Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1112 of 9 July 2015 implementing Articles 20(1) and 22(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/735 concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/735 of 7 May 2015 concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 748/2014 (1), and in particular Articles 20(1) and 22(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 7 May 2015, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2015/735.

(2) On 1 July 2015, the Sanctions Committee established pursuant to paragraph 16 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2206 (2015) included six persons on the list of persons and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 12 of that Resolution.

(3) The names of the two persons listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2015/735 should be removed from that Annex because of their designation by the UN Security Council Committee and should therefore be added to Annex I to that Regulation.

(4) Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) 2015/735 should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/735 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

The following names are removed from Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2015/735, as are the related entries:

Article 3

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, 9 July 2015.

For the Council The President J. ASSELBORN

(1) OJ L 117, 8.5.2015, p. 13.