COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2020/1137

of 30 July 2020

implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 of 31 July 2015 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya, and repealing Decision 2011/137/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 12(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)	On 31 July 2015 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333.

(2)	In accordance with Article 17(2) of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, the Council has reviewed the lists of designated persons and entities set out in Annexes II and IV to that Decision.

(3)	The Council has concluded that the restrictive measures against all persons and entities in the lists set out in Annexes II and IV to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 should be maintained, and that the identifying information for one person should be updated.

(4)	Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annexes II and IV to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 30 July 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. ROTH

(1) OJ L 206, 1.8.2015, p. 34.

ANNEX

(1)

In section A (Persons) of Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, entry 15 is replaced by the following:

‘15.

GHWELL, Khalifa

a.k.a. AL GHWEIL, Khalifa

AL-GHAWAIL, Khalifa

GHAWIL, Khalifa Mohamed

d.o.b. 1 January 1956 or 1 January 1951

Place of birth: Misurata, Libya

Nationality: Libya

Passport: A005465 (Libya), issued 12 April 2015, expired 11 April 2017

and

J690P666 (Libya), issued 12 June 2016, expires 11 June 2024

Gender: male

Address: Qasr Ahmed Street, Misurata, Libya

Khalifa Ghwell was the so-called ‘Prime Minister and Defence Minister’ of the internationally unrecognised General National Congress (‘GNC’) (also known as the ‘National Salvation Government’), and as such was responsible for their activities.

On 7 July 2015 Khalifa Ghwell showed his support for the Steadfastness Front (Alsomood), a new military force of 7 brigades to prevent a unity government from forming in Tripoli, by attending the signing ceremony to inaugurate the force with GNC ‘President’ Nuri Abu Sahmain.

As GNC ‘Prime Minister’, Ghwell has played a central role in obstructing the establishment of the GNA established under the Libya Political Agreement.

On 15 January 2016, in his capacity as the Tripoli GNC’s ‘Prime Minister and Minister of Defence’, Ghwell ordered the arrest of any members of the new Security Team, appointed by the Prime Minister Designate of the Government of National Accord, who set foot in Tripoli.

On 31 August 2016 he ordered the ‘Prime Minister’ and the ‘Defence Minister’ of the ‘National Salvation Government’ to return to work after the HoR had rejected the GNA.

1.4.2016’;

(2)

In section A (Persons) of Annex IV to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, entry 20 is replaced by the following:

‘20.