(AGENPARL) - Roma, 17 Marzo 2023(AGENPARL) – BRUXELLES ven 17 marzo 2023
On 23 February 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/4081, amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria.
The Council decided to introduce an exemption to the freezing of the assets of, and to the restrictions on making funds and economic resources available to, natural or legal persons and entities designated under Decision 2013/255/CFSP, to the benefit of international organisations and certain defined categories of actors involved in humanitarian activities. This exemption should apply for an initial period of six months.
The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, Republic of Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina2, the potential candidate country Georgia, the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Armenia 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 23.02.2023 in the Official Journal of the European Union n°. L 56 I, p. 4.
2 North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.
Fonte/Source: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/03/17/statement-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu-on-the-alignment-of-certain-third-countries-concerning-restrictive-measures-in-view-of-the-situation-in-syria-17-march/
