L 163/100 Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2004 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 924/2004 of 29 April 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2465/96 ('), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2204/2003 (3, and in particular Article 11(b) thereof, Whereas: (1) Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 lists the natural and legal persons, bodies or entities associated with the regime of former President Saddam Hussein covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation. (20 On 7 April 2004, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list comprising Saddam Hussein and other senior offi- cials of the former Iraqi regime, their immediate family members and the entities owned or controlled by them or by persons acting on their behalf or at their direction, to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Therefore, Annex IV should be amended accordingly. (3)  In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004. () OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 6. () OJ L 330, 18.12.2003, p. 7. For the Commission Christopher PATTEN Member of the Commission