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(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 (2) gives effect to Decision 2012/642/CFSP and in particular provides for the freezing of funds and economic resources of, and prohibits making funds or economic resources available to, persons, entities and bodies responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, or whose activities otherwise seriously undermine democracy or the rule of law in Belarus or who benefit from or support the Lukashenka regime.

(2)

On 15 November 2021, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/1990 (3), which introduces an additional designation criterion to allow for the application of targeted restrictive measures against natural or legal persons, entities or bodies organising or contributing to activities by the Lukashenka regime that facilitate the illegal crossing of the external borders of the Union or the transfer of prohibited goods and the illegal transfer of restricted goods, including hazardous goods, into the territory of the Union.

(3)

That amendment needs to be reflected in Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 in order to allow for the correct and uniform implementation of the prohibition across the Union.

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,