CELEX: 32021D1010
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1010 of 21 June 2021 amending Decision 2014/386/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol

22.6.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 222/20
               
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2021/1010
         of 21 June 2021
         amending Decision 2014/386/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
         Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     On 23 June 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/386/CFSP (1).
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     The Council does not recognise and continues to condemn the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and will remain committed to fully implementing its non-recognition policy.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     On the basis of a review of Decision 2014/386/CFSP, the restrictive measures should be renewed until 23 June 2022.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     Decision 2014/386/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            In Article 5 of Decision 2014/386/CFSP, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
            
               ‘This Decision shall apply until 23 June 2022.’.
            
         
         
            Article 2
            This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
         
         
            Done at Luxembourg, 21 June 2021.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            
         
         
            (1)  Council Decision 2014/386/CFSP of 23 June 2014 concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol (OJ L 183, 24.6.2014, p. 70).