Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/24, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1716, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/22 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua 2022/C 16 I/01
Date: 2022-01-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Nicaragua, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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13.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CI 16/1






Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/24, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1716, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/22 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua
(2022/C 16 I/01)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/24 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1716 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/22 (4) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua.
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) 2019/1720 and Regulation (EU) 2019/1716. 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) 2019/1716 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua, 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 above-mentioned lists should be reconsidered, before 1 July 2022, 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 9 of Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua.
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 262, 15.10.2019, p. 58.

(2)  OJ L 5 I, 10.1.2021, p. 13.

(3)  OJ L 262, 15.10.2019, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 5 I, 10.1.2021, p. 4.