27.5.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 129/1

(1)

Council Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 (2) gives effect to the measures provided for in Decision 2011/137/CFSP.

(2)

On 27 March 2015, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution UNSCR 2213 (2015) providing, inter alia, for certain amendments to the criteria for listing in relation to travel restrictions and the asset freeze measures.

(3)

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1970 (2011) updated the list of persons and entities subject to travel restrictions and asset freeze measures, inter alia by specifying the information concerning the entities whose funds, frozen on 16 September 2011, are to remain frozen.

(4)

On 26 May 2015, Council Decision 2011/137/CFSP was amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/818 (3) to give effect to the measures adopted by UNSCR 2213 (2015) and to provide for the application of asset freeze measures as set out in UNSCR 2213 (2015) to other persons and entities not covered by Annexes I, III or VII to Decision 2011/137/CFSP. Moreover, the Council also amended the criteria for the application of the travel restrictions and asset freeze measures to persons, entities and bodies listed in Annexes II and IV to Decision 2011/137/CFSP, in line with the clarifications provided in recitals 7-12 of Decision (CFSP) 2015/818.

(5)

This measure falls within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, notably with a view to ensuring its uniform application by economic operators in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement it.

(6)

Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

Article 5(4) is replaced by the following:

‘4.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned, held or controlled on 16 September 2011 by the entities listed in Annex VI and located outside Libya on that date, shall remain frozen.’

(2)

Article 6 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 6

1.   Annex II shall include the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies designated by the United Nations Security Council or by the Sanctions Committee in accordance with paragraph 22 of UNSCR 1970 (2011), paragraphs 19, 22 or 23 of UNSCR 1973 (2011), paragraph 4 of UNSCR 2174 (2014) or paragraph 11 of UNSCR 2213 (2015).

2.   Annex III shall consist of natural or legal persons, entities and bodies, not covered by Annex II and that:

3.   Annexes II and III shall include the grounds for the listing of listed persons, entities and bodies, as provided by the Security Council, or by the Sanctions Committee for Annex II.

4.   Annexes II and III shall include, where available, information necessary to identify the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies concerned, as provided by the Security Council, or by the Sanctions Committee for Annex II. With regard to natural persons, such information may include names, including aliases, date and place of birth, nationality, passport and ID card numbers, gender, address, if known, and function or profession. With regard to legal persons, entities and bodies, such information may include names, place and date of registration, registration number and place of business. Annex II shall also include the date of designation by the Security Council or by the Sanctions Committee.

5.   Annex VI shall include the grounds for listing for the persons, entities and bodies referred in Article 5(4) of this Regulation, as provided by the Security Council or the Sanctions Committee.’

(3)

In Article 16(1) the reference to ‘Annex II’ is replaced with the reference to ‘Annex II or VI’.