The following information is brought to the attention of the persons who appear in Annex I to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP (1), as implemented by Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2024/2933 (2), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (3), as implemented by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2934 (4), concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria.

The Council of the European Union has decided that these persons should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP and Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012. The grounds for designation of these persons appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.

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 III to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 16 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 list should be reconsidered, before 1 February 2025, to the following address:

Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s next review, pursuant to Article 34 of Decision 2013/255/CFSP and Article 32(4) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, of the list of designated persons and entities.

The attention of the persons 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 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.

(2)   OJ L, 2024/2933, 25.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2933/oj.

(3)   OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

(4)   OJ L, 2024/2934, 25.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2934/oj.