CELEX: 32021D0796
Language: en
Date: 2021-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/796 of 17 May 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States

18.5.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  LI 174/1
               
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2021/796
         of 17 May 2021
         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).
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 applies until 18 May 2021. On the basis of a review of that Decision, the restrictive measures set out therein should be extended until 18 May 2022.
                  
               
                     (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 2022 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, 17 May 2021.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               A. P. ZACARIAS
            
         
         
            (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 129 I 17.5.2019, p. 13).