Notice for the attention of the persons to whom restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2023/1598, and Council Regulation (EU) No 377/2012, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1593, concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau apply 2023/C 339/04
Date: 2023-09-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Guinea-Bissau, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, natural person








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26.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 339/10







Notice for the attention of the persons to whom restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision 2023/1598, and Council Regulation (EU) No 377/2012, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1593, concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau apply
(2023/C 339/04)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in Annexes II and III to Council Decision 2012/285/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision 2023/1598 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 377/2012 (3), as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1593, concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies threatening the peace, security or stability of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (4).
The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons designated in the above-mentioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2012/285/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 377/2012 should continue to apply to those persons.
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 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 377/2012, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4 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, by 26 December 2023, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




DG RELEX 1




Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175




1048 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




e-mail: mailto:sanctions@consilium.europa.eu
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, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  
            OJ L 142, 1.6.2012, p. 36.

(2)  
            OJ L 196, 4.8.2023, p. 23.

(3)  
            OJ L 119, 4.5.2012, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ L 196, 4.8.2023, p. 1.