25.6.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 159/9 COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 556/2010 of 24 June 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 imposing certain restrictive measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) 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 2004/694/CFSP of 11 October 2004 on further measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (1), 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 17632004 of 11 October 2004 imposing certain restrictive measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of the Inter- national Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) () provides for the freezing of the funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned or held by, certain natural persons indicted by the ICTY, in accordance with Common Position 2004/694/CESP. (2) It is appropriate to align Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 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. For the sake of clarity, the Articles to which amendments need to be made should be replaced in full. (3)  Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 should be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1763/2004 is amended as follows: (1) Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 1. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities in the Member States, as indicated in the () OJ L 315, 14.10.2004, p. 52. () OJ L 315, 14.10.2004, p. 14. websites listed in Annex II, may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain frozen funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are: (a) necessary for basic expenses, 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 associated 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 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 1. By way of derogation from Article 2, 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, if the following conditions are met: (@) The funds or economic resources are subject of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien established prior to the date on which the natural person referred to in Article 2 was included in Annex I or of a judicial, administrative or arbitral judgment rendered prior to that date;