Notice for the attention of the persons to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya apply

2011/C 68/01

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in Annexes I and III to Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP (1) and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

The United Nations Security Council has adopted Resolution 1970 (2011), providing in its paragraphs 15 and 17 for restrictive measures applying to persons listed in Annexes I and II to that Resolution.

The persons concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee established pursuant to paragraph 10 of UNSCR 1737 (2006), 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:

See for more information 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 that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes to Resolution 1970 (2011) should be included in the lists of persons and entities which are subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2011/137/CFSP and Regulation (EU) No 204/2011. The grounds for designation of the persons concerned appear in the relevant entries in Annexes I and III to the Council Decision and in Annex II to the Council Regulation.

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 in the web-sites in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 204/2011, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 7 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 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, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(1)  OJ L 58, 3.3.2011.

(2)  OJ L 58, 3.3.2011.