CELEX: 32020R1578
Language: en
Date: 2020-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1578 of 29 October 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi

30.10.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 362/1
               
            
         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1578
         of 29 October 2020
         implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 of 1 October 2015 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi (1), and in particular Article 13(4) thereof,
         Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     On 1 October 2015, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2015/1755.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     On the basis of a review by the Council, the information concerning two natural persons in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 should be amended.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         
            Article 1
            Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 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 Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 29 October 2020.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               M. ROTH
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 257, 2.10.2015, p. 1.
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/1755, entries 1 and 2 under the heading ‘List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2’ are replaced by the following:
            
               
                            
                        
                        
                           Name
                        
                        
                           Identifying information
                        
                        
                           Grounds for designation
                        
                     
                           ‘1.
                        
                        
                           Godefroid BIZIMANA
                        
                        
                           Gender: Male
                           DOB: 23.4.1968
                           POB: Nyagaseke, Mabayi, Cibitoke
                           Burundian nationality. Passport number: DP0001520
                        
                        
                           “Chargé de missions de la Présidence” and former Deputy Director-General of the National Police. On 31 December 2019, Mr Bizimana was promoted to the rank of Chief Police Commissioner. Responsible for undermining democracy by making operational decisions that have led to a disproportionate use of force and acts of violent repression towards peaceful demonstrations that started on 26 April 2015 following the announcement of the presidential candidacy of President Nkurunziza.
                        
                     
                           2.
                        
                        
                           Gervais NDIRAKOBUCA alias NDAKUGARIKA
                        
                        
                           Gender: Male
                           DOB: 1.8.1970
                           Burundian nationality. Passport number: DP0000761
                        
                        
                           Minister of the Interior, Community Development and Public Security as of June 2020. Former head of Cabinet of the Presidential Administration (Présidence) responsible for matters relating to the National Police between May 2013 and November 2019, and former Director-General of the National Intelligence Service between November 2019 and June 2020. Responsible for obstructing the search for a political solution in Burundi by issuing instructions that led to a disproportionate use of force, acts of violence, acts of repression and violations of international human rights law against protestors demonstrating from 26 April 2015 onwards, following the announcement of the presidential candidacy of President Nkurunziza, including on 26, 27 and 28 April 2015 in the Nyakabiga and Musaga districts of Bujumbura.’