Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 apply

2010/C 205/02

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in Annex I to Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP (1) and in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 (2).

The United Nations Security Council has designated the persons and entities that should be included in the list of persons and entities to which the provisions of paragraphs 12, 13, 14 and 15 of UNSCR 1737 (2006), paragraph 5 of UNSCR 1803 (2008) and paragraph 10 of UNSCR 1929 (2010) apply.

The persons and entities concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee established pursuant to paragraph 10 of UNSCR 1737 (2006), together with any supporting documentation, for the decisions to include them in the UN list to be reconsidered. Such request should be sent to the following address:

For more information see: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/751/comguide.shtml

Further to the UN decision, the Council of the European Union has determined that the persons and entities that appear in the above mentioned Annexes should be included in the lists of persons and entities which are subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2007. The grounds for designation of the persons and entities concerned appear in the relevant entries in Annex I to the Council Decision and in Annex IV to the Council Regulation.

The attention of the persons and entities concerned is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s) as indicated in the web-sites in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 423/2007, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 10 of the Regulation).

The persons and entities 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, to the address provided above.

The attention of the persons and entities 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 195, 27.7.2010, p. 39.

(2)  OJ L 103, 20.4.2007, p. 1, OJ L 335M, 13.12.2008, p. 969.