Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2768 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2771 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date: 2023-12-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Democratic Republic of the Congo, EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2023/1501


11.12.2023






Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2768 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2771 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(C/2023/1501)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in Annex II to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2768 (2), and in Annex Ia to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2771 (4), concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes should continue to be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The grounds for designations of those persons 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 in the websites in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of the Regulation).
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council before 1st September 2024, together with supporting documentation that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




RELEX.1




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 next review, pursuant to Article 9 of Decision 2010/788/CFSP.
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 336, 21.12.2010, p. 30.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2023/2768, 11.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2768/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ L, 2023/2771, 11.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2771/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1501/oj
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