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Official Journal of the European Union, L 120, 21 April 2022
Official Journal of the European Union, L 120, 21 April 2022
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Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period. The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. |
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REGULATIONS
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 120/1 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/658
of 21 April 2022
implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
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On 17 March 2014 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. |
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The Union continues to condemn actions and policies undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine. |
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The Council considers that two individuals should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 for their role in undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and for benefitting from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine. |
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Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 April 2022.
For the Council
The President
J.-Y. LE DRIAN
ANNEX
The following persons are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014:
Persons
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Serhiy Vitaliyovich KURCHENKO (Ukrainian: Сергiй Вiталiйович КУРЧЕНКО; Russian: Сергей Витальевич КУРЧЕНКО) |
Gender: male DOB: 21.9.1985 POB: Kharkiv, Ukraine Nationality: Ukrainian |
Mr Serhiy Kurchenko is a Ukrainian businessman. With support from pro-Russia separatists, he took control of several large metallurgical, chemical and energy plants in the separatist-held areas of Donbas. His ‘Gaz-Alliance’ company monopolised coal mining in Donbas after its competitors had been forced out of the market, reportedly with help from Russia. He organised and benefitted from the illegal scheme of exporting Donbas coal to Russia and Europe despite EU sanctions. Coal extracted in Mr Kurchenko’s mines has been re-registered and illegally exported via Russian ports. Mr Kurchenko helped large Russian companies and State-owned holdings to bypass EU restrictive measures by acting as their sub-contractor in the Russian-held territories. He has been an intermediary in Russian gas, fuel and electricity exports to the separatist-held parts of Donbas, which strengthened their independent energy supplies and undermined their economic integration with Ukraine. Moreover, he delivered fuel to the illegally occupied Crimean Peninsula. By doing so, he strengthened the independent power supplies of this territory. He also owns the largest oil depot on the Crimean Peninsula. He thereby benefitted from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine, conducted transactions with the separatist groups in the Donbas region of Ukraine, and actively supported actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. |
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Yevgeniy Viktorovich PRIGOZHIN (Евгений Викторович ПРИГОЖИН) |
DOB: 1.6.1961 POB: Leningrad, former USSR (now St Petersburg, Russian Federation) Function: prominent businessman, with close ties to Russian political leadership Associated persons: Lyubov Valentinovna Prigozhina (spouse); Violetta Prigozhina (mother) Associated entities: Wagner Group, Internet Research Agency, Concord company group, Concord Management and Consulting LLC, Megaline LLC Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
Yevgeniy Prigozhin is a prominent Russian businessman with close ties to President Putin and the Russian Ministry of Defence. He is the funder and unofficial head of the Wagner Group, a Russia-based unincorporated military entity, responsible for the deployment of Wagner Group mercenaries in Ukraine. Concord, also known as KOMBINAT PITANIYA KONKORD OOO, a company which Prigozhin founded and owned until November 2019, and a group of other companies with ties to him, including Concord Management and Consulting LLC and Megaline LLC, have been benefitting from large public contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence following the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia and occupation of Eastern Ukraine by Russia-backed separatists. He is thus responsible for and has actively implemented actions which have undermined and threatened the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. He has also been benefitting from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine. |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 120/5 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/659
of 21 April 2022
implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 of 30 August 2017 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and repealing Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 (1), and in particular Article 47 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
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On 30 August 2017, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2017/1509. |
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In its conclusions of 17 July 2017, the Council stated that the Union would consider further appropriate responses to actions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the ‘DPRK’) that undermine the global non-proliferation and disarmament regime, notably through additional autonomous restrictive measures. |
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On 22 December 2017, the United Nations Security Council (‘UNSC’) adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution (‘UNSCR’) 2397 (2017), whereby it reaffirmed that the DPRK: is not to conduct any further launches that use ballistic missile technology, nuclear tests, or any other provocation; is to immediately suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program and in that context re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a moratorium on all missile launches; is to immediately abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and immediately cease all related activities; and is to abandon any other existing weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner. |
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On 24 March 2022, the DPRK launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. The DPRK launched missiles on at least twelve occasions between 5 January and 24 March 2022. |
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On 25 March 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) issued a declaration on behalf of the Union condemning the launch by the DPRK of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 24 March 2022, which is a violation of multiple UNSCRs and a serious threat to international and regional peace and security. That declaration also called on the DPRK to refrain from any further action that could increase international or regional tensions and to comply with the relevant UNSCRs by abandoning all its nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missile programmes and existing nuclear programmes, in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and ceasing immediately all related activities. The High Representative also declared that the Union stands ready to implement and complement, if necessary, any action that could be taken by the UNSC in response to the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 24 March 2022. |
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In view of the continued ballistic-missile-related activities carried out by the DPRK, in violation of and with flagrant disregard for the relevant UNSCRs, eight individuals and four entities should be included in the lists of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annexes XV and XVI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1509. |
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Annexes XV and XVI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes XV and XVI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 are amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 April 2022.
For the Council
The President
J.-Y. LE DRIAN
ANNEX
Annexes XV and XVI to Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 are amended as follows:
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in Annex XV, under the heading ‘List of persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 34(1) and 34(3)’, subheading ‘(a) Natural persons designated in accordance with point (a) of Article 34(4)’, the following entries are added:
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in Annex XVI, under the heading ‘List of persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 34(1) and 34(3)’, subheading ‘(a) Natural persons’, the following entries are added:
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in Annex XVI, under the heading ‘List of persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 34(1) and 34(3)’, subheading ‘(b) Legal persons, entities and bodies’, the following entries are added:
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DECISIONS
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 120/11 |
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/660
of 21 April 2022
amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
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On 17 March 2014 the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1). |
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The Union continues to condemn actions and policies undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine. |
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The Council considers that two individuals should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP for their role in undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and for benefitting from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine. |
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Decision 2014/145/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2014/145/CFSP is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 21 April 2022.
For the Council
The President
J.-Y. LE DRIAN
(1) Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16).
ANNEX
The following persons are added to the list of persons, entities and bodies set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP:
Persons
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Identifying information |
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Date of listing |
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Serhiy Vitaliyovich KURCHENKO (Ukrainian: Сергiй Вiталiйович Курченко; Russian: Сергей Витальевич КУРЧЕНКО) |
Gender: male DOB: 21.9.1985 POB: Kharkiv, Ukraine Nationality: Ukrainian |
Mr Serhiy Kurchenko is a Ukrainian businessman. With support from pro-Russia separatists, he took control of several large metallurgical, chemical and energy plants in the separatist-held areas of Donbas. His “Gaz-Alliance” company monopolised coal mining in Donbas after its competitors had been forced out of the market, reportedly with help from Russia. He organised and benefitted from the illegal scheme of exporting Donbas coal to Russia and Europe despite EU sanctions. Coal extracted in Mr Kurchenko’s mines has been re-registered and illegally exported via Russian ports. Mr Kurchenko helped large Russian companies and State-owned holdings to bypass EU restrictive measures by acting as their sub-contractor in the Russian-held territories. He has been an intermediary in Russian gas, fuel and electricity exports to the separatist-held parts of Donbas, which strengthened their independent energy supplies and undermined their economic integration with Ukraine. Moreover, he delivered fuel to the illegally occupied Crimean Peninsula. By doing so, he strengthened the independent power supplies of this territory. He also owns the largest oil depot on the Crimean Peninsula. He thereby benefitted from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine, conducted transactions with the separatist groups in the Donbas region of Ukraine, and actively supported actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. |
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Yevgeniy Viktorovich PRIGOZHIN (Евгений Викторович ПРИГОЖИН) |
DOB: 1.6.1961 POB: Leningrad, former USSR (now St Petersburg, Russian Federation) Function: prominent businessman, with close ties to Russian political leadership |
Yevgeniy Prigozhin is a prominent Russian businessman with close ties to President Putin and the Russian Ministry of Defence. He is the funder and unofficial head of the Wagner Group, a Russia-based unincorporated military entity, responsible for the deployment of Wagner Group mercenaries in Ukraine. Concord, also known as KOMBINAT PITANIYA KONKORD OOO, a company which Prigozhin founded and owned until November 2019, and a group of other companies with ties to him, including Concord Management and Consulting LLC and Megaline LLC, have been benefitting from large public contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence following the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia and occupation of Eastern Ukraine by Russia-backed separatists. |
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Associated persons: Lyubov Valentinovna Prigozhina (spouse); Violetta Prigozhina (mother) Associated entities: Wagner Group, internet Research Agency, Concord company group, Concord Management and Consulting LLC, Megaline LLC Nationality: Russian Gender: male |
He is thus responsible for and has actively implemented actions which have undermined and threatened the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. He has also been benefitting from Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine. |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 120/14 |
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/661
of 21 April 2022
amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
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On 27 May 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1). |
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In its conclusions of 17 July 2017, the Council stated that the Union would consider further appropriate responses to actions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the ‘DPRK’) that undermine the global non-proliferation and disarmament regime, notably through additional autonomous restrictive measures. |
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(3) |
On 22 December 2017, the United Nations Security Council (‘UNSC’) adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution (‘UNSCR’) 2397 (2017), whereby it reaffirmed that the DPRK: is not to conduct any further launches that use ballistic missile technology, nuclear tests, or any other provocation; is to immediately suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program and in that context re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a moratorium on all missile launches; is to immediately abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and immediately cease all related activities; and is to abandon any other existing weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner. |
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(4) |
On 24 March 2022, the DPRK launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. The DPRK launched missiles on at least twelve occasions between 5 January and 24 March 2022. |
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(5) |
On 25 March 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) issued a declaration on behalf of the Union condemning the launch by the DPRK of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 24 March 2022, which is a violation of multiple UNSCRs and a serious threat to international and regional peace and security. That declaration also called on the DPRK to refrain from any further action that could increase international or regional tensions and to comply with the relevant UNSCRs by abandoning all its nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missile programmes and existing nuclear programmes, in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and ceasing immediately all related activities. The High Representative also declared that the Union stands ready to implement and complement, if necessary, any action that could be taken by the UNSC in response to the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 24 March 2022. |
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In view of the continued ballistic-missile-related activities carried out by the DPRK in violation of and with flagrant disregard for the relevant UNSCRs, eight individuals and four entities should be included in the lists of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849. |
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Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 are amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 21 April 2022.
For the Council
The President
J.-Y. LE DRIAN
(1) Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 of 27 May 2016 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and repealing Decision 2013/183/CFSP (OJ L 141, 28.5.2016, p. 79).
ANNEX
Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 are amended as follows:
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in Annex II, under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes or persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or entities owned or controlled by them’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are added:
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In Annex III, under the heading ‘List of persons referred to in point (c) of Article 23(1) and point (c) of Article 27(1)’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are added:
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In Annex III, under the heading ‘List of persons referred to in point (c) of Article 23(1) and point (c) of Article 27(1)’, subheading ‘B. Entities’, the following entries are added:
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