Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2377 of 5 December 2022 amending Decision 2010/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

‘2 Restrictive measures as provided for in Articles 4(1) and 5(1) and (2) shall be imposed against natural or legal persons, entities or bodies: (a) obstructing a consensual and peaceful solution towards elections in the DRC, including by acts of violence, repression or inciting violence, or by undermining the rule of law; (b) involved in planning, directing or committing acts that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses in the DRC; (c) responsible for sustaining the armed conflict, instability or insecurity in the DRC; (d) providing support to natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in point (c); (e) inciting violence in connection with the actions mentioned in points (b), (c) and (d); (f) exploiting the armed conflict, instability or insecurity in the DRC, including through the illicit exploitation or trade of natural resources and wildlife; (g) associated with natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in points (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f); as listed in Annex II.’

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