Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/202, and Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/197 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(2018/C 51/01)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP (1), as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/202 (2) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/197 (4).

The United Nations Security Council has decided that four persons should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of Resolution 1596 (2005).

The persons concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee established pursuant to paragraph 8 of UNSCR 1533 (2004), together with any supporting documentation, for the decisions to include them in the UN list to be reconsidered. Such request should be sent to the following address:

Further to the UN decision, the Council of the European Union has determined that the persons who appear in the abovementioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities which are subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2010/788/CFSP, as implemented by Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/202 and Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005, as implemented by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/197. The grounds for designation of the persons concerned appear in the relevant entries in the Annex to Decision 2010/788/CFSP and in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005.

The attention of the persons concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of the Regulation).

The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned lists should be reconsidered, to the following address:

The attention of the persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Council’s decision before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 275, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(1)  OJ L 336, 21.12.2010, p. 30.

(2)  OJ L 38, 10.2.2018, p. 19.

(3)  OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 38, 10.2.2018, p. 2.