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Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/258 of 18 February 2021 amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe

Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/258 of 18 February 2021 amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe

Decision (CFSP) 2021/258 · Decision · 4 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

Decision 2011/101/CFSP is amended as follows: (1) Article 10 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 10 1.   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. 2.   This Decision shall apply until 20 February 2022. 3.   The measures referred to in Article 4(1) and Article 5(1) and (2), in so far as they apply to persons listed in Annex II, shall be suspended until 20 February 2022. 4.   This Decision shall be kept under constant review and shall be renewed, or amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’; (2) Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Decision; (3) Annex II is amended as set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Supplementary provisions

PERSONS AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 4 AND 5

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I PERSONS AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 4 AND 5 I.   Persons   Name (and any aliases) Identifying information Grounds for designation 2. MUGABE, Grace Born 23.7.1965 Passport AD001159 ID 63-646650Q70 Former Secretary of the ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front) Women’s league, involved in activities that seriously undermine democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law. Took over the Iron Mask Estate in 2002; alleged to illicitly derive large profits from diamond mining. 5. CHIWENGA, Constantine Vice-President Former Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, retired General, born 25.8.1956 Passport AD000263 ID 63-327568M80 Vice-President and former Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. Member of Joint Operational Command and complicit in forming or directing repressive state policy. Used army for farm takeovers. During 2008 elections was a prime architect of the violence associated with the process of the Presidential run-off. 7. SIBANDA, Phillip Valerio (a.k.a. Valentine) Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Former Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, General, born 25.8.1956 or 24.12.1954 ID 63-357671H26 Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and former Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army. Senior army figure with ties to the Government and complicit in forming or directing oppressive state policy. II.   Entities   Name Identifying information Grounds for designation 1. Zimbabwe Defence Industries 10th floor, Trustee House, 55 Samora Machel Avenue, PO Box 6597, Harare, Zimbabwe. Associated with the Ministry of Defence and the ZANU-PF faction of Government.

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II In Annex II to Decision 2011/101/CFSP, the entry for the following person is deleted: ‘4. Shiri, Perence (a.k.a. Bigboy) Samson Chikerema’.

Source: EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU), © European Union, reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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