Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1655 of 6 November 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean
Date: 2020-11-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Cyprus, EU restrictive measure, Mediterranean region (EU), Türkiye, economic sanctions, exclusive economic zone, international sanctions, natural person, offshore drilling








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            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1655
of 6 November 2020
         
implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 of 11 November 2019 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 11 November 2019, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2019/1890.












(2)


On the basis of a review of the measures, the entries in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 should be updated and amended.












(3)


Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 November 2020.


For the Council


The President

M. ROTH
            





(1)  
            OJ L 291, 12.11.2019, p. 3.




ANNEX
In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1890, entries 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:










 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘1.


Mehmet Ferruh AKALIN


Date of birth: 9.12.1960
Passport No or ID: 13571379758
Nationality: Turkish
Gender: male


Mehmet Ferruh Akalın is Vice-President (Assistant General Manager) and member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO). He is the head of TPAO’s Exploration, R & D Centre and Information Technologies Departments.
In his capacity as TPAO Vice-President and head of its Exploration Department, Mehmet Ferruh Akalın is responsible for planning, directing and implementing TPAO’s offshore hydrocarbon exploration activities. These include TPAO’s drilling activities which have not been authorised by the Republic of Cyprus, as set out below.
Those unauthorised drilling activities were carried out by:






(a)


the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in the territorial sea of the Republic of Cyprus between July and September 2019;










(b)


the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in an agreement with Egypt, between October 2019 and January 2020;










(c)


the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in an agreement with Egypt, as well as an agreement with Israel, between January and April 2020;










(d)


the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in an agreement with Egypt, between April and September 2020;










(e)


the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, in close proximity to its territorial sea, between November 2019 and January 2020;










(f)


the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in a western area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, between May and November 2019.






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2.


Ali Coscun NAMOGLU


Date of birth: 27.11.1956
Passport No or ID: 11096919534
Nationality: Turkish
Gender: male


Ali Coscun Namoglu is the Deputy Director of the Exploration Department of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO).
In this capacity, Ali Coscun Namoglu is involved in planning, directing and implementing TPAO’s offshore hydrocarbon exploration activities. These include TPAO’s drilling activities which have not been authorised by Republic of Cyprus as set out below.
Those unauthorised drilling activities were carried out by:






(a)


the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in the territorial sea of the Republic of Cyprus between July and September 2019;










(b)


the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in an agreement with Egypt, between October 2019 and January 2020;










(c)


the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in an agreement with Egypt, as well as an agreement with Israel, between January 2020 and April 2020;










(d)


the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in an agreement with Egypt, between April and September 2020;










(e)


the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, in close proximity to its territorial sea, between November 2019 and January 2020;










(f)


the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in a western area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, between May and November 2019.






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