Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1270/2014 of 28 November 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 November 2014
• Subject Matter: Common foreign and security policy
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 344, 29 November 2014

29.11.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 344/5

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1270/2014

of 28 November 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) In view of the continued gravity of the situation on the ground in Ukraine, the Council considers that additional persons and entities should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

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 November 2014.

For the Council

The President

S. GOZI

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

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ANNEX

List of persons and entities referred to in Article 1

Individuals

Name	Identifying information	Statement of reasons	Date of Listing
Serhiy KOZYAKOV (aka Sergey Kozyakov) Сергей Козьяков	29.9.1982	In his capacity as ‘Head of the Luhansk Central Election Commission’ he is responsible for organising the so called ‘elections’ of 2 November 2014 in the so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. These ‘elections’ are in breach of Ukrainian law and therefore illegal. In taking on and acting in this capacity, and in organising the illegal ‘elections’, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and to further destabilise Ukraine.	29.11.2014
Oleg AKIMOV (aka Oleh AKIMOV) Олег Акимов		Deputy of the ‘Luhansk Economic Union’ in the ‘National Council’ of the ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. Stood as a candidate in the so called ‘elections’, of 2 November 2014 to the post of the ‘Head’ of the so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. These ‘elections’ are in breach of Ukrainian law and therefore illegal. In taking on and acting in this capacity, and in participating formally as a candidate in the illegal ‘elections’, he has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and to further destabilise Ukraine.	29.11.2014
Larisa AIRAPETYAN (aka Larysa Ayrapetyan, Larisa Airapetyan or Larysa Airapetyan) Лариса Айрапетян		‘Health Minister’ of the so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. Stood as a candidate in the so called ‘elections’ of 2 November 2014 to the post of the ‘Head’ of the so called ‘Luhansk People's Republic’. These ‘elections’ are in breach of Ukrainian law and therefore illegal. In taking on and acting in this capacity, and in participating formally as a candidate in the illegal ‘elections’, she has therefore actively supported actions and policies which undermine the

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