Notice for the attention of the natural persons CHO IL U (alias Cho Il Woo), CHO YON CHUN (alias Jo Yon Jun), CHOE HWI, JO YONG-WON (alias Cho Yongwon), KIM CHOL NAM, KIM KYONG OK (alias Kim Kyong Ok), KIM TONG-HO, MIN BYONG CHOL (Min Pyo’ng-ch’o’l; Min Byong-chol; Min Byong Chun), PAEK SE BONG, PAK HAN SE (alias Kang Myong Chol), PAK TO CHUN (alias Pak Do Chun), RI JAE IL (alias RI, Chae-Il), RI SU YONG, RI YONG MU, CHOE SONG IL, JANG YONG SON, KIM JUNG JONG (alias Kim Chung Chong) and KIM YONG CHOL and the entities Kangbong Trading Corporation, Korea Kumsan Trading Corporation, Koryo Bank and Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People's Army (alias Strategic Rocket Force; Strategic Rocket Force Command of KPA; Strategic Force; Strategic Forces), who were added to the list referred to in Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons entities and bodies designated by the Sanctions Committee or the UN Security Council in accordance with paragraph 8(d) of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006), and paragraph 8 of UN Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013), or whose listing was amended, by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/970
Date: 2017-06-09
Institutions: European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Subjects: North Korea, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, trade restriction








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9.6.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 182/6





Notice for the attention of the natural persons CHO IL U (alias Cho Il Woo), CHO YON CHUN (alias Jo Yon Jun), CHOE HWI, JO YONG-WON (alias Cho Yongwon), KIM CHOL NAM, KIM KYONG OK (alias Kim Kyong Ok), KIM TONG-HO, MIN BYONG CHOL (Min Pyo’ng-ch’o’l; Min Byong-chol; Min Byong Chun), PAEK SE BONG, PAK HAN SE (alias Kang Myong Chol), PAK TO CHUN (alias Pak Do Chun), RI JAE IL (alias Ri Chae-Il), RI SU YONG, RI YONG MU, CHOE SONG IL, JANG YONG SON, KIM JUNG JONG (alias Kim Chung Chong) and KIM YONG CHOL and the entities Kangbong Trading Corporation, Korea Kumsan Trading Corporation, Koryo Bank and Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People's Army (alias Strategic Rocket Force; Strategic Rocket Force Command of KPA; Strategic Force; Strategic Forces), who were added to the list referred to in Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons entities and bodies designated by the Sanctions Committee or the UN Security Council in accordance with paragraph 8(d) of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006), and paragraph 8 of UN Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013), or whose listing was amended, by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/970
(2017/C 182/05)






1.


Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1) calls upon the Union to freeze the funds and economic resources of persons and entities, as designated by the Sanctions Committee or by the UN Security Council as being engaged in or providing support for, including through illicit means, the DPRK's nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes, or persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or entities owned or controlled by them, including through illicit means.










2.


The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2356 of 2 June 2017 adding the natural persons CHO IL U (alias Cho Il Woo), CHO YON CHUN (alias Jo Yon Jun), CHOE HWI, JO YONG-WON (alias Cho Yongwon), KIM CHOL NAM, KIM KYONG OK, KIM TONG-HO, MIN BYONG CHOL (Min Pyo’ng-ch’o’l; Min Byong-chol; Min Byong Chun), PAEK SE BONG, PAK HAN SE (alias Kang Myong Chol), PAK TO CHUN (alias Pak Do Chun), RI JAE IL (alias Ri Chae-Il), RI SU YONG and RI YONG MU and the entities Kangbong Trading Corporation, Korea Kumsan Trading Corporation, Koryo Bank and Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People's Army (alias Strategic Rocket Force; Strategic Rocket Force Command of KPA; Strategic Force; Strategic Forces) to the Sanctions Committee's list.
In addition, on 1 June 2017, the Sanctions Committee amended the listing of the natural persons CHOE SONG IL, JANG YONG SON, KIM JUNG JONG (alias Kim Chung Chong) and KIM YONG CHOL.
Those concerned may submit at any time a request to the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006), 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 S-3055 E




New York, NY 10017




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




See for more information at: https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/delisting










3.


In order to implement the new listings, the Commission has adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/970 (2) amending Annex IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 (3) accordingly.
The concerned individuals and entities may submit observations on the decision to list them or maintain them on the list, together with supporting documentation, to the European Commission on the following address:





European Commission




‘Restrictive measures’




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË














4.


The attention of the individuals and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/970 before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the fourth and sixth paragraphs of Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.










5.


Finally, the attention of the listed entities and individuals is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities in the relevant Member State(s), as listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds and economic resources for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation.






(1)  OJ L 141, 28.5.2016, p. 79.

(2)  OJ L 146, 8.6.2017, p. 129.

(3)  OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 1.