The following information is brought to the attention of the persons, entities and bodies that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2788 (2), and in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2789 (4) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma.

The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons, entities and bodies that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma. The grounds for the listing of the persons, entities and bodies concerned appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.

The attention of the persons, entities and bodies 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 Council Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4b of the Regulation).

The persons, entities and bodies 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, by 15 January 2024, to the following address:

Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council's periodic review, in accordance with Article 12 of Decision 2013/184/CFSP and Article 4i(4) of Regulation (EU) No 401/2013.

The attention of the persons, entities and bodies 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.

(1)   OJ L 111, 23.4.2013, p.75.

(2)   OJ L, 2023/2788, 11.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2788/oj.

(3)   OJ L 121, 3.5.2013, p. 1.

(4)   OJ L, 2023/2789, 11.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2789/oj.