The following information is brought to the attention of the persons, entities and bodies that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/385 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1837 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2024/386 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1838 (4) concerning restrictive measures against those who support, facilitate or enable violent actions by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

The Council of the European Union has decided that those persons, entities and bodies should be included on the list of natural or legal persons, groups, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2024/385, and in Regulation (EU) 2024/386 concerning restrictive measures against those who support, facilitate or enable violent actions by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The grounds for the designation of those persons, entities and bodies appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.

The attention of those persons, entities and bodies 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 (EU) 2024/386, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4 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 list should be reconsidered, to the following address before 30 August 2024.

The attention of the persons, groups, 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, 2024/385, 19.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/385/oj.

(2)   OJ L, 2024/1837, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1837/oj.

(3)   OJ L, 2024/386, 19.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/386/oj.

(4)   OJ L, 2024/1838, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1838/oj.