CELEX: 32018R1605
Language: en
Date: 2018-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1605 of 25 October 2018 implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi

26.10.2018   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 268/18
               
            
         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1605
         of 25 October 2018
         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, and in particular Article 13(4) thereof (1),
         Having regard to the proposal of 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 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Additional identifying information concerning one natural person is available.
                  
               
                     (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, 25 October 2018.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               J. BOGNER-STRAUSS
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 257, 2.10.2015, p. 1.
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/1755, entry 3 under the heading ‘List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2’ is replaced by the following:
            
               
                            
                        
                        
                           Name
                        
                        
                           Identifying Information
                        
                        
                           Grounds for designation
                        
                     
                           ‘3.
                        
                        
                           Mathias/Joseph NIYONZIMA
                           alias KAZUNGU
                        
                        
                           DOB: 6.3.1956; 2.1.1967
                           POB: Kanyosha Commune, Mubimbi, Bujumbura-Rural Province, Burundi
                           Registration number (SNR): O/00064
                           Burundian nationality.
                           Passport number: OP0053090
                        
                        
                           Officer of the National Intelligence Service. Responsible for obstructing the search for a political solution in Burundi by inciting violence and acts of repression during the demonstrations that started on 26 April 2015 following the announcement of the presidential candidacy of President Nkurunziza. Responsible for helping to train, coordinate and arm the Imbonerakure paramilitary militias, including outside Burundi, who are responsible for acts of violence, repression and serious human rights abuses in Burundi.’