out in paragraph 1 shall apply to credit and financial institutions in their activities with:

1.   It shall be prohibited for credit and financial institutions falling within the scope of Article 39 to do any of the following:

2.   It shall be prohibited:

1.   It shall be prohibited:

2.   Points (i) and (ii) of paragraph 1(a) shall not apply to the provision of compulsory or third party insurance to Iranian persons, entities or bodies based in the Union.

3.   Point (iii) of paragraph 1(a) shall not apply to the provision of insurance, including health and travel insurance, to individuals acting in their private capacity, except for persons listed in Annexes VII and VIII, and re-insurance relating thereto.

Point (iii) of paragraph 1(a) shall not prevent the provision of insurance or re-insurance to the owner of a vessel, aircraft or vehicle chartered by a person, entity or body referred to in point (i) or (ii) of paragraph 1(a) and which is not listed in Annexes VII or VIII.

For the purpose of point (iii) of paragraph 1(a), a person, entity or body shall not be considered to act at the direction of a person, entity or body referred to in points (i) and (ii) of paragraph 1(a) where that direction is for the purposes of docking, loading, unloading or safe transit of a vessel or aircraft temporarly in Iranian waters or airspace.

4.   This Article prohibits the extension or renewal of insurance and re-insurance agreements concluded before the entry into force of this Regulation, but, without prejudice to Article 16(3), it does not prohibit compliance with agreements concluded before that date.

1.   To prevent the transfer of goods and technology which are covered by the Common Military List or the supply, sale, transfer, export or import of which is prohibited by this Regulation, all goods brought into or leaving the customs territory of the Union from or to Iran shall be made subject to pre-arrival or pre-departure information to be submitted to the competent customs authorities of the Member State concerned.

2.   The rules governing the obligation to provide pre-arrival and pre-departure information, in particular regarding the person who provides that information, the time limits to be respected and the data required, shall be as determined in the relevant provisions concerning entry and exit summary declarations as well as customs declarations in Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 and in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

3.   Furthermore, the person who provides the information referred to in paragraph 2, shall declare whether the goods are covered by the Common Military List or by this Regulation and, where their export is subject to authorisation, specify the particulars of the export licence granted.

4.   Until 31 December 2010 the entry and exit summary declarations and the required additional elements referred to in paragraph 3 may be submitted in written form using commercial, port or transport information, provided that they contain the necessary details.

5.   As from 1 January 2011, the required additional elements referred to in this Article shall be submitted either in written form or using a customs declaration as appropriate.

1.   The provision by nationals of Member States or from the territories of Member States of bunkering or ship supply services, or any other servicing of vessels, to vessels owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by an Iranian person, entity or body shall be prohibited where the providers of the service have information, including from the competent customs authorities on the basis of the pre-arrival and pre-departure information referred to in Article 27, that provides reasonable grounds to believe that the vessels carry goods covered by the Common Military List or goods whose supply, sale, transfer or export is prohibited under this Regulation, unless the provision of such services is necessary for humanitarian purposes.

2.   The provision by nationals of Member States, or from the territories of Member States, of engineering and maintenance services to cargo aircraft owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by an Iranian person, entity or body shall be prohibited, where the providers of the service have information, including from the competent customs authorities on the basis of the pre-arrival and pre-departure information referred to in Article 27, that provides reasonable grounds to believe that the cargo aircraft carry goods covered by the Common Military List or goods the supply, sale, transfer or export of which is prohibited under this Regulation, unless the provision of such services is necessary for humanitarian and safety purposes.

3.   The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply until the cargo has been inspected and, if necessary, seized or disposed of, as the case may be.

Any seizure and disposal may, in accordance with national legislation or the decision of a competent authority, be carried out at the expense of the importer or be recovered from any other person or entity responsible for the attempted illicit supply, sale, transfer or export.

1.   No claims in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which would have been affected, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the measures imposed under Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 or this Regulation, including claims for indemnity or any other claim of this type, such as a claim for compensation or a claim under a guarantee, notably a claim for extension or payment of a bond, guarantee or indemnity, particularly a financial guarantee or financial indemnity, of whatever form, shall be satisfied, if they are made by:

2.   The performance of a contract or transaction shall be regarded as having been affected by the measures imposed under Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 or by this Regulation where the existence or content of the claim results directly or indirectly from those measures.

3.   In any proceedings for the enforcement of a claim, the onus of proving that satisfying the claim is not prohibited by paragraph 1 shall be on the person seeking the enforcement of that claim.

4.   This Article is without prejudice to the right of the persons, entities and bodies referred to in paragraph 1 to judicial review of the legality of the non-performance of contractual obligations in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 or this Regulation.

1.   Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall:

2.   Any additional information received directly by the Commission shall be made available to the Member State concerned.

3.   Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

1.   The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal to make funds or economic resources available, carried out in good faith on the basis that such action is in accordance with this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal person or entity or body implementing it, or its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen or withheld as a result of negligence.

2.   The prohibitions set out in the present Regulation shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal persons or entities concerned, if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe these prohibitions.

3.   The disclosure in good faith, as provided for in Articles 21, 22 and 23, by an institution or by a person covered by this Regulation or an employee or director of such an institution, of the information referred to in Articles 21, 22 and 23 shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the institution or person or its directors or employees.

1.   A Member State may take all action it deems necessary to ensure that relevant international, Union or national legal obligations concerning the health and safety of workers and environmental protection are respected where cooperation with an Iranian person, entity or body may be affected by the implementation of this Regulation.

2.   For the purpose of action taken pursuant to paragraph 1, the prohibitions in Articles 8 and 9, point (c) of Article 11(2), and Articles 16(2), 21 and 26 shall not apply.

3.   Member States shall inform each other in advance of action pursuant to paragraph 1.

1.   Where the Security Council or the Sanctions Committee lists a natural or legal person, entity or body, the Council shall include such natural or legal person, entity or body in Annex VII.

2.   Where the Council decides to subject a natural or legal person, entity or body to the measures referred to in Article 16(2), it shall amend Annex VIII accordingly.

3.   The Council shall communicate its decision, including the grounds for listing, to the natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, either directly, if the address is known, or through the publication of a notice, providing such natural or legal person, entity or body with an opportunity to present observations.

4.   Where observations are submitted, or where substantial new evidence is presented, the Council shall review its decision and inform the natural or legal person, entity or body accordingly.

5.   Where the United Nations decides to delist a natural or legal person, entity or body, or to amend the identifying data of a listed natural or legal person, entity or body, the Council shall amend Annex VII accordingly.

6.   The list in Annex VIII shall be reviewed in regular intervals and at least every 12 months.

1.   Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

2.   Member States shall notify the Commission of those rules without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment.

1.   Member States shall designate the competent authorities referred to in this Regulation and identify them on the websites listed in Annex V. Member States shall notify the Commission of any changes in the addresses of their websites listed in Annex V.

2.   Member States shall notify the Commission of their competent authorities, including the contact details of those competent authorities, without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation, and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment.

3.   Where this Regulation sets out a requirement to notify, inform or otherwise communicate with the Commission, the address and other contact details to be used for such communication shall be those indicated in Annex V.