Notice for the attention of the persons, entities and bodies to whom measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1970 and in Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1529, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1971 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region apply
Date: 2024-07-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Iran, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, territorial dispute








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C/2024/4546


16.7.2024






Notice for the attention of the persons, entities and bodies to whom measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1970 and in Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1529, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1971 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region apply
(C/2024/4546)

The following information is brought to the attention of the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1970 (2), and in Annex III to Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1971 (4) concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region.
The Council of the European Union has decided that the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes should continue to be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 and in Regulation (EU) 2023/1529.
The attention of the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies 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 I to Regulation (EU) 2023/1529, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3a of the Regulation).
The natural or legal persons, entities and bodies concerned may submit a request to the Council before 
            1 January 2025
         , 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




e-mail: 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 10 of Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 and Article 7(4) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1529.
The attention of the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies 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 186, 25.7.2023, p. 20.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2024/1970, 16.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1970/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L 186, 25.7.2023, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ L, 2024/1971, 16.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1971/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4546/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)