The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1255 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 (3) as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1256 (4), concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses.

The Council of the European Union has decided that those persons should be included on the list of natural and legal persons, entities, and bodies subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 and Regulation (EU) 2020/1998. The grounds for designations of those 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 in the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2020/1998, 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 31 July 2025 , together with supporting documentation that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:

Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council's periodic review, pursuant to Article 10 of Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999, of the list of designated persons and entities.

(1)   OJ L 410 I, 7.12.2020, p. 13.

(2)   OJ L, 2025/1255, 23.6.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1255/oj.

(3)   OJ L 410 I, 7.12.2020, p. 1.

(4)   OJ L, 2025/1256, 23.6.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1256/oj.