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Council Decision 2014/98/CFSP of 17 February 2014 amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against            Zimbabwe         

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# Council Decision 2014/98/CFSP                     

# of 17 February 2014

# amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Whereas:

(1)On 15 February 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe(1).

(2)The Council has carried out a review of Decision 2011/101/CFSP, taking into account political developments in Zimbabwe.

(3)The restrictive measures should be renewed until 20 February 2015.

(4)The suspension of the travel ban and asset freeze for the majority of the individuals and entities set out in Annex I to Decision                              2011/101/CFSP should also be renewed. These measures should also be suspended for certain other additional persons listed                              in that Annex. The application of the travel ban and asset freeze should be maintained for two persons and one entity set                              out in that Annex.

(5)Decision 2011/101/CFSP should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

Decision 2011/101/CFSP is amended as follows:

in Article 4, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5.Member States may grant exemptions from the measures imposed in paragraph 1 where travel is justified on the grounds of urgent                                    humanitarian need, or in exceptional cases on grounds of attending intergovernmental meetings and those promoted or hosted                                    by the European Union, where a political dialogue is conducted that directly promotes the policy objectives of restrictive                                    measures, including democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe.’;                           

Article 10 is replaced by the following:

# ‘Article 10

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

2.This Decision shall apply until 20 February 2015.                           

3.The measures referred to in Article 4(1) and Article 5(1) and (2), in so far as they apply to persons and entities listed                                    in Annex II, shall be suspended until 20 February 2015.                           

The suspension shall be reviewed every three months.                           

4.This Decision shall be kept under constant review and shall be renewed, or amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that                                    its objectives have not been met.’.                           

# Article 2U.K.

The persons set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/101/CFSP listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to Annex II to                     Decision 2011/101/CFSP.                  

# Article 3U.K.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 February 2014.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

A. Tsaftaris                            

## ANNEXU.K.

1

OJ L 42, 16.2.2011, p. 6.