Council Implementing Decision 2012/516/CFSP of 24 September 2012 implementing Decision 2012/285/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Date: 2012-09-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Guinea-Bissau, international sanctions, removal








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25.9.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 257/20








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/516/CFSP
of 24 September 2012
         
implementing Decision 2012/285/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,


Having regard to Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 May 2012, the Council adopted Decision 2012/285/CFSP.












(2)


Following a decision by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 2048 (2012), six persons should be removed from the list set out in Annex II to Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP and should be included in the list set out in Annex I to that Decision. It is also necessary to amend the entries for those persons.












(3)


The lists set out in Annexes I and II to Decision 2012/285/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be deleted from the list set out in Annex II to Decision 2012/285/CFSP. Those persons shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2012/285/CFSP and the corresponding entries shall be amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 24 September 2012.


For the Council


The President

A. D. MAVROYIANNIS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 142, 1.6.2012, p. 36.




ANNEX

PERSONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1









 


Name


Identifying information (date and place of birth (d.o.b. and p.o.b.), passport/ID card number, etc.)


Grounds for listing




1.


Captain (Navy) Sanhá CLUSSÉ


Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
D.o.b.: 28.9.1965
Parentage: Clusse Mutcha and Dalu Imbungue
Official function: Acting Navy Chief of Staff
Passport: SA 0000515
Date of issue: 8.12.2003
Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau
Date of expiry: 29.8.2013


Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. Very close to António Injai. Sanhá Clussé integrated the ‘Military Command’ delegation that met with ECOWAS in Abidjan on 26 April 2012.




2.


Colonel Cranha DANFÁ


Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
D.o.b.: 5.3.1957
Official function: Head of Operations of the Armed Forces Joint Staff
Passport: AAIN29392
Date of issue: 29.9.2011
Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau
Date of expiry: 29.9.2016


Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. Close advisor to Armed Forces Chief of Staff António Injai.




3.


Major Idrissa DJALÓ


Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
D.o.b.: 6.1.1962
Official function: Protocol advisor to the Armed Forces Chief of Staff


Point of Contact for the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012 and one of its most active members. He was one of the first officers to publicly assume his affiliation to the ‘Military Command’, having signed one of its first communiqués (No 5, dated 13 April 2012). Major Djaló also belongs to the Military Intelligence.




4.


Lieutenant-colonel Tchipa NA BIDON


Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
D.o.b.: 28.5.1954
Parentage: ‘Nabidom’
Official function: Head of Intelligence
Passport: Diplomatic Passport DA0001564
Date of issue: 30.11.2005
Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau
Date of expiry: 15.5.2011


Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012.




5.


Lieutenant-colonel Tcham NA MAN (a.k.a. Namam)


Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
D.o.b.: 27.2.1953
Parentage: Biute Naman and Ndjade Na Noa
Official function: Head of the Armed Forces Military Hospital
Passport: SA0002264
Date of issue: 24.7.2006
Place of issue: Guinea-Bissau
Date of expiry: 23.7.2009


Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. Also a member of the Military High Command (highest hierarchy of the Bissau-Guinean Armed Forces).




6.


Lieutenant-colonel Júlio NHATE


Nationality: Guinea-Bissau
D.o.b.: 28.9.1965
Official function: Commander of the Paratroops Regiment


Member of the ‘Military Command’ which has assumed responsibility for the coup d’état of 12 April 2012. A loyal ally of António Injai, Lt. Col. Júlio Nhate has the material responsibility for the 12 April 2012 coup, having conducted the military operation.