Notice for the attention of the persons, entities and bodies subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP, as amended by Council Decisions (CFSP) 2022/2477, and Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2476 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

(2022/C 481 I/01)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons, entities and bodies that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2477 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2476 (4) concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

The Council of the European Union has decided that those persons, entities and bodies should be included in the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. The grounds for the designation of those persons, entities and bodies appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.

The attention of the persons, entities and bodies 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 Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 4 of the Regulation).

The persons, entities and bodies concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address, before 16 January 2023:

Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

The attention of the persons, entities and bodies 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 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16.

(2)  OJ LI 322, 16.12.2022, p. 466.

(3)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6.

(4)  OJ LI 322, 16.12.2022, p. 318.

Notice for the attention of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2477, and Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2476 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

(2022/C 481 I/02)

The following information is brought to the attention of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2477 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (3) as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2476 (4)concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 requires that those natural or legal persons, entities or bodies must report, before 1 September 2022 or within 6 weeks from the date of listing in Annex I, whichever is latest, funds or economic resources within the jurisdiction of a Member State belonging to, owned, held or controlled by them, to the competent authority of the Member State where those funds or economic resources are located. They must cooperate with the national competent authority in any verification of such information. Failure to comply with these obligations will be considered as circumvention of the measures on the freezing of funds and of economic resources.

The information to be reported must be sent to the competent authority of the relevant Member State, via its website as indicated in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (5).

The obligation to report under Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 does not apply until 1 January 2023 with regard to funds or economic resources located in a Member State which had laid down a similar reporting obligation under national law before 21 July 2022.

(1)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16.

(2)  OJ LI 322, 16.12.2022, p. 466.

(3)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6.

(4)  OJ LI 322, 16.12.2022, p. 318.

(5)  Last consolidated version available at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014R0269-20220916&qid=1664886241141

Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine apply

(2022/C 481 I/03)

The attention of data subjects is drawn to the following information in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1).

The legal bases for this processing operation are Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP (2), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2477 (3), and Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (4), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2476 (5).

The controller of this processing operation is department RELEX.1 in the Directorate-General for External Relations (RELEX) of the General Secretariat of the Council (GSC), which may be contacted at:

Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

The GSC’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted at:

Data Protection Officer

data.protection@consilium.europa.eu

The purpose of the processing operation is the establishment and updating of the list of persons subject to restrictive measures in accordance with Decision 2014/145/CFSP, as amended by Decisions (CFSP) 2022/2477, and Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, as implemented by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2476.

The data subjects are the natural persons who fulfil the listing criteria as laid down in Decision 2014/145/CFSP and Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

The personal data collected include data necessary for the correct identification of the person concerned, the statement of reasons and any other data related thereto.

The personal data collected may be shared as necessary with the European External Action Service and the Commission.

Without prejudice to restrictions pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, the exercise of the rights of the data subjects, such as the right of access and the right to rectification or to object, will be governed by the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.

Personal data will be retained for five years from the moment the data subject has been removed from the list of persons subject to the restrictive measures or the validity of the measure has expired, or for the duration of court proceedings in the event they had been started.

Without prejudice to any judicial, administrative or non-judicial remedy, data subjects may lodge a complaint with the European Data Protection Supervisor in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2018/1725 (edps@edps.europa.eu).

(1)  OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39.

(2)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16.

(3)  OJ LI 322, 16.12.2022, p. 466.

(4)  OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6.

(5)  OJ LI 322, 16.12.2022, p. 318.

Notice for the attention of NTV/NTV Mir, Rossiya 1, REN TV, Pervyi Kanal, regarding their inclusion in Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine

(2022/C 481 I/04)

The Council included the abovementioned entities in Annex IX to Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP (1) and in Annex XV to Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 (2) concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine with the view to applying these measures as from 1 February 2023 subject to a decision by the Council after examination of the relevant facts.

The entities concerned are hereby informed that they may submit a request to the Council to obtain the information related to such inclusion to the following address:

(1)  OJ L 229, 31.7.2014, p. 13.

(2)  OJ L 229, 31.7.2014, p. 1.