5.3.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 83/4


Notice for the attention of the persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP, as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2019/351 and in Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/350 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

(2019/C 83/04)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons designated in Annex I to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP (1), as implemented by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2019/351 (2), and in Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (3), as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/350 (4), concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria.

The Council of the European Union has decided that the persons that appear in the abovementioned Annexes should be included in the list of persons and entities in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP and Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012. The grounds for designation of those persons appear in the relevant entries in those Annexes.

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 III to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 16 of the Regulation).

The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council, together with supporting documentation that the decision to include them on the abovementioned list should be reconsidered, by 29 March 2019, to the following address:

Council of the European Union

General Secretariat

RELEX.1.C

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Email: sanctions@consilium.europa.eu

Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s next review, pursuant to Article 34 of Decision 2013/255/CFSP and Article 32(4) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, of the list of designated persons and entities.

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 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.

(2)  OJ L 63 I, 4.3.2019, p. 4.

(3)  OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

(4)  OJ L 63 I, 4.3.2019, p. 1.