Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/740 and Council Regulation (EU) 2015/735 concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan
Date: 2015-07-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: South Sudan, arms control, arms trade, economic sanctions, international sanctions, trade restriction








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10.7.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 225/1





Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/740 and Council Regulation (EU) 2015/735 concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan
(2015/C 225/01)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex I to Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/740 (1), as amended by Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1118 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/735 (3), as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1112 (4) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in South Sudan.
The United Nations Security Council decided to include those persons on the list of persons and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 12 of Resolution 2206 (2015).
The persons concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee established pursuant to paragraph 16 of Resolution 2206 (2015), together with any supporting documentation, for the decisions to include them in the UN list to be reconsidered. Any such request should be sent to the following address:





Focal Point for De-listing




Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch




Room DC2 0853B




United Nations




New York, N.Y. 10017




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




Tel. +1 9173679448




Fax +1 2129631300




E-mail: delisting@un.org




More information can be found at: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/2206/
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 and entities which are subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2015/740, as amended by Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1118 and in Regulation (EU) 2015/735, as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1112. The grounds for listing of the persons concerned appear in the relevant entries in Annex I 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 III to Regulation (EU) 2015/735, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 6 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 the second paragraph of Article 275 and the fourth and sixth paragraphs of Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 117, 8.5.2015, p. 52.

(2)  OJ L 182, 10.7.2015, p. 31.

(3)  OJ L 117, 8.5.2015, p. 13.

(4)  OJ L 182, 10.7.2015, p. 2.