1. 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 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:

necessary to satisfy the basic needs of persons listed in Annex I and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums and public utility charges;

intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;

intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources; or

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 5 is replaced by the following:

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 646/2008 of 8 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus ANNEX ‘ANNEX II