Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/420 of 14 March 2022 implementing Decision 2014/932/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Yemen
Date: 2022-03-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Yemen, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person




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14.3.2022   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2022/420
of 14 March 2022
         
implementing Decision 2014/932/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Yemen


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2014/932/CFSP of 18 December 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Yemen (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,


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

Whereas:







(1)


On 18 December 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/932/CFSP.












(2)


On 28 February 2022, the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2140 (2014) added one entity to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.












(3)


The Annex to Decision 2014/932/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The Annex to Decision 2014/932/CFSP is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.


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




Done at Brussels, 14 March 2022.


For the Council


The President

É. BORNE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 365, 19.12.2014, p. 147.




ANNEX
The following sub-heading and entity are added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/932/CFSP (List of persons and entities referred to in Articles 1(1), 2a(1) and Article 2b(1) and (2)):


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                     ENTITIES









1.



THE HOUTHIS
 (*1) (aliases: (a) ANSARALLAH; (b) ANSAR ALLAH; (c) PARTISANS OF GOD; (d) SUPPORTERS OF GOD).





Information: The Houthis have engaged in acts that threaten the peace, security, and stability of Yemen.

Date of UN designation:
               24.2.2022.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

The Houthis have engaged in attacks striking civilians and civilian infrastructure in Yemen, implemented a policy of sexual violence and repression against politically active and professional women, engaged in the recruitment and use of children, incited violence against groups including on the basis of religion and nationality, and indiscriminately used landmines and improvised explosive devices on the West Coast of Yemen. The Houthis have also obstructed the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Yemen, or access to, or distribution of, humanitarian assistance in Yemen.
The Houthis have conducted attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea using waterborne improvised explosive devices and sea mines.
The Houthis have also perpetrated repeated cross-border terrorist attacks striking civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and threatened to intentionally target civilian sites.



(*1)  Article 2a(1) and Article 2b(1) and (2) of Decision 2014/932/CFSP, shall not apply to this entity.’
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