# Official Journal L 137/2014

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| English edition | Legislation | Volume 5712 May 2014 |

ISSN 1977-0677

Official Journal

of the European Union

L 137

English edition

Legislation

Volume 5712 May 2014

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| | | REGULATIONS |
| | * | Council Regulation (EU) No 476/2014 of 12 May 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine | 1 |
| | * | Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 477/2014 of 12 May 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine | 3 |
| | | DECISIONS |
| | | 2014/263/EU |
| | * | Council Decision of 6 May 2014 appointing a Belgian member of the European Economic and Social Committee | 6 |
| | | 2014/264/EU |
| | * | Council Decision of 6 May 2014 on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to Vehicle Registration Data (VRD) in Hungary | 7 |
| | * | Council Decision 2014/265/CFSP of 12 May 2014 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine | 9 |

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REGULATIONS

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Council Regulation (EU) No 476/2014 of 12 May 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 477/2014 of 12 May 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

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DECISIONS

2014/263/EU

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Council Decision of 6 May 2014 appointing a Belgian member of the European Economic and Social Committee

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2014/264/EU

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Council Decision of 6 May 2014 on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to Vehicle Registration Data (VRD) in Hungary

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Council Decision 2014/265/CFSP of 12 May 2014 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

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| EN | Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.
  The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. |
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Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.

The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk.

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REGULATIONS

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 476/2014

of 12 May 2014

amending Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (1),

Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and of the European Commission,

Whereas:

| (1) | Decision 2014/145/CFSP provides for travel restrictions and for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons responsible for actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. These natural or legal persons, entities and bodies are listed in the Annex to that Decision. |
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(1)

Decision 2014/145/CFSP provides for travel restrictions and for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons responsible for actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. These natural or legal persons, entities and bodies are listed in the Annex to that Decision.

| (2) | Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (2) gives effect to certain measures provided for in Decision 2014/145/CFSP and provides for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons responsible for actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them. |
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(2)

Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (2) gives effect to certain measures provided for in Decision 2014/145/CFSP and provides for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons responsible for actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them.

| (3) | On 12 May 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/265/CFSP (3) which amends Decision 2014/145/CFSP and provides for amended listing criteria to include, in particular, legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefited from such a transfer, in line with the policy of non-recognition by the Union of the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. |
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(3)

On 12 May 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/265/CFSP (3) which amends Decision 2014/145/CFSP and provides for amended listing criteria to include, in particular, legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefited from such a transfer, in line with the policy of non-recognition by the Union of the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

| (4) | The beneficiaries of the transfer of ownership are to be understood as legal persons, entities or bodies that have become the owners of assets transferred contrary to Ukrainian law following the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol. |
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(4)

The beneficiaries of the transfer of ownership are to be understood as legal persons, entities or bodies that have become the owners of assets transferred contrary to Ukrainian law following the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol.

| (5) | These amendments fall within the scope of the Treaty and, therefore, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement them. |
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(5)

These amendments fall within the scope of the Treaty and, therefore, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement them.

| (6) | In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, it should enter into force immediately, |
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(6)

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, it should enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 is amended as follows:

| (1) | Article 2 is replaced by the following:

  ‘Article 2

  1.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by any natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, or natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, as listed in Annex I, shall be frozen.


  2.   No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, or natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, as listed in Annex I.’. |
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(1)

Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by any natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, or natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, as listed in Annex I, shall be frozen.

2.   No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, or natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, as listed in Annex I.’.

| (2) | Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:

  ‘1.   Annex I shall include natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, or legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law, or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefited from such a transfer.’. |
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(2)

Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Annex I shall include natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, or legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law, or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefited from such a transfer.’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication 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, at 12 May 2014.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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(1)  
  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16.

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(2)  Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6).

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(3)  Council Decision 2014/265/CFSP of 12 May 2014 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (see page 9 of this Official Journal).

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 477/2014

of 12 May 2014

implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. |
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(1)

On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

| (2) | In view of the gravity of the situation, the Council considers that additional persons and entities should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. |
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(2)

In view of the gravity of the situation, the Council considers that additional persons and entities should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

| (3) | Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication 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, 12 May 2014.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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(1)  
  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6.

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ANNEX

List of persons and entities referred to in Article 1

| | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing |
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| 1 | Vyacheslav Viktorovich VOLODIN | Born 4 February 1964 in Alekseevka, Saratov region. | First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Responsible for overseeing the political integration of the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea into the Russian Federation. | 12.5.2014 |
| 2. | Vladimir SHAMANOV | Born 15.02.1954 in Barnaul. | Commander of the Russian Airborne Troops, Colonel-General. In his senior position holds responsibility for the deployment of Russian airborne forces in Crimea. | 12.5.2014 |
| 3. | Vladimir Nikolaevich PLIGIN | Born 19.05.1960 in Ignatovo, Vologodsk Oblast, USSR. | Chair of the Duma Constitutional Law Committee. Responsible for facilitating the adoption of legislation on the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation. | 12.5.2014 |
| 4. | Petr Grigorievich JAROSH | | Acting Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Crimea. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea. | 12.5.2014 |
| 5. | Oleg Grigorievich KOZYURA | Born 19.12.1962 in Zaporozhye | Acting Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Sevastopol. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea. | 12.5.2014 |
| 6. | Viacheslav PONOMARIOV | | Self-declared mayor of Slaviansk. Ponomarev called on Vladimir Putin to send in Russian troops to protect the city and later asked him to supply weapons. Ponomarev's men are involved in kidnappings (they captured Ukrainian reporter Irma Krat and Simon Ostrovsky, a reporter for Vice News, both were later released, they detained military observers under OSCE Vienna Document). | 12.5.2014 |
| 7. | Igor Mykolaiovych BEZLER | Born in 1965 | One of the leaders of self-proclaimed militia of Horlivka. He took control of the Security Service of Ukraine's Office in Donetsk region building and afterwards seized the Ministry of Internal Affairs' district station in the town of Horlivka. He has links to Ihor Strielkov under which command he was involved in the murder of Peoples' Deputy of the Horlivka's Municipal Council Volodymyr Rybak according to the SBU. | 12.5.2014 |
| 8. | Igor KAKIDZYANOV | | One of the leaders of armed forces of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. The aim of the forces is to ‘protect the people of Donetsk People's Republic and territorial integrity of the republic’ according to Pushylin, one of the leaders of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. | 12.5.2014 |
| 9. | Oleg TSARIOV | | Member of the Rada. Publicly called for the creation of the Federal Republic of Novorossia, composed of South Eastern Ukrainian regions. | 12.5.2014 |
| 10. | Roman LYAGIN | | Head of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. | 12.5.2014 |
| 11. | Aleksandr MALYKHIN | | Head of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’ Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’. | 12.5.2014 |
| 12. | Natalia Vladimirovna POKLONSKAYA | Born 18.03.1980 in Eupatoria. | Prosecutor of Crimea. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Crimea. | 12.5.2014 |
| 13. | Igor Sergeievich SHEVCHENKO | | Acting Prosecutor of Sevastopol. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Sevastopol. | 12.5.2014 |

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

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Vyacheslav Viktorovich VOLODIN

Born 4 February 1964 in Alekseevka, Saratov region.

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Responsible for overseeing the political integration of the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea into the Russian Federation.

12.5.2014

2.

Vladimir SHAMANOV

Born 15.02.1954 in Barnaul.

Commander of the Russian Airborne Troops, Colonel-General. In his senior position holds responsibility for the deployment of Russian airborne forces in Crimea.

12.5.2014

3.

Vladimir Nikolaevich PLIGIN

Born 19.05.1960 in Ignatovo, Vologodsk Oblast, USSR.

Chair of the Duma Constitutional Law Committee. Responsible for facilitating the adoption of legislation on the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation.

12.5.2014

4.

Petr Grigorievich JAROSH

Acting Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Crimea. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea.

12.5.2014

5.

Oleg Grigorievich KOZYURA

Born 19.12.1962 in Zaporozhye

Acting Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Sevastopol. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea.

12.5.2014

6.

Viacheslav PONOMARIOV

Self-declared mayor of Slaviansk. Ponomarev called on Vladimir Putin to send in Russian troops to protect the city and later asked him to supply weapons. Ponomarev's men are involved in kidnappings (they captured Ukrainian reporter Irma Krat and Simon Ostrovsky, a reporter for Vice News, both were later released, they detained military observers under OSCE Vienna Document).

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7.

Igor Mykolaiovych BEZLER

Born in 1965

One of the leaders of self-proclaimed militia of Horlivka. He took control of the Security Service of Ukraine's Office in Donetsk region building and afterwards seized the Ministry of Internal Affairs' district station in the town of Horlivka. He has links to Ihor Strielkov under which command he was involved in the murder of Peoples' Deputy of the Horlivka's Municipal Council Volodymyr Rybak according to the SBU.

12.5.2014

8.

Igor KAKIDZYANOV

One of the leaders of armed forces of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. The aim of the forces is to ‘protect the people of Donetsk People's Republic and territorial integrity of the republic’ according to Pushylin, one of the leaders of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’.

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9.

Oleg TSARIOV

Member of the Rada. Publicly called for the creation of the Federal Republic of Novorossia, composed of South Eastern Ukrainian regions.

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10.

Roman LYAGIN

Head of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’.

12.5.2014

11.

Aleksandr MALYKHIN

Head of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’ Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’.

12.5.2014

12.

Natalia Vladimirovna POKLONSKAYA

Born 18.03.1980 in Eupatoria.

Prosecutor of Crimea. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Crimea.

12.5.2014

13.

Igor Sergeievich SHEVCHENKO

Acting Prosecutor of Sevastopol. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Sevastopol.

12.5.2014

Entities:

| | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing |
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| 1. | PJSC CHERNOMORNEFTEGAZ | | On 17.03.2014 the ‘Parliament of Crimea’ adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Chernomorneftegaz enterprise on behalf of the ‘Republic of Crimea’. The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean ‘authorities’. | 12.5.2014 |
| 2. | FEODOSIA | | On 17.03.2014 the ‘Parliament of Crimea’ adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Feodosia enterprise on behalf of the ‘Republic of Crimea’. The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean ‘authorities’. | 12.5.2014 |

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

PJSC CHERNOMORNEFTEGAZ

On 17.03.2014 the ‘Parliament of Crimea’ adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Chernomorneftegaz enterprise on behalf of the ‘Republic of Crimea’. The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean ‘authorities’.

12.5.2014

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FEODOSIA

On 17.03.2014 the ‘Parliament of Crimea’ adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Feodosia enterprise on behalf of the ‘Republic of Crimea’. The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean ‘authorities’.

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DECISIONS

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 May 2014

appointing a Belgian member of the European Economic and Social Committee

(2014/263/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 302 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal of the Belgian Government,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Commission,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 13 September 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1). |
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(1)

On 13 September 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/570/EU, Euratom appointing the members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2010 to 20 September 2015 (1).

| (2) | A member's seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Yves VANSCHUEREN, |
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(2)

A member's seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Yves VANSCHUEREN,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mr Dominique MICHEL, Administrateur délégué de COMEOS (Fédération belge du Commerce et des Services) is hereby appointed as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 20 September 2015.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 6 May 2014.

For the Council

The President

G. STOURNARAS

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(1)  
  OJ L 251, 25.9.2010, p. 8.

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 May 2014

on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to Vehicle Registration Data (VRD) in Hungary

(2014/264/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (1), in particular Article 25 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA (2), in particular Article 20 and Chapter 4 of the Annex thereto,

Whereas:

| (1) | According to the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the legal effects of the acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon are preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended in implementation of the Treaties. |
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(1)

According to the Protocol on Transitional Provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the legal effects of the acts of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union adopted prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon are preserved until those acts are repealed, annulled or amended in implementation of the Treaties.

| (2) | Accordingly, Article 25 of Decision 2008/615/JHA is applicable and the Council must unanimously decide whether the Member States have implemented the provisions of Chapter 6 of that Decision. |
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(2)

Accordingly, Article 25 of Decision 2008/615/JHA is applicable and the Council must unanimously decide whether the Member States have implemented the provisions of Chapter 6 of that Decision.

| (3) | Article 20 of Decision 2008/616/JHA provides that decisions referred to in Article 25(2) of Decision 2008/615/JHA are to be taken on the basis of an evaluation report based on a questionnaire. With respect to automated data exchange in accordance with Chapter 2 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, the evaluation report is to be based on an evaluation visit and a pilot run. |
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(3)

Article 20 of Decision 2008/616/JHA provides that decisions referred to in Article 25(2) of Decision 2008/615/JHA are to be taken on the basis of an evaluation report based on a questionnaire. With respect to automated data exchange in accordance with Chapter 2 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, the evaluation report is to be based on an evaluation visit and a pilot run.

| (4) | According to Chapter 4, point 1.1, of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA, the questionnaire drawn up by the relevant Council Working Group concerns each of the automated data exchanges and has to be answered by a Member State as soon as it believes it fulfils the prerequisites for sharing data in the relevant data category. |
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(4)

According to Chapter 4, point 1.1, of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA, the questionnaire drawn up by the relevant Council Working Group concerns each of the automated data exchanges and has to be answered by a Member State as soon as it believes it fulfils the prerequisites for sharing data in the relevant data category.

| (5) | Hungary has completed the questionnaire on data protection and the questionnaire on Vehicle Registration Data (VRD). |
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(5)

Hungary has completed the questionnaire on data protection and the questionnaire on Vehicle Registration Data (VRD).

| (6) | A successful pilot run has been carried out by Hungary with the Netherlands. |
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(6)

A successful pilot run has been carried out by Hungary with the Netherlands.

| (7) | An evaluation visit has taken place in Hungary and a report on the evaluation visit has been produced by the Dutch/Lithuanian evaluation team and forwarded to the relevant Council Working Group. |
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(7)

An evaluation visit has taken place in Hungary and a report on the evaluation visit has been produced by the Dutch/Lithuanian evaluation team and forwarded to the relevant Council Working Group.

| (8) | An overall evaluation report, summarising the results of the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run concerning VRD has been presented to the Council, |
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(8)

An overall evaluation report, summarising the results of the questionnaire, the evaluation visit and the pilot run concerning VRD has been presented to the Council,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the purposes of automated searching of vehicle registration data (VRD), Hungary has fully implemented the general provisions on data protection of Chapter 6 of Decision 2008/615/JHA and is entitled to receive and supply personal data pursuant to Article 12 of that Decision as from the day of the entry into force of this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 6 May 2014.

For the Council

The President

G. STOURNARAS

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(1)  
  OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12.

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COUNCIL DECISION 2014/265/CFSP

of 12 May 2014

amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1). |
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(1)

On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1).

| (2) | In view of the gravity of the situation in Ukraine, the restrictions on admission and the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply to natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, or legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law, or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefited from such a transfer. The beneficiaries of the transfer of ownership are to be understood as legal persons, entities or bodies that have become the owners of assets transferred contrary to Ukrainian law following the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol. |
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(2)

In view of the gravity of the situation in Ukraine, the restrictions on admission and the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply to natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, or legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law, or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefited from such a transfer. The beneficiaries of the transfer of ownership are to be understood as legal persons, entities or bodies that have become the owners of assets transferred contrary to Ukrainian law following the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol.

| (3) | In addition, the Council considers that additional persons and entities should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP. |
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(3)

In addition, the Council considers that additional persons and entities should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.

| (4) | Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement certain measures. |
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(4)

Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement certain measures.

| (5) | Decision 2014/145/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(5)

Decision 2014/145/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2014/145/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

| (1) | Article 1(1) is replaced by the following:

  ‘1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of the natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and of natural persons associated with them, as listed in the Annex.’. |
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(1)

Article 1(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of the natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and of natural persons associated with them, as listed in the Annex.’.

| (2) | Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:

  ‘1.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, or legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law, or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefited from such a transfer, as listed in the Annex, shall be frozen.’. |
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(2)

Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, or legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law, or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefited from such a transfer, as listed in the Annex, shall be frozen.’.

| (3) | Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:

  ‘1.   The Council, acting by unanimity upon a proposal by a Member State or the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, shall decide to establish and amend the list in the Annex.’. |
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(3)

Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.   The Council, acting by unanimity upon a proposal by a Member State or the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, shall decide to establish and amend the list in the Annex.’.

Article 2

The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 12 May 2014.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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(1)  Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16).

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ANNEX

List of persons and entities referred to in Article 2.

| | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing |
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| 1. | Vyacheslav Viktorovich VOLODIN | Born 4 February 1964 in Alekseevka, Saratov region. | First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Responsible for overseeing the political integration of the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea into the Russian Federation. | 12.5.2014 |
| 2. | Vladimir SHAMANOV | Born 15.02.1954 in Barnaul. | Commander of the Russian Airborne Troops, Colonel-General. In his senior position holds responsibility for the deployment of Russian airborne forces in Crimea. | 12.5.2014 |
| 3. | Vladimir Nikolaevich PLIGIN | Born 19.05.1960 in Ignatovo, Vologodsk Oblast, USSR. | Chair of the Duma Constitutional Law Committee. Responsible for facilitating the adoption of legislation on the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation. | 12.5.2014 |
| 4. | Petr Grigorievich JAROSH | | Acting Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Crimea. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea. | 12.5.2014 |
| 5. | Oleg Grigorievich KOZYURA | Born 19.12.1962 in Zaporozhye | Acting Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Sevastopol. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea. | 12.5.2014 |
| 6. | Viacheslav PONOMARIOV | | Self-declared mayor of Slaviansk. Ponomarev called on Vladimir Putin to send in Russian troops to protect the city and later asked him to supply weapons. Ponomarev's men are involved in kidnappings (they captured Ukrainian reporter Irma Krat and Simon Ostrovsky, a reporter for Vice News, both were later released, they detained military observers under OSCE Vienna Document). | 12.5.2014 |
| 7. | Igor Mykolaiovych BEZLER | Born in 1965 | One of the leaders of self-proclaimed militia of Horlivka. He took control of the Security Service of Ukraine's Office in Donetsk region building and afterwards seized the Ministry of Internal Affairs' district station in the town of Horlivka. He has links to Ihor Strielkov under which command he was involved in the murder of Peoples' Deputy of the Horlivka's Municipal Council Volodymyr Rybak according to the SBU. | 12.5.2014 |
| 8. | Igor KAKIDZYANOV | | One of the leaders of armed forces of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. The aim of the forces is to ‘protect the people of Donetsk People's Republic and territorial integrity of the republic’ according to Pushylin, one of the leaders of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. | 12.5.2014 |
| 9. | Oleg TSARIOV | | Member of the Rada. Publicly called for the creation of the Federal Republic of Novorossia, composed of South Eastern Ukrainian regions. | 12.5.2014 |
| 10. | Roman LYAGIN | | Head of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. | 12.5.2014 |
| 11. | Aleksandr MALYKHIN | | Head of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’ Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’. | 12.5.2014 |
| 12. | Natalia Vladimirovna POKLONSKAYA | Born 18.03.1980 in Eupatoria. | Prosecutor of Crimea. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Crimea. | 12.5.2014 |
| 13. | Igor Sergeievich SHEVCHENKO | | Acting Prosecutor of Sevastopol. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Sevastopol. | 12.5.2014 |

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Vyacheslav Viktorovich VOLODIN

Born 4 February 1964 in Alekseevka, Saratov region.

First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Responsible for overseeing the political integration of the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea into the Russian Federation.

12.5.2014

2.

Vladimir SHAMANOV

Born 15.02.1954 in Barnaul.

Commander of the Russian Airborne Troops, Colonel-General. In his senior position holds responsibility for the deployment of Russian airborne forces in Crimea.

12.5.2014

3.

Vladimir Nikolaevich PLIGIN

Born 19.05.1960 in Ignatovo, Vologodsk Oblast, USSR.

Chair of the Duma Constitutional Law Committee. Responsible for facilitating the adoption of legislation on the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation.

12.5.2014

4.

Petr Grigorievich JAROSH

Acting Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Crimea. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea.

12.5.2014

5.

Oleg Grigorievich KOZYURA

Born 19.12.1962 in Zaporozhye

Acting Head of the Federal Migration Service office for Sevastopol. Responsible for the systematic and expedited issuance of Russian passports for the residents of Crimea.

12.5.2014

6.

Viacheslav PONOMARIOV

Self-declared mayor of Slaviansk. Ponomarev called on Vladimir Putin to send in Russian troops to protect the city and later asked him to supply weapons. Ponomarev's men are involved in kidnappings (they captured Ukrainian reporter Irma Krat and Simon Ostrovsky, a reporter for Vice News, both were later released, they detained military observers under OSCE Vienna Document).

12.5.2014

7.

Igor Mykolaiovych BEZLER

Born in 1965

One of the leaders of self-proclaimed militia of Horlivka. He took control of the Security Service of Ukraine's Office in Donetsk region building and afterwards seized the Ministry of Internal Affairs' district station in the town of Horlivka. He has links to Ihor Strielkov under which command he was involved in the murder of Peoples' Deputy of the Horlivka's Municipal Council Volodymyr Rybak according to the SBU.

12.5.2014

8.

Igor KAKIDZYANOV

One of the leaders of armed forces of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People's Republic’. The aim of the forces is to ‘protect the people of Donetsk People's Republic and territorial integrity of the republic’ according to Pushylin, one of the leaders of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’.

12.5.2014

9.

Oleg TSARIOV

Member of the Rada. Publicly called for the creation of the Federal Republic of Novorossia, composed of South Eastern Ukrainian regions.

12.5.2014

10.

Roman LYAGIN

Head of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the ‘Donetsk People's Republic’.

12.5.2014

11.

Aleksandr MALYKHIN

Head of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’ Central Electoral Commission. Actively organised the referendum on 11 May on the self-determination of the ‘Lugansk People's Republic’.

12.5.2014

12.

Natalia Vladimirovna POKLONSKAYA

Born 18.03.1980 in Eupatoria.

Prosecutor of Crimea. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Crimea.

12.5.2014

13.

Igor Sergeievich SHEVCHENKO

Acting Prosecutor of Sevastopol. Actively implementing Russia's annexation of Sevastopol.

12.5.2014

Entities:

| | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing |
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| 1. | PJSC CHERNOMORNEFTEGAZ | | On 17.03.2014 the ‘Parliament of Crimea’ adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Chernomorneftegaz enterprise on behalf of the ‘Republic of Crimea’. The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean ‘authorities’. | 12.5.2014 |
| 2. | FEODOSIA | | On 17.03.2014 the ‘Parliament of Crimea’ adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Feodosia enterprise on behalf of the ‘Republic of Crimea’. The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean ‘authorities’. | 12.5.2014 |

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

PJSC CHERNOMORNEFTEGAZ

On 17.03.2014 the ‘Parliament of Crimea’ adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Chernomorneftegaz enterprise on behalf of the ‘Republic of Crimea’. The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean ‘authorities’.

12.5.2014

2.

FEODOSIA

On 17.03.2014 the ‘Parliament of Crimea’ adopted a resolution declaring the appropriation of assets belonging to Feodosia enterprise on behalf of the ‘Republic of Crimea’. The enterprise is thus effectively confiscated by the Crimean ‘authorities’.

12.5.2014

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