27.10.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 281/1 (Non-legislative acts) II REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 961/2010 of 25 October 2010 on restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 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 2010/413/CESP of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Common Position 2007/140/CESP (), Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Represen- tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission, Whereas: 1 G) On 26 July 2010, the Council approved Decision 2010/413|CFSP  confirming the restrictive measures taken since 2007 and providing for additional restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (Tran’) in order to comply with UN  Security Council Resolution 1929 (2010), as well as for accompanying measures as requested by the European Council in its Declaration of 17 June 2010. Those restrictive measures comprise, in particular, addi- tional restrictions on trade in dual-use goods and tech- nology, as well as equipment which might be used for internal repression, restrictions on trade in key equipment and technology for, and restrictions on investment in the Iranian oil and gas industry, restrictions on Iranian investment in the uranium mining and nuclear industry, restrictions on transfers of funds to and from Iran, restrictions concerning the [ranian banking sector, restrictions on Iran’s access to the insurance and bonds markets of the Union and restrictions on providing certain services to Iranian ships and cargo aircraft. Decision 2010/413/CFSP also provided for additional categories of persons to be made subject to the () OJ L 195, 27.7.2010, p. 39. ( ( ( %) ) ‘) freezing of funds and economic resources and for certain other technical amendments to existing measures. Those restrictive measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, notably with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States, legislation at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement them as far as the Union is concerned. Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 of 19 April 2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (2 enacted the restrictive measures taken by the Union further to Common Position 2007/140/CFSP (*). For the sake of clarity, Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 should be repealed and replaced by this Regulation. The revised restrictive measures concerning dual-use goods should cover all goods and technology set out in Annex I to Council 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 (¥), with the exception of certain items in Category 5 thereof. Those Category 5 items which relate to nuclear and missile technology and are currently subject to a prohibition on their transfer to and from Iran should, nevertheless, remain subject to such prohibition. Moreover, a prohibition should also be imposed on the transfer to and from Iran of certain goods and technology which were previously subject to a prior authorisation requirement under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 423/2007. In order to ensure the effective implementation of the prohibition on the sale, supply, transfer or export to Iran of certain key equipment or technology which could be used in the key sectors of the oil and natural gas industries, a list of such key equipment and technology should be provided. 103, 20.4.2007, p. 1. oJ L 0] L 61, 28.2.2007, p. 49. oJ L 134, 29.5.2009, p. 1.