Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/276, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/275 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela 2021/C 63/04
Date: 2021-02-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Venezuela, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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23.2.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 63/4






Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/276, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/275 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela
(2021/C 63/04)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in Annex I to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/276, (2), and in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/275 (4) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela. 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) 2017/2063 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 9 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 above-mentioned lists should be reconsidered, before 16 July 2021, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1.C




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 13 of Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 and Article 17(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2063.
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 295, 14.11.2017, p. 60.

(2)  OJ L 60 I, 22.2.2021, p. 9.


(3)  OJ L 295, 14.11.2017, p. 21.

(4)  OJ L 60 I, 22.2.2021, p. 1.