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Document 32022D0661
Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/661 of 21 April 2022 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/661 of 21 April 2022 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/661 of 21 April 2022 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
ST/7945/2022/INIT
OJ L 120, 21.4.2022, p. 14–19
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
21.4.2022 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 120/14 |
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/661
of 21 April 2022
amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 27 May 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1). |
(2) |
In its conclusions of 17 July 2017, the Council stated that the Union would consider further appropriate responses to actions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the ‘DPRK’) that undermine the global non-proliferation and disarmament regime, notably through additional autonomous restrictive measures. |
(3) |
On 22 December 2017, the United Nations Security Council (‘UNSC’) adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution (‘UNSCR’) 2397 (2017), whereby it reaffirmed that the DPRK: is not to conduct any further launches that use ballistic missile technology, nuclear tests, or any other provocation; is to immediately suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program and in that context re-establish its pre-existing commitments to a moratorium on all missile launches; is to immediately abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and immediately cease all related activities; and is to abandon any other existing weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner. |
(4) |
On 24 March 2022, the DPRK launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. The DPRK launched missiles on at least twelve occasions between 5 January and 24 March 2022. |
(5) |
On 25 March 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) issued a declaration on behalf of the Union condemning the launch by the DPRK of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 24 March 2022, which is a violation of multiple UNSCRs and a serious threat to international and regional peace and security. That declaration also called on the DPRK to refrain from any further action that could increase international or regional tensions and to comply with the relevant UNSCRs by abandoning all its nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missile programmes and existing nuclear programmes, in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and ceasing immediately all related activities. The High Representative also declared that the Union stands ready to implement and complement, if necessary, any action that could be taken by the UNSC in response to the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 24 March 2022. |
(6) |
In view of the continued ballistic-missile-related activities carried out by the DPRK in violation of and with flagrant disregard for the relevant UNSCRs, eight individuals and four entities should be included in the lists of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849. |
(7) |
Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 are amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 21 April 2022.
For the Council
The President
J.-Y. LE DRIAN
(1) Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 of 27 May 2016 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and repealing Decision 2013/183/CFSP (OJ L 141, 28.5.2016, p. 79).
ANNEX
Annexes II and III to Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 are amended as follows:
(1) |
in Annex II, under the heading ‘I. Persons and entities responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic-missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes or persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, or entities owned or controlled by them’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are added:
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(2) |
In Annex III, under the heading ‘List of persons referred to in point (c) of Article 23(1) and point (c) of Article 27(1)’, subheading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are added:
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(3) |
In Annex III, under the heading ‘List of persons referred to in point (c) of Article 23(1) and point (c) of Article 27(1)’, subheading ‘B. Entities’, the following entries are added:
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