Notice for the attention of the shipowners of the vessels CAPRICORN and Lynn S, which were added to the list referred to in point (h) of Article 1 and in Article 15 of Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44, imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against vessels by the Sanctions Committee or the UN Security Council in accordance with paragraph 11 of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2146 (2014), by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1423 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1456
Date: 2017-08-11
Institutions: European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Subjects: Libya, cargo vessel, crude oil, economic sanctions, import restriction, international sanctions








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11.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 264/26





Notice for the attention of the shipowners of the vessels CAPRICORN and Lynn S, which were added to the list referred to in point (h) of Article 1 and in Article 15 of Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44, imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against vessels by the Sanctions Committee or the UN Security Council in accordance with paragraph 11 of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2146 (2014), by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1423 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1456
(2017/C 264/15)






1.


Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 (1) calls upon the Member States to direct vessels, as referred to in the list drawn up in Annex V to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, not to load, transport, or discharge crude oil illicitly exported from Libya, to deny entry into Member States ports and prohibits the provision of certain services and certain financial transactions linked to such oil exports.










2.


On 21 July 2017 and on 2 August 2017, the United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee added respectively the vessels CAPRICORN and Lynn S to the list of vessels subject to restrictive measures.
Those concerned may submit at any time a request to the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (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 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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1423 (2) and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1456 (3) amending Annex V to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 (4) accordingly.
The shipowners of the vessels CAPRICORN and Lynn S may submit observations on the decision to list these vessels, 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 shipowners of the vessels CAPRICORN and Lynn S concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1423 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1456 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.






(1)  OJ L 206, 1.8.2015, p. 34.

(2)  OJ L 204, 5.8.2017, p. 80.

(3)  OJ L 208, 11.8.2017, p. 31.

(4)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2016, p. 1.