Notice for the attention of the persons to whom measures provided for in Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP, as amended by Decision (CFSP) 2017/1934, and in Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea apply

(2017/C 358/06)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons that appear in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP, as amended by Decision (CFSP) 2017/1934 (1), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009.

The Council of the European Union has determined that the persons that appear in the above-mentioned Annexes continue to fulfil the criterion set out in Decision 2010/638/CFSP and in Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea and should therefore remain subject to the measures, as renewed by Decision (CFSP) 2017/1934.

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 in the web-sites in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 8 of the Regulation).

The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation before 30 June 2018, that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:

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

(1)  OJ L 273, 24.10.2017, p. 10.