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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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# 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).

(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.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

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

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.’.                           

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.’.                           

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.’.                           

# [X1Article 2U.K.

The Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP is amended as follows:                   

the heading ‘Persons’ is inserted after the existing heading ‘List of persons, entities and bodies referred to in Articles 1 and 2’;                            

after the existing list of persons, the heading of a new Section entitled ‘Entities’ is inserted;                            

the persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the relevant Section of the Annex to Decision                                 2014/145/CFSP.]                            

Editorial Information

X1Substituted by Corrigendum to 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 (Official                                 Journal of the European Union L 137 of 12 May 2014).

# Article 3U.K.

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

## ANNEXU.K.List of persons and entities referred to in Article 2.

### Entities:

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).