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Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1966 of 11 November 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/1894 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean

Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1966 of 11 November 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/1894 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean

Decision (CFSP) 2021/1966 · Decision · 3 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 (CFSP) 2019/1894 is amended as follows: (1) Article 8 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 8 This Decision shall apply until 12 November 2022 and shall be kept under constant review. It shall be renewed or amended, as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’; (2) The Annex is amended as set out in the Annex 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

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX In the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2019/1894, entries 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:   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 Akalın 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 Department. In his capacity as TPAO Vice-President and head of its Exploration Department, Mehmet Ferruh Akalın is responsible for planning, directing and implementing TPAO’s offshore hydrocarbon exploration activities. Those 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 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, as well as an agreement with Israel, between January and April 2020; (d) 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 April and October 2020; (e) the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, in close proximity to its territorial sea, between November 2019 and January 2020; (f) 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. 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 that capacity, Ali Coscun Namoglu is involved in planning, directing and implementing TPAO’s offshore hydrocarbon exploration activities. Those 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 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, as well as an agreement with Israel, between January 2020 and April 2020; (d) 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 April and October 2020; (e) the TPAO drilling vessel Fatih in an area of the exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Cyprus notified by it to the United Nations, in close proximity to its territorial sea, between November 2019 and January 2020; (f) 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. 27.2.2020’

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