CELEX: 32020D0651
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/651 of 14 May 2020 amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States

15.5.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 153/4
               
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2020/651
         of 14 May 2020
         amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
         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 17 May 2019, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 (1) concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 applies until 18 May 2020. On the basis of a review of that Decision, the restrictive measures set out therein should be extended until 18 May 2021.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            Article 10 of Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 is replaced by the following:
            
               
                  ‘Article 10
                  This Decision shall apply until 18 May 2021 and shall be kept under constant review. It shall be renewed, or amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’.
               
            
         
         
            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, 14 May 2020.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               G. GRLIĆ RADMAN
            
         
         
            (1)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 of 17 May 2019 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States (OJ L 129I, 17.5.2019, p. 13).