Council Regulation (EC) No. 314/2004 (“the Council Regulation”) of 19 February 2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe (O.J. L 55, 24.2.2004, p.1) contains various sanctions measures imposed in respect of the Government of Zimbabwe and those connected with it. Those measures include financial sanctions which require the funds and economic resources of certain persons, entities and bodies, listed in Annex III of the Council Regulation, to be frozen. Regulations 6 to 10 of the Zimbabwe (Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”) provide for criminal penalties for breach of the freeze on funds and economic resources contained in the Council Regulation.