Notice for the attention of the persons to whom restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/656/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 concerning restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire apply

2013/C 138/07

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in Annex II to Decision 2010/656/CFSP (1) and Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 560/2005 (2) concerning restrictive measures against Côte d'Ivoire.

Following a review of the lists of persons appearing in the above annexes, the Council of the European Union has decided that those persons should continue to remain subject to the restrictive measures provided for under that Council Decision and Council Regulation.

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 of Regulation (EC) No 560/2005, in order to obtain an authorisation, if it is justified, to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of the Regulation).

For the purpose of the Council's next review of the list of persons subject to restrictive measures, the persons concerned may submit a request to the Council before 31 March 2014, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the said list should be reconsidered, to the following address:

Attention is also drawn to the possibility for each person concerned 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 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28.

(2)  OJ L 95, 14.4.2005, p. 1.