Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/849 of 12 March 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine ², and in particular Article 14(1) and (3) thereof,

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

Whereas:

• (1) On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

• (2) On the basis of a review by the Council concerning the individual designations set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, the information concerning 97 individuals and nine entities should be amended. Additionally, the entries for nine deceased persons, as well as those for three other persons should be deleted from that Annex.

• (3) Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 12 March 2024.

For the Council

The President

V. VAN PETEGHEM

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ANNEX

In Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014:

• (1) the entries concerning the following persons are deleted:

• 1. Dimitriy (Dimitry, Dmitri, Dmitry) Valerievich UTKIN (Дмитрий Валерьевич УТКИН);

• 1. Nikolay Ivanovich BORTSOV (Николай Иванович БОРЦОВ);

• 1. Viktor Vladislavovich SUBAREV (Виктор Bладиславович ЗУБАРЕВ);

• 1. Anton Valerevich KUPRIN (Антон Валерьевич КУПРИН);

• 1. Serguey Achotovich MNDOIANTS (Сергей Ашотович МНДОЯНЦ);

• 1. Oleg Nikolaevich POPOV (Олег Николаевич ПОПОВ);

• 1. Arkady Yurievich VOLOZH (Аркaдий Юрьевич ВOЛОЖ);

• 1. Jozef HAMBÁLEK a.k.a. Josef HAMBÁLEK (Йозеф ХАМБАЛЕК);

• 1. Gennadiy Valeryevich ZHIDKO (Геннадий Валериевич ЖИДКО);

• 1. Elena Osipovna AVDEEVA (Елена Осиповна АВДЕЕВА);

• 1. Igor Vladimirovich PANCHENKO (Игорь Владимирович ПАНЧЕНКО);

• 1. Oleg Yurievich TSOKOV (Олег Юрьевич ЦОКОВ);

• (2) the entries concerning the persons and entities listed below are replaced by the following entries:

Persons