Notice for the attention of the persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1516, and Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them 2020/C 349/03
Date: 2020-10-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, terrorism








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20.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 349/5






Notice for the attention of the persons subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1516, and Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them
(2020/C 349/03)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons appearing in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1516 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 (3) imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them.
The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons designated in the abovementioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 and in Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 should continue to apply to those persons.
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 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 5 of that Regulation.
The persons concerned may submit a request to obtain the Council's statement of reasons for including them on the above-mentioned list. Any such request should be sent to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1.C




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




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Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu
The persons concerned may at any time submit a request to the Council, together with any supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the list should be reconsidered, to the address provided above. In this regard, the attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the regular review by the Council of the list according to Article 6(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 and Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1686. In order for requests to be considered at the next review, they should be submitted by 15 July 2021.
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 255, 21.9.2016, p. 25.

(2)  OJ L 348, 20.10.2020, p. 14.

(3)  OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 1.