25.6.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 159/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 554/2010 of 24 June 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 2488/2000 maintaining a freeze of funds in relation to Mr Milosevic and those persons associated with him THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215(2) thereof, Having regard to Council Common Position 2000/599/CFSP of 9 October 2000 on support to a democratic FRY and the immediate lifting of certain restrictive measures (!), and to Council Common Position 2000/696/CESP of 10 November 2000 on the maintenance of specific restrictive measures directed against Mr Milosevic and persons associated with him (3), Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Represen- tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission, Whereas: (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2488/2000 of 10 November 2000 maintaining a freeze of funds in relation to Mr Milosevic and those persons associated with him (%) confirmed certain restrictive measures in accordance with  Common  Positions ~ 2000/599/CFSP  and 2000/696]CESP. (2) It is appropriate to align Regulation (EC) No 2488/2000 with recent developments in sanctions practice, on the one hand as regards the identification of competent authorities and on the other, as regards the Article on Union jurisdiction. (3)  Regulation (EC) No 2488/2000 should be amended accordingly, OJ L 261, 14.10.2000, p. 1. () OJ L 287, 14.11.2000, p. 1. OJ L 287, 14.11.2000, p. 19. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 2488/2000 is amended as follows: 1. Paragraph 2 of Article 2 is replaced by the following: 2. Any information that the provisions of this Regulation are being, or have been circumvented shall be notified to the competent authorities as indicated in the websites listed in Annex II and/or to the Commission.’; 2. Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 1. Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall: (a) supply immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 1, to the competent authorities of Member States as indicated in the websites listed in Annex II for the country where they are resident or located and shall transmit such information, directly or through the competent authority as indicated in the websites listed in Annex 11, to the Commission; and Cx cooperate with that competent authority in any verifi- cation of this information. 2. Any additional information directly received by the Commission shall be made available to the Member State concerned.