CELEX: 32020R1130
Language: en
Date: 2020-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1130 of 30 July 2020 implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

31.7.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 247/14
               
            
         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1130
         of 30 July 2020
         implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 of 18 January 2016 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya and repealing Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 (1), and in particular Article 21(2) thereof,
         Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     On 18 January 2016 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/44.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     In accordance with Article 21(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44, the Council has reviewed the list of designated persons and entities set out in Annex III to that Regulation.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     The Council has concluded that the restrictive measures against all persons and entities in the list set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44 should be maintained, and that the identifying information for one person should be updated.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44 should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         
            Article 1
            Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44 is amended in accordance with 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, 30 July 2020.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               M. ROTH
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2016, p. 1.
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            In section A (Persons) of Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44, entry 18 is replaced by the following:
            
               
                           ‘18.
                        
                        
                           GHWELL, Khalifa
                           a.k.a. AL GHWEIL, Khalifa
                           AL-GHAWAIL, Khalifa
                           GHAWIL, Khalifa Mohamed
                        
                        
                           d.o.b. 1 January 1956 or 1 January 1951
                           Place of birth: Misurata, Libya
                           Nationality: Libya
                           Passport: A005465 (Libya), issued 12 April 2015, expired 11 April 2017
                           and
                           J690P666 (Libya), issued 12 June 2016, expires 11 June 2024
                           Gender: male
                           Address: Qasr Ahmed Street, Misurata, Libya
                        
                        
                           Khalifa Ghwell was the so-called “Prime Minister and Defence Minister” of the internationally unrecognised General National Congress (“GNC”) (also known as the “National Salvation Government”), and as such was responsible for their activities.
                           On 7 July 2015 Khalifa Ghwell showed his support for the Steadfastness Front (Alsomood), a new military force of 7 brigades to prevent a unity government from forming in Tripoli, by attending the signing ceremony to inaugurate the force with GNC “President” Nuri Abu Sahmain.
                           As GNC “Prime Minister”, Ghwell has played a central role in obstructing the establishment of the GNA established under the Libya Political Agreement.
                           On 15 January 2016, in his capacity as the Tripoli GNC’s “Prime Minister and Minister of Defence”, Ghwell ordered the arrest of any members of the new Security Team, appointed by the Prime Minister Designate of the Government of National Accord, who set foot in Tripoli.
                           On 31 August 2016 he ordered the “Prime Minister” and the “Defence Minister” of the “National Salvation Government” to return to work after the HoR had rejected the GNA.
                        
                        
                           1.4.2016’.