Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2201 of 13 December 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 of 28 September 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (1),

Having regard to the joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and of the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 (2) gives effect to Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 and provides for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons designated by the United Nations Security Council (the ‘Security Council’) or by the relevant United Nations Sanctions Committee as responsible for or complicit in, or having engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Mali.

(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2208 (3) establishes criteria for Union autonomous listings.

(3) Regulatory action at the Union level is therefore necessary to give effect to Decision (CFSP) 2021/2208, in particular with a view to ensuring uniform application by economic operators in all Member States.

(4) Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 is amended as follows:

(1) Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2

(5) In Article 3, paragraph 1, the last subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘where the authorisation concerns a person, entity or body listed in Annex I and provided that the competent authority of the Member State concerned has notified the Sanctions Committee of that determination and its intention to grant an authorisation, and in the absence of a negative decision by the Sanctions Committee within 5 working days of such notification.’

(7) The following articles are inserted after Article 3: ‘Article 3a

Article 3b

(12) Article 12 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 12

(14) The title of Annex I is replaced by: ‘ List of natural or legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2a ’;

(15) The following Annex is inserted after Annex I:

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 13 December 2021.

For the Council The President J. BORRELL FONTELLES

(1) OJ L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 23.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 of 28 September 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (OJ L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 1).

(3) Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2208 of 13 December 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (see page 44 of this Official Journal).