COUNCIL DECISION 2014/499/CFSP
of 25 July 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 also apply to natural and legal persons, entities and bodies actively supporting, materially or financially, or benefiting from, Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern-Ukraine.
(3)
Furthermore, the Council considers that additional natural and legal persons should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
(4)
Decision 2014/145/CFSP should be amended accordingly.
(5)
Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement these measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2014/145/CFSP is 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:
(a)
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; or
(b)
natural persons actively supporting, materially or financially, or benefiting from, Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern-Ukraine,
as listed in the Annex.’
;
(2)
Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:
‘1. All funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned, held or controlled by:
(a)
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;
(b)
legal persons, entities or bodies supporting, materially or financially, actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine;
(c)
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; or
(d)
natural or legal persons, entities or bodies actively supporting, materially or financially, or benefiting from, Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine,
as listed in the Annex, shall be frozen.’
.
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, 25 July 2014.