CELEX: 32022R0226
Language: en
Date: 2022-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/226 of 17 February 2022 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe

18.2.2022   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 38/3
               
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/226
         of 17 February 2022
         amending Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 of 19 February 2004 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe (1), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP (2) identifies the persons and entities to whom restrictive measures apply as provided for in Articles 4 and 5 of that Decision.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 gives effect to that Decision to the extent that action at Union level is required. In particular, Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 lists the persons and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     On 17 February 2022, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2022/227 (3) removing three persons from the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         
            Article 1
            Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 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 the Member States.
            Done at Brussels, 17 February 2022.
            
               
                  For the Commission,
               
               
                  On behalf of The President,
               
               
                  Director-General
               
               
                  Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
               
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 55, 24.2.2004, p. 1.
         
            (2)  Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP of 15 February 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe (OJ L 42, 16.2.2011, p. 6).
         
            (3)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/227 of 17 February 2022 amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe (see page 5 of this Official Journal).
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            Annex III, section I, to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 is amended as follows:
            The following entries are deleted:
            
               
                           
                                       ‘(2)
                                    
                                    
                                       Mugabe, Grace
                                    
                                 
                        
                           Born 23.7.1965
                           Passport AD001159
                           ID 63-646650Q70
                        
                        
                           Former Secretary of the ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front) Women’s league, involved in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law. Took over the Iron Mask Estate in 2002; alleged to illicitly derive large profits from diamond mining.
                        
                     
                           
                                       (5)
                                    
                                    
                                       CHIWENGA, Constantine
                                    
                                 
                        
                           Vice-President
                           Former Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, retired General, born 25.8.1956
                           Passport AD000263
                           ID 63-327568M80
                        
                        
                           Vice-President and former Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. Member of Joint Operations Command and complicit in forming or directing repressive state policy. Used army for farm takeovers. During the 2008 elections, he was a prime architect of the violence associated with the process of the Presidential run-off.
                        
                     
                           
                                       (7)
                                    
                                    
                                       SIBANDA, Phillip Valerio (a.k.a. Valentine)
                                    
                                 
                        
                           Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces
                           Former Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, General, born 25.8.1956 or 24.12.1954
                           ID 63-357671H26
                        
                        
                           Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and former Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army. Senior army figure with ties to the Government and complicit in forming or directing oppressive state policy.’