COUNCIL DECISION 2011/666/CFSP
of 10 October 2011
amending Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Belarus
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On 25 October 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/639/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against certain officials of Belarus (1).
(2)
On the basis of a review of Decision 2010/639/CFSP, the restrictive measures should be extended until 31 October 2012.
(3)
In view of the gravity of the situation in Belarus, additional persons should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex IIIA to Decision 2010/639/CFSP.
(4)
Furthermore, the information relating to certain persons and to an entity listed in Annex IIIA to that Decision should be updated.
(5)
It is necessary to include a derogation to the asset freeze in Decision 2010/639/CFSP in order to ensure that EU companies are not prohibited from recovering funds owed to them by the listed entities under contracts entered into prior to the listing of those entities.
(6)
Decision 2010/639/CFSP should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2010/639/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:
1.
The following paragraph is added to Article 3:
‘3. Article 2(1) shall not prevent a listed natural or legal person, entity or body from making a payment due under a contract entered into before the listing of such a natural or legal person, entity or body, provided that the relevant Member State has determined that the payment is not, directly or indirectly, received by a natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in Article 2(1).’;
2.
Article 7(2) is replaced by the following:
‘2. This Decision shall apply until 31 October 2012. It shall be kept under constant review. It may be renewed or amended, as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’.
Article 2
The persons listed in Annex I to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in Annex IIIA to Decision 2010/639/CFSP.
Article 3
In Annex IIIA to Decision 2010/639/CFSP, the entries for the following persons and entity shall be replaced by the respective entries set out in Annex II to this Decision:
(1)
Mazouka Siarhei
(2)
Bazanau, Aliaksandr Viktaravich
(3)
Peftiev Vladimir
(4)
Ipatau, Vadzim Dzmitryevich
(5)
Bushnaia, Natallia Uladzimirauna
(6)
Bushchyk, Vasil Vasilievich
(7)
Katsuba, Sviatlana Piatrouna
(8)
Kisialiova, Nadzeia Mikalaeuna
(9)
Padaliak, Eduard Vasilievich
(10)
Rakhmanava, Maryna Iurievna
(11)
Shchurok, Ivan Antonavich
(12)
Sport-Pari
(13)
Shadryna, Hanna Stanislavauna.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Luxembourg, 10 October 2011.