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Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 Article 2

Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 Article 2

Article 2

1.   All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I shall be frozen. 2.   No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I. 3.   Annex I shall include natural and legal persons, entities and bodies and persons and entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, and entities owned and controlled by them, identified by the Security Council or by the Sanctions Committee as: (a) engaging in hostilities in violation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali (the ‘Agreement’); (b) taking actions that obstruct, or that obstruct by prolonged delay, or that threaten the implementation of the Agreement; (c) acting for or on behalf of or at the direction of, or otherwise supporting or financing individuals and entities identified in points (a) and (b), including through the proceeds from organised crime, including the production and trafficking of narcotic drugs and their precursors originating in or transiting through Mali, the trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants, the smuggling and trafficking of arms as well as the trafficking in cultural property; (d) involved in planning, directing, sponsoring, or conducting attacks against: (i) the various entities referenced in the Agreement, including local, regional and state institutions, joint patrols and the Malian Security and Defence forces; (ii) United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSMA) peacekeepers and other UN and associated personnel, including members of the Panel of Experts; (iii) international security presences, including the Force Conjointe des Etats du G5 Sahel (FC-G5S), European Union Missions and French forces; (e) obstructing the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Mali, or access to, or distribution of, humanitarian assistance in Mali; (f) planning, directing, or committing acts in Mali that violate international human rights law or international humanitarian law, as applicable, or that constitute human rights abuses or violations, including those involving the targeting of civilians, including women and children, through the commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture, or rape or other sexual violence), abduction, enforced disappearance, forced displacement, or attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations where civilians are seeking refuge; (g) using or recruiting children by armed groups or armed forces in violation of applicable international law, in the context of the armed conflict in Mali; (h) knowingly facilitating the travel of a listed person in violation of the travel restrictions. 4.   Annex I shall include the grounds for the listing of the persons, entities and bodies concerned. 5.   Annex I shall also include, where available, information necessary to identify the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies concerned. With regard to natural persons, such information may include names including aliases, date and place of birth, nationality, passport and ID card numbers, gender, address, if known, and function or profession. With regard to legal persons, entities and bodies, such information may include names, place and date of registration, registration number and place of business.

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