Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1481 of 14 October 2020 implementing Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1481
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/44, under the heading ‘A. Persons’, the following entry is added:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘22.

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