L 280/18 Official Journal of the European Union 26.10.2010 COUNCIL DECISION 2010/639/CFSP of 25 October 2010 concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof, Whereas: (1)  On 10 April 2006, the Council adopted Common Position 2006/276|CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus (?). (2) By Common Position 2009/314/CEFSP of 6 April 2009 amending Common Position 2006/276|CESP (3) the restrictive  measures were extended until 15 March 2010. However, the travel restrictions imposed on certain leading figures in Belarus, with the exception of those involved in the disappearances which occurred in 1999 and 2000 and of the President of the Central Electoral ~ Commission,  were  suspended  until 15 December 2009. (3)  On 15 December 2009, the Council adopted Council Decision  2009/969/CESP ()  extending both the restrictive  measures and  the suspension  until 31 October 2010. (4 On the basis of a re-examination of Common Position 2006/276|CESP, the restrictive measures should be renewed until 31 October 2011, whilst the suspension of the travel restrictions, should also be renewed until the same date. (5)  The Union implementing measures are set out in Regu- lation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus (), HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 1.  Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of persons, who are responsible: () O] L 101, 11.4.2006, p. 5. () O] L 93, 7.4.2009, p. 21. () O] L 332, 17.12.2009, p. 76. (4 O] L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1. (a) for, but failed to start, the initiation of independent inves- tigation and prosecution of the alleged crimes and those who are considered by the Pourgourides Report to be key actors in the disappearances of four well-known persons in Belarus in 1999/2000 and the following cover-up, in view of their apparent obstruction of justice, as listed in Annex I; (b) for the fraudulent elections and referendum in Belarus on 17 October 2004 and those who are responsible for severe human rights violations in the repression of peaceful demonstrators in the aftermath of the elections and referendum in Belarus, as listed in Annex II; (c) for the violations of international electoral standards in the presidential elections in Belarus on 19 March 2006, and the crackdown on civil society and democratic opposition, as listed in Annex IIL 2. Paragraph 1 shall not oblige a Member State to refuse its own nationals entry into its territory. 3. Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the cases where a Member State is bound by an obligation of international law, namely: (i) as a host country of an international intergovernmental organisation; (ii) as a host country to an international conference convened by, or under the auspices of, the United Nations; (ili) under a multilateral agreement conferring privileges and immunities; or (iv) under the 1929 Treaty of Conciliation (Lateran pact) concluded by the Holy See (State of the Vatican City) and Italy. 4. Paragraph 3 shall be considered as applying also in cases where a Member State is host country of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).