Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/740, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/168, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2015/735, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/164 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in South Sudan
Date: 2018-02-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: South Sudan, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, trade restriction








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3.2.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 41/5





Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/740, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/168, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2015/735, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/164 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in South Sudan
(2018/C 41/02)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in Annex II to Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/740 (1), as amended by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/168 (2), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/735 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/164 (4) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in South Sudan.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons that appear in the abovementioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2015/740 and Regulation (EU) 2015/735 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in South Sudan. The grounds for the listing of the persons concerned appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.
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 on the websites in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2015/735 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in South Sudan, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 8 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, before 1 October 2018, 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




Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu




Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s periodic review, in accordance with Article 9(4) of Decision (CFSP) 2015/740 and Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/735.
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, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  OJ L 117, 8.5.2015, p. 52.

(2)  OJ L 31, 3.2.2018, p. 86.

(3)  OJ L 117, 8.5.2015, p. 13.

(4)  OJ L 31, 3.2.2018, p. 1.