CELEX: 32019D1722
Language: en
Date: 2019-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1722 of 14 October 2019 amending Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons

15.10.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 262/66
               
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2019/1722
         of 14 October 2019
         amending Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
         Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 of 15 October 2018 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons (1),
         Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     On 15 October 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 applies until 16 October 2019. On the basis of a review of that Decision, the restrictive measures set out therein should be extended until 16 October 2020.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            Article 8 of Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 is replaced by the following:
            
               ‘Article 8
               
               This Decision shall apply until 16 October 2020. This Decision 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 Luxembourg, 14 October 2019.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               F. MOGHERINI
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 259, 16.10.2018, p. 25.