EN Official Journal of the European Union C 6/1

Notice for the attention of the persons and entity subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/16, and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/12 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

(2018/C 6/01)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entity that appear in Annex I to Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1), as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/16 (2), and in Annex XIII to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/12 (4) concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The United Nations Security Council has decided by Resolution 2397(2017) to add sixteen persons and one entity to the list of persons and entities subject to the measures imposed by UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006).

Those concerned may submit at any time a request to the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1718 (2006), together with any supporting documentation, for the decisions to include them in the UN list to be reconsidered. Such request should be sent to the following address:

United Nations – Focal point for delisting Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch Room S-3055 E New York, NY 10017 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

See for more information at: https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1718

Further to the UN decision, the Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entity that were designated by the United Nations Security Council should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 and Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The grounds for designations of those persons and entities appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.

The attention of the persons and entity concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the websites in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1509, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 35 of the Regulation).

The persons and entity concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:

Council of the European Union General Secretariat DG C 1C — Horizontal Issues Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 1048 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

The attention of the persons and entity concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council’s decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(1) OJ L 141, 28.5.2016, p. 79.

(2) OJ L 4, 9.1.2018, p. 16.

(3) OJ L 224, 31.8.2017, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 4, 9.1.2018, p. 1.