responsible for actions or policies that threaten the peace, stability or security of Niger, or who have engaged directly or indirectly in, provided support to, or benefited from such actions or policies;

undermining the constitutional order in Niger;

whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Niger, including those who are responsible for the arbitrary detention of democratically elected authorities of Niger;

involved in planning, directing or committing acts in Niger that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law, as applicable;

associated with the natural persons designated under points (a) to (d), or with the natural or legal persons designated under Article 2(1);

as listed in the Annex.

as a host country of an international intergovernmental organisation;

as a host country to an international conference convened by, or under the auspices of, the United Nations;

under a multilateral agreement conferring privileges and immunities; or

under the 1929 Treaty of Conciliation (Lateran pact) concluded by the Holy See (State of the Vatican City) and Italy.

responsible for actions or policies that threaten the peace, stability or security of Niger, or who have engaged directly or indirectly in, provided support to, or benefited from such actions or policies;

undermining the constitutional order in Niger;

whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Niger, including those who are responsible for the arbitrary detention of democratically elected authorities of Niger;

involved in planning, directing or committing acts in Niger that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law, as applicable;

associated with the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies designated under points (a) to (d) above;

as listed in the Annex, shall be frozen.

necessary to satisfy the basic needs of the persons listed in the Annex and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgages, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;

intended exclusively for the payment of reasonable professional fees and the reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;

intended exclusively for the payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;

necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the competent authority concerned has notified the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted at least two weeks prior to the authorisation; or

to be paid into or from an account of a diplomatic mission or consular post or an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, insofar as such payments are intended to be used for official purposes of the diplomatic mission or consular post or international organisation.

the funds or economic resources are the subject of an arbitral decision rendered prior to the date on which the natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1 was listed in the Annex, or the subject of a judicial or administrative decision rendered in the Union, or of a judicial decision enforceable in the Member State concerned, prior to or after that date;

the funds or economic resources will be used exclusively to satisfy claims secured by such a decision or recognised as valid in such a decision, within the limits set by applicable laws and regulations governing the rights of persons having such claims;

the decision is not for the benefit of a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in the Annex; and

recognition of the decision is not contrary to public policy in the Member State concerned.

interest or other earnings on those accounts, provided that such interest or other earnings remain subject to the measures provided for in paragraph 1;

payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded or that arose prior to the date on which those accounts became subject to the measures provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, provided that such payments remain subject to the measures provided for in paragraph 1; or

payments due under judicial, administrative or arbitral decisions rendered in the Union or enforceable in the Member State concerned, provided that such payments remain subject to the measures provided for in paragraph 1.

the United Nations, including its programmes, funds and other entities and bodies, as well as its specialised agencies and related organisations;

international organisations;

humanitarian organisations having observer status with the United Nations General Assembly and members of those humanitarian organisations;

bilaterally or multilaterally funded non-governmental organisations participating in the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plans, Refugee Response Plans, other United Nations appeals or humanitarian clusters coordinated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA);

organisations and agencies to which the Union has granted the Humanitarian Partnership Certificate or which are certified or recognised by a Member State in accordance with national procedures;

Member States’ specialised agencies; or

the employees, grantees, subsidiaries, or implementing partners of the entities referred to in points (a) to (f) while and to the extent that they are acting in those capacities.

as regards the Council, for preparing and making amendments to the Annex;

as regards the High Representative, for preparing amendments to the Annex.