# L_2012257EN.01002001.xml

| 25.9.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 257/20 |
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25.9.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 257/20

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/516/CFSP

of 24 September 2012

implementing Decision 2012/285/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 31 May 2012, the Council adopted Decision 2012/285/CFSP. |
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(1)

On 31 May 2012, the Council adopted Decision 2012/285/CFSP.

| (2) | Following a decision by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 2048 (2012), six persons should be removed from the list set out in Annex II to Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP and should be included in the list set out in Annex I to that Decision. It is also necessary to amend the entries for those persons. |
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(2)

Following a decision by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 2048 (2012), six persons should be removed from the list set out in Annex II to Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP and should be included in the list set out in Annex I to that Decision. It is also necessary to amend the entries for those persons.

| (3) | The lists set out in Annexes I and II to Decision 2012/285/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

The lists set out in Annexes I and II to Decision 2012/285/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be deleted from the list set out in Annex II to Decision 2012/285/CFSP. Those persons shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2012/285/CFSP and the corresponding entries shall be amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2012.

For the Council

The President

A. D. MAVROYIANNIS

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(1)  
  OJ L 142, 1.6.2012, p. 36.

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ANNEX

PERSONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1

| | Name | Identifying information (date and place of birth (d.o.b. and p.o.b.), passport/ID card number, etc.) | Grounds for listing |
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| 1. | Captain (Navy) Sanhá CLUSSÉ | Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
  D.o.b.: 28.9.1965
  Parentage: Clusse Mutcha and Dalu Imbungue
  Official function: Acting Navy Chief of Staff
  Passport: SA 0000515
  Date of issue: 8.12.2003
  Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau
  Date of expiry: 29.8.2013 | Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. Very close to António Injai. Sanhá Clussé integrated the ‘Military Command’ delegation that met with ECOWAS in Abidjan on 26 April 2012. |
| 2. | Colonel Cranha DANFÁ | Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
  D.o.b.: 5.3.1957
  Official function: Head of Operations of the Armed Forces Joint Staff
  Passport: AAIN29392
  Date of issue: 29.9.2011
  Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau
  Date of expiry: 29.9.2016 | Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. Close advisor to Armed Forces Chief of Staff António Injai. |
| 3. | Major Idrissa DJALÓ | Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
  D.o.b.: 6.1.1962
  Official function: Protocol advisor to the Armed Forces Chief of Staff | Point of Contact for the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012 and one of its most active members. He was one of the first officers to publicly assume his affiliation to the ‘Military Command’, having signed one of its first communiqués (No 5, dated 13 April 2012). Major Djaló also belongs to the Military Intelligence. |
| 4. | Lieutenant-colonel Tchipa NA BIDON | Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
  D.o.b.: 28.5.1954
  Parentage: ‘Nabidom’
  Official function: Head of Intelligence
  Passport: Diplomatic Passport DA0001564
  Date of issue: 30.11.2005
  Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau
  Date of expiry: 15.5.2011 | Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. |
| 5. | Lieutenant-colonel Tcham NA MAN (a.k.a. Namam) | Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
  D.o.b.: 27.2.1953
  Parentage: Biute Naman and Ndjade Na Noa
  Official function: Head of the Armed Forces Military Hospital
  Passport: SA0002264
  Date of issue: 24.7.2006
  Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau
  Date of expiry: 23.7.2009 | Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. Also a member of the Military High Command (highest hierarchy of the Bissau-Guinean Armed Forces). |
| 6. | Lieutenant-colonel Júlio NHATE | Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
  D.o.b.: 28.9.1965
  Official function: Commander of the Paratroops Regiment | Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. A loyal ally of António Injai, Lt. Col. Júlio Nhate has the material responsibility for the 12 April 2012 coup, having conducted the military operation. |

Name

Identifying information (date and place of birth (d.o.b. and p.o.b.), passport/ID card number, etc.)

Grounds for listing

1.

Captain (Navy) Sanhá CLUSSÉ

Nationality: Guinea-Bissau

D.o.b.: 28.9.1965

Parentage: Clusse Mutcha and Dalu Imbungue

Official function: Acting Navy Chief of Staff

Passport: SA 0000515

Date of issue: 8.12.2003

Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau

Date of expiry: 29.8.2013

Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. Very close to António Injai. Sanhá Clussé integrated the ‘Military Command’ delegation that met with ECOWAS in Abidjan on 26 April 2012.

2.

Colonel Cranha DANFÁ

Nationality: Guinea-Bissau

D.o.b.: 5.3.1957

Official function: Head of Operations of the Armed Forces Joint Staff

Passport: AAIN29392

Date of issue: 29.9.2011

Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau

Date of expiry: 29.9.2016

Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. Close advisor to Armed Forces Chief of Staff António Injai.

3.

Major Idrissa DJALÓ

Nationality: Guinea-Bissau

D.o.b.: 6.1.1962

Official function: Protocol advisor to the Armed Forces Chief of Staff

Point of Contact for the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012 and one of its most active members. He was one of the first officers to publicly assume his affiliation to the ‘Military Command’, having signed one of its first communiqués (No 5, dated 13 April 2012). Major Djaló also belongs to the Military Intelligence.

4.

Lieutenant-colonel Tchipa NA BIDON

Nationality: Guinea-Bissau

D.o.b.: 28.5.1954

Parentage: ‘Nabidom’

Official function: Head of Intelligence

Passport: Diplomatic Passport DA0001564

Date of issue: 30.11.2005

Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau

Date of expiry: 15.5.2011

Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012.

5.

Lieutenant-colonel Tcham NA MAN (a.k.a. Namam)

Nationality: Guinea-Bissau

D.o.b.: 27.2.1953

Parentage: Biute Naman and Ndjade Na Noa

Official function: Head of the Armed Forces Military Hospital

Passport: SA0002264

Date of issue: 24.7.2006

Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau

Date of expiry: 23.7.2009

Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. Also a member of the Military High Command (highest hierarchy of the Bissau-Guinean Armed Forces).

6.

Lieutenant-colonel Júlio NHATE

Nationality: Guinea-Bissau

D.o.b.: 28.9.1965

Official function: Commander of the Paratroops Regiment

Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. A loyal ally of António Injai, Lt. Col. Júlio Nhate has the material responsibility for the 12 April 2012 coup, having conducted the military operation.

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