Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic Republic of Congo apply

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 (2).

The United Nations Security Council has designated the persons and entities that should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraphs 13 and 15 of Resolution 1596 (2005), as renewed by paragraph 3 of Resolution 1952 (2010).

The persons and entities 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 requests should be sent to the following address:

More information is available at: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/751/comguide.shtml

Further to the UN decision, the Council of the European Union has determined that the persons and entities that appear in the above mentioned Annexes should be included in the lists of persons and entities which are subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2010/788/CFSP and in Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005. The grounds for designation of the persons and entities 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 and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated on 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 and entities concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above mentioned lists should be reconsidered, to the following address:

The attention of the persons and entities 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, second paragraph, and Article 263, fourth and sixth paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.