Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2435 of 1 December 2025 implementing Article 12(1) of 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,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 of 28 September 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (1), and in particular Article 12(1) and (4) thereof,

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

Whereas:

(1) On 28 September 2017, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2017/1770.

(2) On 13 December 2021, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2021/2201 (2) to give effect to Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2208 (3), which amended Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 (4) and established a new framework providing for the imposition of additional restrictive measures against individuals and entities responsible for or complicit in, or having engaged, directly or indirectly, in actions and policies that threaten the peace, security or stability of Mali, or that are obstructing or undermining the successful completion of Mali’s political transition.

(3) The Council has reviewed the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies in Annex Ia to Regulation (EU) 2017/1770. On the basis of that review, the reasons in the entries for the persons included in that list should be amended.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex Ia to Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 is replaced by the text set out in 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, 1 December 2025.

For the Council The President K. KALLAS

(1) OJ L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1770/oj.

(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2201 of 13 December 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (OJ L 446, 14.12.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2201/oj).

(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 (OJ L 446, 14.12.2021, p. 44, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/2208/oj).

(4) Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 of 28 September 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (OJ L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 23, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2017/1775/oj).