Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/227 of 17 February 2022 amending Decision 2011/101/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe
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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 2023. 3. 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 amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision; (3) Annex II is deleted.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEX In Annex I to Decision 2011/101/CFSP, part ‘I. Persons’, the entries for the following persons are deleted: ‘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.’
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