Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2072, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1542, concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons
Date: 2025-10-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, chemical weapon, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, non-proliferation of arms








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C/2025/5539


14.10.2025






Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2072, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1542, concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons
(C/2025/5539)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2072 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1542 (3), concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons.
The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of natural or legal persons, entities and bodies in the above-mentioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1542 should continue to apply to those persons and entities.
The attention of the persons and entities 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) 2018/1542, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of the Regulation).
The persons and entities 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 2 May 2026
         , 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 periodic review, in accordance with Article 8 of Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 and Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1542.
The attention of the persons and entities 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 259, 16.10.2018, p. 25.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2025/2072, 14.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2072/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L 259, 16.10.2018, p. 12.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5539/oj
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