11.8.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 264/27

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Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1) calls upon the Union to freeze the funds and economic resources of persons and entities, as designated by the Sanctions Committee or by the UN Security Council as being engaged in or providing support for, including through illicit means, the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes, or persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or entities owned or controlled by them, including through illicit means.

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The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2371(2017), adding the natural persons CHOE CHUN YONG (alias Ch’oe Ch’un-yo’ng), HAN JANG SU (alias Chang-Su Han), JANG SONG CHOL, JANG SUNG NAM, JO CHOL SONG (alias Cho Ch’o’l-so’ng), KANG CHOL SU, KIM MUN CHOL (alias Kim Mun-ch’o’l), KIM NAM UNG, PAK IL KYU (alias Pak Il-Gyu), and the entities FOREIGN TRADE BANK (FTB), KOREAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (KNIC) (alias Korea Foreign Insurance Company), KORYO CREDIT DEVELOPMENT BANK (alias Daesong Credit Development Bank; Koryo Global Credit Bank; Koryo Global Trust Bank), MANSUDAE OVERSEAS PROJECT GROUP OF COMPANIES (alias Mansudae Art Studio) to the Sanctions Committee’s list.

In addition, the Security Council amended the listing of the natural persons JANG BOM SU (alias Jang Pom Su, Jang Hyon U) and JON MYONG GUK (alias Cho’n Myo’ng-kuk, Jon Yong Sang).

Those concerned may submit at any time a request to the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (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:

See for more information at: https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/delisting

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In order to implement the new listings, the Commission has adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1457 amending Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 (2) accordingly.

The concerned individuals and entities may submit observations on the decision to list them or maintain them on the list, together with supporting documentation, to the European Commission on the following address:

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The attention of the individuals and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Commission’s Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1457 before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the fourth and sixth paragraphs of Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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Finally, the attention of the listed entities and individuals is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities in the relevant Member State(s), as listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds and economic resources for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation.