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Document 32023D2287
Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Niger
- Date of last review:
- 15/01/2024
- Initial creation date:
- 14/02/2024
- Summary code:
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- 25.04.03.00 Sanctions policy
- EUROVOC descriptor:
- Directory code:
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- 18.00.00.00 Common Foreign and Security Policy
- Summarised document(s):
- Author:
- Publications Office of the European Union
- Responsible entity(ies):
- Council of the European Union
Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Niger
SUMMARY OF:
Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2287 on restrictive measures in view of the situation in Niger
Council Regulation (EU) 2023/2406 on restrictive measures in view of the situation in Niger
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DECISION AND THE REGULATION?
- The decision and the regulation are part of the European Union’s (EU) common foreign and security policy (CFSP) toolbox, promoting the CFSP’s objectives by providing the legal basis for EU sanctions in view of the situation in Niger following the coup d’état on .
- The sanctions support the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States to bring a swift return to constitutional order in Niger.
KEY POINTS
Persons and entities subject to sanctions
The decision and regulation target those persons and entities, along with their associates, responsible for:
- actions or policies that threaten the peace, stability or security of Niger;
- undermining the constitutional order in Niger;
- undermining democracy or the rule of law in Niger, including the arbitrary detention of democratically elected authorities of Niger;
- planning, directing or committing acts in Niger that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law.
Restrictive measures
These persons and entities are subject to:
- the freezing of funds and economic resources, including a ban on providing funds to such persons and entities;
- a refusal of entry into EU territory.
The persons subject to these measures are listed in the annexes to the regulation and decision. The Council of the European Union decides on changes to that list.
Exemptions
The decision and regulation both allow exemptions from these measures, which include:
- following United Nations Security Council Resolution 2664 (2022), Council Regulation (EU) 2023/331 and Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/338, a legal exemption to the sanctions in the form of asset freezes for humanitarian assistance and other activities that support basic human needs, applicable to certain people or entities;
- the release of certain frozen assets for other legitimate purposes such as:
- to satisfy basic needs, including payment for food, rent, medicines, taxes and public utilities,
- to pay for reasonable professional fees,
- to pay fees for holding the frozen funds.
FROM WHEN DO THE DECISION AND REGULATION APPLY?
Decision (CFSP) 2023/2287 and Regulation (EU) 2023/2406 have applied since .
BACKGROUND
For further information, see:
- The European Union and Niger (European External Action Service).
MAIN DOCUMENTS
Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2287 of concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Niger (OJ L, 2023/2287, ).
Council Regulation (EU) 2023/2406 of concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Niger (OJ L, 2023/2406, ).
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