CELEX: 32016D0220
Language: en
Date: 2016-02-15 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/220 of 15 February 2016 amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe

17.2.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 40/11
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2016/220
   of 15 February 2016
   amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe
   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 of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On 15 February 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/101/CFSP (1).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The Council has carried out a review of Decision 2011/101/CFSP, taking into account political developments in Zimbabwe.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The restrictive measures should be extended until 20 February 2017.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The restrictive measures should be maintained for seven persons and one entity set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/101/CFSP. The suspension of the restrictive measures should be renewed for the five persons listed in Annex II to Decision 2011/101/CFSP.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Decision 2011/101/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Decision 2011/101/CFSP is amended as follows:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Article 10 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 10
               1.   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
               2.   This Decision shall apply until 20 February 2017.
               3.   The measures referred to in Article 4(1) and Article 5(1) and (2), in so far as they apply to persons listed in Annex II, shall be suspended until 20 February 2017.
               The suspension shall be reviewed every three months.
               4.   This Decision shall be kept under constant review and shall be renewed, or amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Annex I is replaced by the text appearing in Annex I to this Decision.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Annex II is replaced by the text appearing in Annex II to this Decision.
            
         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 Brussels, 15 February 2016.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         F. MOGHERINI
      
   
   
      (1)  Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP of 15 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe (OJ L 42, 16.2.2011, p. 6).
   
      ANNEX I
      
         
            ‘ANNEX I
            PERSONS AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 4 AND 5
            I.   Persons
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Name (and any aliases)
                     
                     
                        Identifying information
                     
                     
                        Grounds for designation
                     
                  
                        1.
                     
                     
                        Mugabe, Robert Gabriel
                     
                     
                        President, born 21.2.1924
                        Passport AD001095
                     
                     
                        Head of Government and responsible for activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
                     
                  
                        2.
                     
                     
                        Mugabe, Grace
                     
                     
                        Born 23.7.1965
                        Passport AD001159
                        ID 63-646650Q70
                     
                     
                        Associated with the ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union — Patriotic Front) faction of the government. Took over the Iron Mask Estate in 2002; alleged to illicitly derive large profits from diamond mining.
                     
                  
                        3.
                     
                     
                        Bonyongwe, Happyton Mabhuya
                     
                     
                        Director-General Central Intelligence Organisation, born 6.11.1960
                        Passport: AD002214
                        ID: 63-374707A13
                     
                     
                        Senior security figure with a close association with the ZANU-PF faction of the government and complicit in forming or directing repressive state policy. Accused of being responsible for kidnapping, torturing and killing MDC activists in June 2008.
                     
                  
                        4.
                     
                     
                        Chihuri, Augustine
                     
                     
                        Police Commissioner, born 10.3.1953
                        Passport AD000206
                        ID 68-034196M68
                     
                     
                        Senior police officer and member of the Joint Operational Command, closely associated with the repressive policies of ZANU-PF. Publicly confessed to support ZANU-PF in contravention of the Police Act. In June 2009 ordered the police to drop all cases related to murders committed to the run-up to the June 2008 Presidential election.
                     
                  
                        5.
                     
                     
                        Chiwenga, Constantine
                     
                     
                        Commander Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General (former Army Commander, Lieutenant General), born 25.8.1956
                        Passport AD000263
                        ID 63-327568M80
                     
                     
                        Member of Joint Operational Command and complicit in forming or directing repressive state policy. Used army for farm takeovers. During 2008 elections was a prime architect of the violence associated with the process of the Presidential run-off.
                     
                  
                        6.
                     
                     
                        Shiri, Perence (a.k.a. Bigboy) Samson Chikerema
                     
                     
                        Air Marshal (Air Force), born 1.11.1955
                        ID 29-098876M18
                     
                     
                        Senior military officer and member of ZANU-PF Joint Operational Command and complicit in forming or directing oppressive state policy. Involved in political violence, including during the 2008 election in Mashonaland West and in Chiadzwa.
                     
                  
                        7.
                     
                     
                        Sibanda, Phillip Valerio (a.k.a. Valentine)
                     
                     
                        Commander Zimbabwe National Army, Lieutenant General, born 25.8.1956 or 24.12.1954
                        ID 63-357671H26
                     
                     
                        Senior army figure with ties to the Government and complicit in forming or directing oppressive state policy.
                     
                  II.   Entities
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Name
                     
                     
                        Identifying information
                     
                     
                        Grounds for designation
                     
                  
                        1.
                     
                     
                        Zimbabwe Defence Industries
                     
                     
                        10th floor, Trustee House, 55 Samora Machel Avenue, PO Box 6597, Harare, Zimbabwe.
                     
                     
                        Associated with the Ministry of Defence and the ZANU-PF faction of Government.’
                     
                  
      
   
   
      ANNEX II
      
         
            ‘ANNEX II
            PERSONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 10(3)
            Persons
            Name (and any aliases)
            
                        1.
                     
                     
                        Bonyongwe, Happyton Mabhuya
                     
                  
                        2.
                     
                     
                        Chihuri, Augustine
                     
                  
                        3.
                     
                     
                        Chiwenga, Constantine
                     
                  
                        4.
                     
                     
                        Shiri, Perence (a.k.a. Bigboy) Samson Chikerema
                     
                  
                        5.
                     
                     
                        Sibanda, Phillip Valerio (a.k.a. Valentine)’.