Notice for the attention of the persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/701/CFSP, and Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1057/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Afghanistan
Date: 2014-10-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Afghanistan, economic sanctions, international sanctions








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9.10.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 356/2





Notice for the attention of the persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/701/CFSP, and Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1057/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Afghanistan
2014/C 356/02
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP (1), as implemented by Council Implementing Decision 2014/701/CFSP (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1057/2014 (4) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Afghanistan.
The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1988 (2011), imposing restrictive measures with respect to individuals and entities designated, prior to the date of adoption of that Resolution, as the Taliban, and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them, as specified in Section A (‘Individuals associated with the Taliban’) and Section B (‘Entities and other groups and undertakings associated with the Taliban’) of the Consolidated List of the Committee established pursuant to Resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000), as well as other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with the Taliban.
On 11 February, 18 March, 16 May, 30 July and 20 August 2014, the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 30 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011) amended and updated the list of individuals, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures.
The persons concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee established pursuant to paragraph 30 of UNSCR 1988 (2011), 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, N.Y. 10017




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




Tel. +1 9173679448




Fax +1 2129631300/3778




E-mail: delisting@un.org




For more information see: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1988/index.shtml




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 2011/486/CFSP and Regulation (EU) No 753/2011. The grounds for listing of the persons concerned appear in the relevant entries in the Annex to the Decision and in Annex I to the 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 in the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 753/2011, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 5 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 1C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




E-mail: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




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, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 199, 2.8.2011, p. 57.

(2)  OJ L 293, 9.10.2014, p. 37.

(3)  OJ L 199, 2.8.2011, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 293, 9.10.2014, p. 1.