Notice for the attention of persons subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP and in Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus

(2017/C 64/02)

The following information is brought to the attention of the persons and entities designated in the Annex to Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP (1), as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/350 (2), and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 (3), concerning restrictive measures against Belarus.

The Council of the European Union, after having reviewed the list of persons and entities designated in the above-mentioned Annexes, has determined that the restrictive measures provided for in Decision 2012/642/CFSP and Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 should continue to apply to those persons. The grounds for designations 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 in the websites in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments (cf. Article 3 of the Regulation).

The persons concerned may submit a request to the Council before 31 December 2017, together with supporting documentation that the decision to include them on the above-mentioned list should be reconsidered, to the following address:

Any observations received will be taken into account for the purpose of the Council’s periodic review, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Decision 2012/642/CFSP and Article 8a(4) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, of the list of designated persons and entities.

(1)  OJ L 285, 17.10.2012, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 50, 28.2.2017, p. 81.

(3)  OJ L 134, 20.5.2006, p. 1.