Ports and vessels

1) It is prohibited to obtain authorization for a vessel to use the DPRK flag, to own, lease, operate, or provide any vessel classification, certification or associated service, or to insure any vessel flagged to the DPRK, including chartering such vessels. It shall be prohibited to register vessels in the DPRK. It is prohibited to apply for or to assist in the registration or maintenance on the register of any vessel owned, controlled or operated by the DPRK or DPRK nationals, any vessels listed in Annex XVIII or that has been deregistered by another State. It is prohibited to provide vessel classification services to vessels listed in Annex XVIII of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509. Member States shall de-register any vessel that is owned, controlled, or operated by the DPRK and any vessel where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel has been involved in activities prohibited by the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions. It is prohibited to provide insurance or reinsurance services to vessels owned, controlled, or operated by the DPRK or vessels listed in Annex XVIII of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509. 2) A Member State that is a flag State of a vessel designated by the UN Sanctions Committee shall, if the Committee has so specified, de-flag the vessel or direct the vessel to an identified port. 3) It is prohibited to provide any servicing to DPRK vessels, if there is information available that the vessels carry prohibited items. Vessels listed in Annex XIV of the Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 shall be seized. 4) It is prohibited to facilitate or engage in ship-to-ship transfers to or from any DPRK flagged vessel of any goods that are being sold, supplied, transferred or exported to or from the DPRK. 5) Member States shall seize, inspect and impound any vessel in their ports, and may seize, inspect and impound any vessel subject to their jurisdiction in their territorial waters where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel has been involved in activities, or the transport of items, prohibited by the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions. 6) Member States shall prohibit the entry into their ports of DPRK vessels.

EU

Restrictive measures in relation to the non-proliferation of the weapons of mass destruction

UN, EU country specific

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The ongoing nuclear and ballistic missile-related activities of the DPRK represent a serious threat to international peace and security. These activities undermine the global non-proliferation and disarmament regime of which the EU has been a steadfast supporter for decades. In this context, the EU has implemented the restrictive measures imposed by Resolutions of the UN Security Council and has complemented them through its own autonomous measures. These measures target the DPRK's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile-related programmes. The first set of restrictive measures were introduced with the UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006), adopted shortly after DPRK´s first nuclear test on 9 October 2006. The UN Security Council has repeatedly adopted new measures and expanded existing ones, most recently on 3 September 2017. On 27 May 2016, for the first time, the Council of the EU adopted additional autonomous restrictive measures in relation to the DPRK on the grounds that its actions constitute a grave threat to international peace and security in the region and beyond. On 6 April and most recently on 16 October, the Council again introduced additional restrictive measures to further increase pressure on the DPRK to comply with its international obligations. The EU is determined to combat proliferation and committed to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, including through the consideration of new restrictive measures. Derogations and exemptions to the restrictive measures are possible, including the delivery of humanitarian aid.