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19.5.2021 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 192/4 |
Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/796, and in Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796, concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
(2021/C 192/04)
The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/796 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 (3), concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States.
The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons and entities designated in the abovementioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 and in Regulation (EU) 2019/796 should continue to apply to those persons and entities.
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 on the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/796 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments.
The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation, that the decision to include them on the abovementioned lists should be reconsidered, before 15 January 2022, to the following address:
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Council of the European Union |
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General Secretariat |
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RELEX.1.C |
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Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 |
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1048 Bruxelles/Brussel |
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BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
Email:sanctions@consilium.europa.eu
Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council's periodic review, in accordance with Article 10 of Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States.
The attention of the persons 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 129 I, 17.5.2019, p. 13.