EU-erklæring om restriktive tiltak mot personer i lys av situasjonen i Ukraina

European Union

10 April 2015

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with the Council Decision 2015/143/CFSP amending Decision 2014/119/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine

On 29 January 2015, the Council adopted Council Decision 2015/143/CFSP  ^[1]. 

The Council Decision clarifies designation criteria for the freezing of funds targeting persons responsible for the misappropriation of Ukrainian State funds. 

The Candidate Countries Iceland+ and Albania*, the EFTA countries Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova align themselves with this Council Decision. 

They will ensure that their national policies conform to this Council Decision.

The European Union takes note of this commitment and welcomes it.

 

^[1]  Published on 30.1.2015 in the Official Journal of the European Union no. L 24, p. 16. 

* The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process. 

+ Iceland continues to be a member of EFTA and the European Economic Area.