Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1990 of 15 November 2021 amending Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus

‘1 Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of persons listed in the Annex who: (a) are responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, or whose activities otherwise seriously undermine democracy or the rule of law in Belarus, and any person associated with them; (b) benefit from or support the Lukashenka regime; or (c) organise or contribute to activities by the Lukashenka regime that facilitate: (i) the illegal crossing of the external borders of the Union; or (ii) the transfer of prohibited goods and the illegal transfer of restricted goods, including hazardous goods, into the territory of a Member State.’;

‘1 All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by persons, entities or bodies listed in the Annex that meet any of the following criteria shall be frozen: (a) persons, entities or bodies responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, or whose activities otherwise seriously undermine democracy or the rule of law in Belarus, and any natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with such persons, entities or bodies; (b) natural or legal persons, entities or bodies benefiting from or supporting the Lukashenka regime; (c) natural or legal persons, entities or bodies organising or contributing to activities by the Lukashenka regime that facilitate: (i) the illegal crossing of the external borders of the Union; or (ii) the transfer of prohibited goods and the illegal transfer of restricted goods, including hazardous goods, into the territory of a Member State; (d) legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by persons, entities or bodies falling under point (a), (b) or (c).’.

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