Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1308 of 26 July 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/44 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1308
• 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 day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex III (List of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 6(2)) to Regulation (EU) 2016/44, Part A (Persons) is amended as follows:

(a)

entry 20 (concerning AL-WERFALLI, Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf) is deleted;

(b)

entry 15 (concerning AL QADHAFI, Quren Salih) is replaced by the following:

‘15.

AL QADHAFI, Quren Salih Quren

a.k.a. Akrin Akrin Saleh, Al Qadhafi Qurayn Salih Qurayn, Al Qadhafi Qu’ren Salih Qu’ren, Salah Egreen

Gender: male

Former Libyan Ambassador to Chad. Has left Chad for Sabha. Involved directly in recruiting and coordinating mercenaries for the regime of the late Muammar Qadhafi.

Closely associated with the former regime of Muammar Qadhafi.

Member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya (PFLL), a militia and political party loyal to the late Muammar Qadhafi. Involved in undermining the successful completion of Libya’s political transition by opposing the UN and undermining the UN-facilitated political process, including the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), thereby posing a continued risk to the peace, stability and security of Libya.

12.4.2011’

(c)

entry 22 (concerning PRIGOZHIN, Yevgeniy Viktorovich) is replaced by the following:

‘22.

Yevgeniy Viktorovich PRIGOZHIN

(Евгений Викторович Пригожин)

Date of birth: 1 June 1961

Place of birth: Leningrad, former USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Nationality: Russian

Gender: male

Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin is a Russian businessman with close links, including financial, to the Wagner Group, a Russia-based unincorporated private military entity.

In this way, Prigozhin is engaged in and provides support for the Wagner Group’s activities in Libya, which threaten the country’s peace, stability and security.

In particular, the 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 the delivery of arms and the deployment of mercenaries into Libya in support of the Libya National Army. The 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’