The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities that appear in Annexes II and III to Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1603 (2), and in Annexes XV and XVI to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1602 (4) concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The Council of the European Union has decided that those persons, entities and bodies should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures provided for in Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 and Regulation (EU) No 2017/1509 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The grounds for designations 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 on the websites in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 35 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 lists should be reconsidered, before 13 June 2024, to the following address:

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

RELEX.1

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

e-mail: 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 36(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 and Article 47(4) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1509.

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.

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(1)   OJ L 141, 28.5.2016, p. 79.

(2)   OJ L, 2024/1603, 31.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1603/oj.

(3)   OJ L 224, 31.8.2017, p. 1.

(4)   OJ L, 2024/1602, 31.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1602/oj.