Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2798 of 11 December 2023 implementing Article 12(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2798
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex Ia to Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 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 Ia to Regulation (EU) 2017/1770, the ‘List of natural or legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2b’ is amended as follows:

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entries 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘3.

MAÏGA, Choguel

Place of birth: Tabango, Gao, Mali

Date of birth: 31.12.1958

Nationality: Malian

Passport number: diplomatic passport DA0004473, issued by Mali, Schengen visa issued

Gender: male

Position: Prime Minister

As Prime Minister since June 2021, Choguel Maïga leads the Transition Government of Mali established following the coup of 24 May 2021.

Contrary to the timetable for reform and elections previously agreed with ECOWAS in line with the Transition Charter, he announced in June 2021 the organisation of the National Consultations for Refoundation ( Assises nationales de la refondation , ANR) as a pre-reform process and a precondition to the organisation of the elections scheduled for 27 February 2022.

As announced by Choguel Maïga himself, the ANR were then postponed several times and the elections delayed. The ANR, which were eventually held in December 2021, were boycotted by multiple stakeholders. On the basis of the final recommendations of the ANR, the Transition Government presented a new timetable providing for the holding of presidential elections in December 2025, thus allowing the Transition Authorities to stay in power for more than five years. Following a revised timetable presented in June 2022, providing for the holding of presidential elections in March 2024, the Transition Government announced on 21 September 2023 a further postponement of the elections.

ECOWAS adopted individual sanctions against the Transition Authorities (including Choguel Maïga) in November 2021 for their delay in organising the elections and the completion of the political transition of Mali. ECOWAS underlined that the Transition Authorities have used the need to implement reforms as a pretext to justify the extension of the political transition of Mali and to maintain themselves in power without democratic elections. On 3 July 2022, ECOWAS decided to maintain those individual sanctions.

In his position as Prime Minister, Choguel Maïga is directly responsible for postponing the elections foreseen in the Transition Charter, and he is therefore obstructing and undermining the successful completion of the political transition of Mali, in particular by obstructing and undermining the holding of elections and the handover of power to elected authorities.

4.2.2022

4.

MAÏGA, Ibrahim Ikassa

Place of birth: Tondibi, Gao region, Mali

Date of birth: 5.2.1971

Nationality: Malian

Passport number: diplomatic passport issued by Mali

Gender: male

Position: Minister of Refoundation

Ibrahim Ikassa Maïga is a member of the strategic committee of M5-RFP ( Mouvement du 5 juin – Rassemblement des forces patriotiques ), which played a key role in the overthrow of President Keita.

As Minister of Refoundation since June 2021, Ibrahim Ikassa Maïga was entrusted with planning the National Consultations for Refoundation ( Assises nationales de la Refondation , ANR) announced by Prime Minister Choguel Maïga.

Contrary to the timetable for reform and elections previously agreed with ECOWAS in line with the Transition Charter, the ANR were announced by the Transition Government as a pre-reform process and a precondition to the organisation of the elections scheduled for 27 February 2022.

As announced by Choguel Maïga, the ANR were then postponed several times and the elections delayed. The ANR, which were eventually held in December 2021, were boycotted by multiple stakeholders. On the basis of the final recommendations of the ANR, the Transition Government presented a new timetable providing for the holding of presidential elections in December 2025, thus allowing the Transition Authorities to stay in power for more than five years. Following a revised timetable presented in June 2022, providing for the holding of presidential elections in March 2024, the Transition Government announced on 21 September 2023 a further postponement of the elections.

ECOWAS adopted individual sanctions against the Transition Authorities (including Ibrahim Ikassa Maïga) in November 2021 for their delay in organising the elections and the completion of the political transition of Mali. ECOWAS underlined that the Transition Authorities have used the need to implement reforms as a pretext to justify the extension of the political transition of Mali and to maintain themselves in power without democratic elections. On 3 July 2022, ECOWAS decided to maintain those individual sanctions.

In his position as Minister of Refoundation, Ibrahim Ikassa Maïga is obstructing and undermining the successful completion of the political transition of Mali, in particular by obstructing and undermining the holding of elections and the handover of power to elected authorities.

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entry 5 is deleted.