Notice for the attention of the persons and entities to which restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 apply

2010/C 107/10

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP (1) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 (2).

The Sanctions Committee established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 751 (1992) concerning Somalia adopted on 12 April 2010 the list of persons and entities to which the provisions of paragraphs 1, 3 and 7 of UNSCR 1844 (2008) apply.

The persons and entities concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee, 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:

See for more information at: 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 Decision 2010/231/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 356/2010.

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 websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 356/2010, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 5 of the Regulation).

The persons and entities concerned may submit a request to obtain the statement of reasons for listing provided by the UN Sanctions Committee, to the following address:

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, 2nd paragraph, and Article 263, 4th and 6th paragraphs, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(1)  OJ L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 17.

(2)  OJ L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 1.