Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/348 of 18 February 2025 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe
Date: 2025-02-18
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Zimbabwe, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person








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2025/348


18.2.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/348
of 18 February 2025
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 of 19 February 2004 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In Articles 4 and 5 of Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP (2) the persons and entities to whom restrictive measures apply are identified.












(2)


Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 gives effect to Decision 2011/101/CFSP to the extent that action at Union level is required. In particular, Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 lists the persons and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.












(3)


On 18 February 2025, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2025/335 (3) removing the last entity from the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.












(4)


Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 February 2025.


For the Commission


On behalf of The President


Director-General


Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union






(1)  
            OJ L 55, 24.2.2004, p. 1. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2004/314/oj.

(2)  Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP of 15 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe (OJ L 42, 16.2.2011, p. 6, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2011/101(1)/oj).

(3)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/335 of 18 February 2025 amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe (OJ L, 2025/335, 18.2.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/335/oj).




ANNEX
In Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004, section II, the following entry is deleted:








‘Zimbabwe Defence Industries


10th floor, Trustee House, 55 Samora Machel Avenue, PO Box 6597, Harare, Zimbabwe


Associated with the Ministry of Defence and the ZANU-PF faction of Government.’








ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/348/oj
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