21.6.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 161/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 588/2011 of 20 June 2011 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 on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2011/357/CFSP of 20 June 2011 amending Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus ('), Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission, Whereas: (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 (3 provides for a freezing of the assets of President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus. (2) By Decision 2011/357/CFSP, the Council has decided to take certain additional restrictive measures in relation to Belarus, in particular by imposing an arms embargo and a prohibition on internal repression equipment. (3)  Some elements of these measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and regulatory action at the level of the Union is therefore necessary in order to implement them, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform appli- cation by economic operators in all Member States. (4)  In view of the gravity of the situation in Belarus and in accordance with Council Decision 2011/357/CFSP, addi- tional persons and entities should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006. (5)  Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly. (6)  In order to ensure that the measures in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately, (") See page 25 of this Official Journal. () OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is hereby amended as follows: (1) The title of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 is replaced by the following: ‘Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus’. (2) Article 1 is amended as follows: (a) Point (5) is replaced by the following: ‘5. “territory of the Community” means the territories of the Member States, including their airspace, to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty.. (b) The following point is added: ‘6. “technical assistance” means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services; including verbal forms of assistance.’. (3) The following Articles are inserted: ‘Article 1a 1. It shall be prohibited: (a) to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex III, whether or not originating in the Union, to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;