Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt

(2016/C 105/05)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons who are designated in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/411 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 (3) concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt.

The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons designated in the abovementioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2011/172/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 should continue to apply to those persons.

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 on the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 270/2011, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4 of the Regulation).

The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council before 15 December 2016, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered to the following address:

Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s next review, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 270/2011, of the list of designated persons.

(1)  OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 63.

(2)  OJ L 74, 19.3.2016, p. 40.

(3)  OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 4.