EN Official Journal of the European Union C 26/3

Notice for the attention of the persons to whom restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/423/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/40/CFSP, and Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2005 concerning restrictive measures against Sudan and South Sudan apply

2014/C 26/05

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons who appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/423/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/40/CFSP (1), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1184/2005 concerning restrictive measures against Sudan and South Sudan.

The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1591 (2005) on the freezing of funds and economic resources of persons designated by the United Nations as impeding the peace process, constituting a threat to stability in Darfur and the region, committing either violations of international humanitarian or human rights law, or other atrocities, violating the arms embargo or being responsible for certain offensive military flights.

On 11 March and 4 September 2013, the Sanctions Committee established pursuant to paragraph 3 of UNSCR 1591 (2005) amended the list of individuals, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures and added further information on the grounds for such listing.

The persons concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee established pursuant to paragraph 3 of UNSCR 1591 (2005), 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 TB-08045D United Nations New York, NY 10017 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Tel. +1 9173679448 Fax +1 2129631300 / 3778 E-mail: delisting@un.org

See for more information at: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1591/

Further to the UN decision, the Council of the European Union has determined that the persons designated by the UN should be included in the lists of persons, groups, undertakings and entities which are subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2011/423/CFSP and Regulation (EC) No 1184/2005. The grounds for listing of the persons concerned appear in the relevant entries in the Annex to the Council Decision and in Annex I to the Council Regulation.

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 (EC) No 1184/2005, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 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 abovementioned lists should be reconsidered, to the following address:

Council of the European Union General Secretariat DG C — Unit 1C (Horizontal Issues) Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 1048 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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 26, 29.1.2014, p. 38.