COUNCIL DECISION 2014/658/CFSP
of 8 September 2014
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,
Whereas:
(1)
On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1).
(2)
On 30 August 2014, the European Council expressed its concern over the ongoing and increasingly intense fighting in Eastern Ukraine and requested a new provision for the listing of every person and institution dealing with the separatist groups in the Donbass region.
(3)
In addition, the Council considers that additional natural and legal persons should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
(4)
In view of the continuing undermining or threatening of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, Decision 2014/145/CFSP should be renewed for a further six months.
(5)
Decision 2014/145/CFSP should be amended accordingly.
(6)
Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement these measures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2014/145/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:
(1)
Article 1(1) is replaced by the following:
‘1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of:
(a)
natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural persons associated with them;
(b)
natural persons actively supporting, materially or financially, or benefitting from, Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine; or
(c)
natural persons conducting transactions with the separatist groups in the Donbass region of Ukraine,
as listed in the Annex.’
.
(2)
Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:
‘1. All funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned, held or controlled by:
(a)
natural persons responsible for, actively supporting or implementing, actions or policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, or which obstruct the work of international organisations in Ukraine, and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them;
(b)
legal persons, entities or bodies supporting, materially or financially, actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine;
(c)
legal persons, entities or bodies in Crimea or Sevastopol whose ownership has been transferred contrary to Ukrainian law, or legal persons, entities or bodies which have benefitted from such a transfer;
(d)
natural or legal persons, entities or bodies actively supporting, materially or financially, or benefitting from, Russian decision-makers responsible for the annexation of Crimea or the destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine; or
(e)
natural or legal persons, entities or bodies conducting transactions with the separatist groups in the Donbass region of Ukraine,
as listed in the Annex, shall be frozen.’
.
(3)
Article 6, second paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘This Decision shall apply until 15 March 2015.’
.
Article 2
The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 8 September 2014.