Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1483 of 14 October 2020 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

Article 1

Annexes II and IV to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 are amended in accordance with 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 .

ANNEX

ANNEX
(1)
In Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, under the heading ‘A. Persons’, the following entry is added:
Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
‘19.
Yevgeniy Viktorovich PRIGOZHIN
(Евгений Викторович Пригожин)
Date of birth: 1 June 1961
Place of birth: Leningrad (St. Petersburg)
Nationality: Russian
Gender: male
Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin is a Russian businessman with close links, including financially, to the private military company Wagner Group.
In this way, Prigozhin is engaged in and providing support for Wagner Group’s activities in Libya, which threaten the country’s peace, stability and security.
In particular, Wagner Group is involved in multiple and repeated breaches of the arms embargo in Libya established in UNSCR 1970 (2011) and transposed in article 1 of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, including delivery of arms as well as deployment of mercenaries into Libya in support of the Libya National Army. Wagner Group has participated in multiple military operations against the UN-endorsed Government of National Accord and has contributed to damaging the stability of Libya and undermining a peaceful process.’
15.10.2020
(2)
In Annex IV to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, under the heading ‘A. Persons’, the following entries are added:
Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
‘24.
Yevgeniy Viktorovich PRIGOZHIN
(Евгений Викторович Пригожин)
Date of birth: 1 June 1961
Place of birth: Leningrad (St. Petersburg)
Nationality: Russian
Gender: male
Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin is a Russian businessman with close links, including financially, to the private military company Wagner Group.
In this way, Prigozhin is engaged in and providing support for Wagner Group’s activities in Libya, which threaten the country’s peace, stability and security.
In particular, Wagner Group is involved in multiple and repeated breaches of the arms embargo in Libya established in UNSCR 1970 (2011) and transposed in article 1 of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333, including delivery of arms as well as deployment of mercenaries into Libya in support of the Libya National Army. Wagner Group has participated in multiple military operations against the UN-endorsed Government of National Accord and has contributed to damaging the stability of Libya and undermining a peaceful process.’
15.10.2020

Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1483 of 14 October 2020 implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

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