Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2014 of 28 May 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

• Published date: 29 May 2014
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 160, 29 May 2014

29.5.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 160/7

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 577/2014

of 28 May 2014

implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

(2) The information for seventeen persons and two entities included in the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should be amended.

(3) Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 May 2014.

For the Council

The President

E. VENIZELOS

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(1) OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 6.

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ANNEX

The entries for the following persons and entities set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 are replaced by the entries below.

Persons:

Name	Identifying information	Statement of reasons	Date of listing
Vladimir Andreevich Konstantinov (Владимир Андреевич Константинов)	d.o.b. 19.11.1956 Vladimirovca, Slobozia District, Republic of Moldova	As speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, Konstantinov played a relevant role in the decisions taken by the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea concerning the ‘referendum’ against the territorial integrity of Ukraine and called on voters to cast votes in favour of Crimean Independence.	17.3.2014
Pyotr Anatolyevich Zima (Пётр Анатольевич Зима)	d.o.b. 29.3.1965	Zima was appointed as the new head of the Crimean Security Service (SBU) on 3 March 2014 by ‘Prime Minister’ Aksyonov and accepted this appointment. He has given relevant information including a database to the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR). This included information on Euro-Maidan activists and human rights defenders of Crimea. He played a relevant role in preventing Ukraine's authorities from controlling the territory of Crimea. On 11 March 2014 the formation of an independent Security Service of Crimea was proclaimed by former SBU officers of Crimea.	17.3.2014
Yuriy Gennadyevich Zherebtsov (Юрий Геннадьевич Жеребцов)	d.o.b. 19.11.1965	Counsellor of the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, one of the leading organizers of the 16 March 2014‘referendum’ against Ukraine's territorial integrity.	17.3.2014
Anatoliy Alekseevich Sidorov (Анатолий Алексеевич Сидоров)	d.o.b. 2.7.1958	Commander of Russia's Western Military District, units

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