Notice for the attention of the shipowner of the vessel CAPRICORN, which is designated by 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). The listing has been renewed until 18 January 2018 and amended and by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1974
Date: 2017-10-31
Institutions: European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Subjects: Libya, cargo vessel, crude oil, economic sanctions, import restriction, international sanctions








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31.10.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 370/8





Notice for the attention of the shipowner of the vessel CAPRICORN, which is designated by 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). The listing has been renewed until 18 January 2018 and amended and by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1974
(2017/C 370/07)






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 of 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 20 October 2017, the United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee renewed and amended the listing of the vessel CAPRICORN, 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 decision to renew the listing 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) 2017/1974 (2) amending Annex V of Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 (3) accordingly.
The shipowner of the vessel CAPRICORN may submit observations on the decision to renew the listing, 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 shipowner of the vessel CAPRICORN is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1974 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 281, 31.10.2017, p. 27.

(3)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2016, p. 1.