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Article 4#
1.By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities of the Member States may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are:
(a)necessary to satisfy the basic needs of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I, and dependent family members of such natural persons, 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 professional fees or 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 relevant competent authority has notified the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted to the competent authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission at least two weeks prior to authorisation; or
(e)to be paid into or from an account belonging to or held by a diplomatic mission, consular post or international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, in so far as such payments are intended to be used for official purposes of the diplomatic mission, consular post or international organisation;
(f)necessary for the needs of state-funded intermediate organisations for the foreign cultural policy of the Member States in Russia;
(g)necessary for Member States’ historical responsibility programmes or for the support of Member States’ ethnic minorities in Russia.
2.The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 1.
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