Council Decision 2014/380/CFSP
of 23 June 2014
amending Decision 2011/137/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Whereas:
On 19 March 2014, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2146 (2014) (UNSCR 2146 (2014)), authorising UN Member States to inspect on the high seas vessels designated by the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 24 of UNSCR 1970 (2011) (‘the Committee’).
UNSCR 2146 (2014) provides that flag States of designated vessels shall, if the designation by the Committee has so specified, take the necessary measures to direct such vessels not to load, transport, or discharge crude oil illicitly exported from Libya aboard the vessels, in the absence of direction from the Government of Libya focal point.
Furthermore, UNSCR 2146 (2014) provides that UN Member States shall, if the designation by the Committee has so specified, take the necessary measures to prohibit designated vessels from entering their ports, unless such entry is necessary for the purpose of an inspection, in the case of emergency or in the case of return to Libya.
In addition, UNSCR 2146 (2014) provides that if the designation by the Committee has so specified, the provision of bunkering services, such as provision of fuel or supplies, or other servicing of vessels, to designated vessels should be prohibited, unless the provision of such services is necessary for humanitarian purposes, or in the case of return to Libya.
UNSCR 2146 (2014) also provides that if the designation by the Committee has so specified, financial transactions with respect to crude oil illicitly exported from Libya aboard designated vessels should not be engaged in.
In accordance with Decision 2011/137/CFSP, the Council has carried out a complete review of the lists of persons and entities set out in Annexes II and IV to that Decision.
The identifying information in relation to one entity on the list of persons and entities set out in Annex IV to Decision 2011/137/CFSP should be updated.
There are no longer grounds for keeping two entities on the list of persons and entities set out in Annex IV to Decision 2011/137/CFSP.
Decision 2011/137/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: