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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/274 of 27 February 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/274 of 27 February 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/274 · Regulation · 3 articles

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Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

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ANNEX The following persons are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1890:   Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing ‘1. Mehmet Ferruh AKALIN Date of birth: 9.12.1960 Passport No or ID: 13571379758 Nationality: Turkish Gender: male Mehmet Ferruh Akalin is Vice-President (Assistant General Manager) and member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO). He is the head of TPAO’s Exploration, R&D Centre and Information Technologies Departments. In his capacity as TPAO Vice-President and head of its Exploration Department, Mehmet Ferruh Akalin is responsible for planning, directing and implementing TPAO’s offshore hydrocarbon exploration activities. These include TPAO’s drilling activities which have not been authorised by the Republic of Cyprus, as set out below. Those unauthorised drilling activities were carried out by: (a) the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in the territorial sea of the Republic of Cyprus between July and September 2019; (b) the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in an agreement with Egypt, between October 2019 and January 2020; (c) the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, in close proximity to its territorial sea, since November 2019; (d) the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in a western area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, between May and November 2019. TPAO has also announced further planned drilling activities to be carried out, without the authorisation of the Republic of Cyprus, by the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in agreements with Egypt and Israel, between January and May 2020. 27.2.2020 2. Ali Coscun NAMOGLU Date of birth: 27.11.1956 Passport No or ID: 11096919534 Nationality: Turkish Gender: male Ali Coscun Namoglu is the Deputy Director of the Exploration Department of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO). In this capacity, Ali Coscun Namoglu is involved in planning, directing and implementing TPAO’s offshore hydrocarbon exploration activities. These include TPAO’s drilling activities which have not been authorised by Republic of Cyprus as set out below. Those unauthorised drilling activities were carried out by: (a) the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in the territorial sea of the Republic of Cyprus between July and September 2019; (b) the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in an agreement with Egypt, between October 2019 and January 2020; (c) the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, in close proximity to its territorial sea, since November 2019; (d) the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in a western area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, between May and November 2019. TPAO has also announced further planned drilling activities to be carried out, without the authorisation of the Republic of Cyprus, by the TPAO drilling vessel Yavuz in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations and delimited in agreements with Egypt and Israel, between January and May 2020.’ 27.2.2020

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