Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2081 of 28 September 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1214 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in 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) 2023/1214 of 23 June 2023 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 1(33) thereof,

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

Whereas:

(1) On 31 July 2014, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 (2), which concerns restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine.

(2) On 23 June 2023, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2023/1214, which amended Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 and introduced further restrictive measures to suspend the broadcasting activities in the Union, or directed at the Union, of certain media outlets referred to in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2023/1214. Pursuant to Article 1, point (33), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1214, the applicability of such measures in respect of one or several of those media outlets is subject to the adoption of implementing acts by the Council.

(3) Having examined the respective cases, the Council has concluded that the restrictive measures referred to in Article 2f of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 should apply as of 1 October 2023 in respect of all entities referred to in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2023/1214,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The restrictive measures referred to in Article 2f of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 shall apply as of 1 October 2023 in respect of all entities referred to in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2023/1214.

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, 28 September 2023.

For the Council The President F. GRANDE-MARLASKA GÓMEZ

(1) OJ L 159 I, 23.6.2023, p. 1.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (OJ L 229, 31.7.2014, p. 1).