Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1893 of 11 November 2019 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela
Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1893 of 11 November 2019 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela
Decision (CFSP) 2019/1893 · Decision · 3 articles
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Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 is amended as follows:
(1)
The following Article is inserted:
‘Article 9a
1. The Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the “High Representative”) may process personal data in order to carry out their tasks under this Decision, in particular:
(a)
as regards the Council, for preparing and making amendments to Annexes I and II;
(b)
as regards the High Representative, for preparing amendments to Annexes I and II.
2. The Council and the High Representative may process, where applicable, relevant data relating to criminal offences committed by listed natural persons, to criminal convictions of such persons or to security measures concerning such persons, only to the extent that such processing is necessary for the preparation of Annexes I and II.
3. For the purposes of this Decision, the Council and the High Representative are designated as “controllers” within the meaning of point (8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) , in order to ensure that the natural persons concerned can exercise their rights under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.
( *1 ) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC ( OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39 ).’."
(2)
The first paragraph of Article 13 is replaced by the following:
‘This Decision shall apply until 14 November 2020.’.
(3)
Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
ANNEX
In Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074, entries 1, 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 19 and 21 are replaced by the following:
Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
‘1.
Néstor Luis Reverol Torres
Date of birth: 28 October 1964
Gender: male
Minister for Interior, Justice and Peace since 2016. Also appointed as Vice‐President of Public Works and Services and Executive Secretary of the Electrical General Staff in April 2019. Former Commander General of the Bolivarian National Guard. Responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture of (political) prisoners, and repression of the democratic opposition in Venezuela, including the prohibition and repression of political demonstrations, committed by security forces under his command.
22.1.2018
3.
Tibisay Lucena Ramírez
Date of birth: 26 April 1959
Gender: female
President of the National Electoral Council ( Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE)). Her actions and policies have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela, including by failing to ensure that the CNE remains an impartial and independent institution in accordance with the Venezuelan Constitution thereby facilitating the establishment of the Constituent Assembly and the re‐election of Nicolás Maduro in May 2018 through presidential elections that were neither free nor fair.
22.1.2018
6.
Tarek William Saab Halabi
Date of birth: 10 September 1963
Place of birth:
El Tigre, Anzoátegui state, Venezuela
Gender: male
Venezuelan Attorney General appointed by the Constituent Assembly. In this role, and previous roles as Ombudsman and President of the Republican Moral Council, he has undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela by publicly supporting actions against opponents of the government of Venezuela and the withdrawal of competences from the National Assembly.
22.1.2018
10.
Jesús Rafael Suárez Chourio
Date of birth: 19 July 1962
Gender: male
Commander in Chief of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army and Chief of the General Staff to the Commander‐in‐Chief. Former General Commander of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army and former Commander of Venezuela’s Comprehensive Defence Region of the Central Zone (REDI Central). Responsible for serious human rights violations by forces under his command during his tenure as General Commander of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army, including the use of excessive force and the mistreatment of detainees. He has targeted the democratic opposition and supported the use of military courts to try civilian protestors.
25.6.2018
13.
Elías José Jaua Milano
Date of birth: 16 December 1969
Gender: male
Former Minister of Popular Power for Education. Former President of the Presidential Commission for the illegitimate National Constituent Assembly. Responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela through his role in leading the establishment of the illegitimate Constituent Assembly.
25.6.2018
15.
Freddy Alirio Bernal Rosales
Date of birth: 16 June 1962
Place of birth: San Cristóbal, Táchira state, Venezuela
Gender: male
Head of the National Control Centre of the Committee for Local Supply and Production (CLAP) and Protector of Táchira State. Also a Commissioner General of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN). As Head of the CLAP and Protector of Táchira State he can call upon Special Forces (FAES) and is able to influence appointments of judges and prosecutors. Responsible for undermining democracy through manipulation of CLAP programme distributions amongst voters. Additionally, as Commissioner General of SEBIN he is responsible for SEBIN’s activities which include serious human rights violations such as arbitrary detention.
25.6.2018
19.
Nestor Neptali Blanco Hurtado
Date of birth: 26 September 1982
ID number: V‐15222057
Gender: male
Major in the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), operated alongside officials in the Directorate‐General of Military Counter‐Intelligence ( Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)) since at least December 2017. Responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture, the use of excessive force and the mistreatment of detainees in DGCIM facilities.
27.9.2019
21.
Carlos Alberto Calderon Chirinos
ID number: V‐10352300
Gender: male
Senior office holder (referred to as Commissioner, Director and Director General) in the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN). Responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture, the use of excessive force and the mistreatment of detainees in SEBIN facilities. In particular, he participated in and was responsible for acts of torture and the cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees in El Helicoide, a SEBIN prison.
27.9.2019’
