Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/814 of 25 April 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
Date: 2025-04-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Libya, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, humanitarian aid, international sanctions, legal person, natural person




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/814


28.4.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/814
         
of 25 April 2025
         
amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,


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

Whereas:







(1)


On 31 July 2015, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 (1).












(2)


On 16 January 2025 the United Nations Security Council (‘UNSC’) adopted Resolution 2769 (2025), reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Libya and determining that the situation in Libya continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security.












(3)


UNSC Resolution 2769 (2025) introduced two exemptions to the arms embargo and a new listing criterion, for those subject to restrictions on admission or the freezing of funds and economic resources, or both.












(4)


Additionally, UNSC Resolution 2769 (2025) modified the scope of the measures imposed on the Libyan Investment Authority.












(5)


Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement certain measures.












(6)


Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 2, the following paragraphs are added:

‘5.   Article 1 shall not apply to any technical assistance or training provided by Member States to Libyan security forces intended solely to promote the process of reunification of Libyan military and security institutions, or to the temporary entry into Libya of weapons or other military equipment intended solely for use by the non-Libyan providers of such technical assistance and training, for the delivery of such assistance or for their protective use, as notified in advance to the Committee.


6.   Article 1 shall not apply to military aircraft or naval vessels, temporarily introduced into the territory of Libya by a Member State, solely to deliver items or to facilitate activities otherwise exempted or not covered by the arms embargo, including humanitarian assistance, or to arms and related materiel for defensive purposes that remain at all times aboard the vessel or aircraft while temporarily in Libya, or on the person of any non-Libyan personnel temporarily disembarked from such vessel or aircraft.’
;









(2)


in Article 8, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of persons designated and subjected to travel restrictions by the Security Council or by the Committee in accordance with paragraph 22 of UNSCR 1970 (2011), paragraph 23 of UNSCR 1973 (2011), paragraph 4 of UNSCR 2174 (2014), paragraph 11 of UNSCR 2213 (2015), paragraph 11 of UNSCR 2362 (2017), paragraph 11 of UNSCR 2441 (2018) and paragraph 18 of UNSCR 2769 (2025), as listed in Annex I.’
;









(3)


Article 9 is amended as follows:






(a)


paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   All funds, other financial assets and economic resources, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by persons and entities designated and subjected to an asset freeze by the Security Council or by the Committee in accordance with paragraph 22 of UNSCR 1970 (2011), paragraphs 19 and 23 of UNSCR 1973 (2011), paragraph 4 of UNSCR 2174 (2014), paragraph 11 of UNSCR 2213 (2015), paragraph 11 of UNSCR 2362 (2017), paragraph 11 of UNSCR 2441 (2018) and paragraph 18 of UNSCR 2769 (2025), as listed in Annex III, shall be frozen.’
;









(b)


the following paragraphs are added:

‘15.   After notification by the Member State concerned to the Committee, and provided that the Committee has approved the use of frozen cash reserves as referred to in, and in accordance with, paragraph 14 of UNSCR 2769 (2025), which includes consultation with the Government of Libya, the competent authorities of that Member State shall authorise the use of frozen cash reserves belonging to the entity listed under entry number 1 in Annex VI, exclusively for investment in:






(a)


low-risk time deposits with an appropriate financial institution selected by the entity listed under entry number 1 in Annex VI and located in the Member State in which the funds are frozen, in the case of frozen cash reserves referred to in “recommendation 7.1” referred to in UNSCR 2769 (2025), or










(b)


fixed income instruments, in the case of frozen cash reserves referred to in “recommendation 7.2” referred to in UNSCR 2769 (2025),




in accordance with the approval of the Committee.


16.   The low-risk time deposits referred to in point (a) of paragraph 15 and the interests accrued thereon shall remain frozen. The fixed income instruments referred to in point (b) of paragraph 15 and the income accrued thereon shall remain frozen.
Each reinvestment shall be subject to the procedure referred to in paragraph 15.


17.   The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 15, within two weeks of the authorisation.’.











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




Done at Brussels, 25 April 2025.


For the Council


The President

A. SZŁAPKA
            





(1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 of 31 July 2015 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya, and repealing Decision 2011/137/CFSP (OJ L 206, 1.8.2015, p. 34, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2015/1333/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/814/oj
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