9.7.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 180/5 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 646/2008 of 8 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof, Having regard to Common Position 2006/276|CESP of 10 April 2006 concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus and replacing Common Position 2004/661/CESP (1), Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Luka- shenko and certain officials of Belarus () imposed restrictive measures in accordance with Common Position 2006/276|CESP. It is appropriate to align Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 with recent developments in sanctions practice regarding the identification of competent authorities, liability for certain infringements and public notice regarding procedures for maintenance of certain lists. For the sake of clarity, those Articles to which amendments need to be made should be republished in full, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is amended as follows: 1. " ) the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 2a The prohibition set out in Article 2(2) shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies concerned, if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe this prohibition.; OJ L 101, 11.4.2006, p. 5. Common Position as last amended by Common Position 2008/288/CESP (O] L 95, 8.4.2008, p. 66). O] L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1791/2006 (O] L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1). 2. Atticle 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 1.  The competent authorities in the Member States, as indicated in the websites listed in Annex II, may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are: (a) necessary to satisfy the basic needs of persons listed in Annex I and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums and public utility charges; (b) intended exclusively for payment of reasonable profes- sional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses asso- ciated with the provision of legal services; (c) intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources; or (d) necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the Member State concerned has notified the other Member States and the Commission of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted, at least two weeks before the authorisation. 2. Member States shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 1.; . Article 5 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 5 1. Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall: