Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/253 of 17 February 2021 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/253
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annex III, Section I, to Council Regulation (EC) No 314/2004 is amended as follows:

(1)

the entries for the persons listed below are replaced as follows:

‘(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 Operations Command and complicit in forming or directing repressive state policy. Used army for farm takeovers. During the 2008 elections, he 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.’

(2)

the following entry is deleted:

‘(6)

Shiri, Perence (a.k.a. Bigboy) Samson Chikerema

Air Marshal (Air Force)

Born 1.11.1955

ID 29-098876M18

Senior military officer and member of ZANU-PF Joint Operational Command and complicit in forming or directing oppressive state policy. Involved in political violence, including during the 2008 election in Mashonaland West in Chiadzwa.’