CELEX: 32021R0706
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/706 of 29 April 2021 implementing Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma

30.4.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 147/1
               
            
         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/706
         of 29 April 2021
         implementing Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 of 2 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma and repealing Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 (1), and in particular Article 4i thereof,
         Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     On 2 May 2013, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 401/2013.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     In accordance with Article 4i of Regulation (EU) No 401/2013, the Council has reviewed the list of designated persons and entities set out in Annex IV to that Regulation.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     For two listings, updated information has been received.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         
            Article 1
            Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 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 April 2021.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               A. P. ZACARIAS
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 121, 3.5.2013, p. 1.
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            Entries 4 and 10 in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 are replaced by the following entries:
            
               
                            
                        
                        
                           Name
                        
                        
                           Identifying information
                        
                        
                           Reasons
                        
                        
                           Date of listing
                        
                     
                           ‘4.
                        
                        
                           Aung Aung
                        
                        
                           Gender: male
                           Military identification number: BC 23750
                        
                        
                           Major General Aung Aung is the Commander of the South Western Command of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and the former Commander of the 33rd Light Infantry Division of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). In that context, he is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against the Rohingya population in Rakhine State in the second half of 2017 by the 33rd Light Infantry Division. These include unlawful killings, sexual violence and the systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings.
                        
                        
                           25.6.2018
                        
                     
                           10.
                        
                        
                           Khin Hlaing
                        
                        
                           Date of birth: 2 May 1968
                           Gender: male
                        
                        
                           Major General Khin Hlaing is the Triangle Region Commander of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). He is the former Commander of the 99th Light Infantry Division (LID) and he was the Commander of the North-eastern Command of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). As the Commander of the 99th LID he oversaw military operations carried out in Shan State in 2016 and early 2017. In that context, he is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against ethnic minority villagers in Shan State in the second half of 2016 by the 99th LID. These include unlawful killings, forced detention and destruction of villages.
                        
                        
                           21.12.2018’