Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1336, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1331 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

(2022/C 293/04)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in Annex II and Annex III to Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1336 (2), and in Annex XV and Annex XVI to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1331 (4) concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The Council of the European Union has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2016/849, as amended by Decision (CFSP) 2022/1336, and Regulation (EU) 2017/1509, as implemented by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1331, should continue to apply to the persons designated in Annex II and Annex III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849, and in Annex XV and Annex XVI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 with the exception of one deceased person designated in Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 whose entry should be removed from that Annex. The statement of reasons for seventeen persons and one entity, and the identifying information of fifty-nine persons and five entities is updated. The information relating to one person in the list set out in Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 is updated following its update on 30 June 2022 by the United Nations Security Council (‘UNSC’) Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 1718 (2006). The grounds for listing of those persons are set out in those Annexes.

The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 35 of the Regulation).

The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned lists should be reconsidered, before 28 February 2023, to the following address:

Council of the European Union General Secretariat RELEX.1 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 1048 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s periodic review, in accordance with Article 36(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 and Article 34(7) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1509.

The attention of the persons 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 201, 29.7.2022, p. 31.

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

(4) OJ L 201, 29.7.2022, p. 5.