Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1537, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1536 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States 2020/C 354/02
Date: 2020-10-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, computer crime, economic sanctions, information security, information warfare, international sanctions, natural person








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23.10.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 354/2






Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1537, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1536 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
(2020/C 354/02)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1537 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1536 (4) concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons and entities 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) 2019/797 and Regulation (EU) 2019/796. 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 II to Regulation (EU) 2019/796 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments.
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 15 January 2021, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




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Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




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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 10 of Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States.
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)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 of 17 May 2019 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States (OJ L 129 I, 17.5.2019, p. 13).

(2)  OJ L 351 I, 22.10.2020, p. 5

(3)  Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 of 17 May 2019concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States (OJ L 129 I, 17.5.2019, p. 1).

(4)  OJ L 351 I, 22.10.2020, p. 1