Notice for the attention of the natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/887, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/886 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
Date: 2025-05-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, computer crime, data protection, economic sanctions, information security, information system, information warfare, international sanctions, natural person








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C/2025/2791


16.5.2025






Notice for the attention of the natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/887, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/886 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
(C/2025/2791)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons, entities and bodies that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/887 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/886 (4) concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States.
The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons, entities and bodies designated in the above-mentioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2019/797, and in Regulation (EU) 2019/796 should continue to apply to those persons, entities and bodies.
The attention of the 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 on the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/796 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments.
The persons, entities and bodies 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, before 15 January 2026, to the following address:





Council of the European Union




General Secretariat




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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 periodic review, in accordance with Article 10 of Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States.
The attention of the 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, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.


(1)  
            OJ L 129 I, 17.5.2019, p. 13.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2025/887, 13.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/887/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L 129 I, 17.05.2019, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ L, 2025/886, 13.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/886/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2791/oj
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