Council Implementing Decision 2011/847/CFSP of 16 December 2011 implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus
Date: 2011-12-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, international sanctions, removal








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17.12.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 335/81








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/847/CFSP
of 16 December 2011
         
implementing Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2010/639/CFSP of 25 October 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 25 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus.












(2)


In view of the gravity of the situation in Belarus, additional persons should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex IIIA to Decision 2010/639/CFSP.












(3)


Annex IIIA to Decision 2010/639/CFSP should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in Annex IIIA to Decision 2010/639/CFSP.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 16 December 2011.


For the Council


The President

T. NALEWAJK
            





(1)  
            OJ L 280, 26.10.2010, p. 18.




ANNEX

Persons referred to in Article 1












 


Names
Transcription of Belarusian spelling
Transcription of Russian spelling


Names
(Belarusian spelling)


Names
(Russian spelling)


Place and date of birth


Position




‘1.


Bandarenka Siarhei Uladzimiravich
Bondarenko Sergei Vladimirovich


Бандарэнка Сяргей Уладзiмiравiч


Бондаренко Сергей Владимирович


Address: Department of law of administration of Pervomaysky district Chornogo K. 5 office 417
Tel.: +375 17 2800264


Judge of the Pervomaiski District Court of Minsk. On 24 November 2011 he sentenced Ales Byalyatski, one of the most prominent human rights defenders, Chief of the Belarusian HR Centre “Vyasna”, Vice President of FIDH. The trial was conducted in a way that was a clear violation of the Code of Penal Procedure.
Byalyatski was active in defending and providing assistance to those who suffered from repression in relation with the 19 December 2010 elections and the crackdown on civil society and democratic opposition.




2.


Saikouski Uladzimir
Saikovski Vladimir


Сайкоўскi Уладзiмiр


Сайковский Владимир


Address: Department of law of administration of Pervomaysky district Chornogo K. 5 office 417
Tel.: +375 17 2800264


Public Prosecutor of the Pervomaiski District Court of Minsk. He dealt with the trial of Ales Byalyatski, one of the most prominent human rights defenders, Chief of the Belarusian HR Centre “Vyasna”, Vice President of FIDH. The accusation presented by the prosecutor in the trial had a clear and imminent political motivation and was a clear violation of the Code of Penal Procedure.
Byalyatski was active in defending and providing assistance to those who suffered from repression in relation with the 19 December 2010 elections and the crackdown on civil society and democratic opposition.’