COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2024/1843

| Official Journal of the European Union | EN L series ---|---|--- * * * | 2024/1843 | 28.6.2024 ---|---|--- COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2024/1843 of 28 June 2024 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP 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 European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Whereas: (1) | On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/145/CFSP (1). ---|--- (2) | In its conclusions of 21 and 22 March 2024, the European Council reaffirmed the Union’s steadfast support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and recognised Ukraine’s inherent right of self-defence against the Russian aggression. The European Council also called for further steps to weaken Russia’s ability to continue waging its war of aggression, including by strengthening the sanctions. ---|--- (3) | In view of the gravity of the situation, it is appropriate to adopt further restrictive measures. ---|--- (4) | In particular, the Council considers that two persons and four entities responsible for actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine should be added to the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP. ---|--- (5) | Decision 2014/145/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 28 June 2024. For the Council The President H. LAHBIB * * * (1) Council Decision 2014/145/CFSP of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (OJ L 78, 17.3.2014, p. 16). * * * ANNEX The following persons and entities are added to the list of persons, entities and bodies set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP: Persons | Name | Identifying information | Statement of Reasons | Date of listing ---|---|---|---|--- ‘1824. | Mikhail Rudolfovich KONTSEREV (Михаил Рудольфович КОНЦЕРЕВ) | Function: General Director of PJSC TransContainer DOB: 11.6.1970 POB: Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) Nationality: Russian Gender: male Taxpayer Identification Number: I781400896256 | Mikhail Kontserev is the General Director of Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) TransContainer. PJSC TransContainer is a Russian transportation company and Russia’s largest railway container operator. PJSC TransContainer revenues increased throughout 2023 and it recorded an increase in transit traffic in the second half of 2023, which was primarily due to the flow of Belarusian cargo through the ports of the north-west of Russia. PJSC TransContainer has also agreed to offer its services at the new terminal of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The Alabuga SEZ has been cooperating with the Ministry of Defence and Logistics of the Iranian Armed Forces to locate the production site of Shahed loitering munitions (the name of the Russian version is “Geran”). | 28.6.2024 | | | In addition, PJSC TransContainer participates in illegal weapon trade schemes with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in support of the Russian Government. In 2023, shipment containers owned by PJSC TransContainer were spotted en route to Rajin port, DPRK. Containers from PJSC TransContainer were also spotted at Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, which provides supplies of various types of ammunition to the Russian armed forces. Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, a strategic storage facility located around 400 kilometres from the border with Ukraine, supports operational munitions storage facilities for the Russian armed forces closer to the Ukraine front. Therefore, Mikhail Kontserev, in his capacity as the General Director of PJSC TransContainer, is supporting materially the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine. | 1825. | Dimitry Aleksandrovich BELOGLAZOV (Дмитрий Александрович БЕЛОГЛАЗОВ) | Function: Businessperson, owner of LLC Titul DOB: 18.2.1968 Nationality: Russian Gender: male | Dimitry Beloglazov is the owner of LLC Titul (based in Russia) which established a subsidiary, Joint Stock Company (JSC) Iliadis (based in Russia), to acquire Oleg Deripaska’s share in the International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia). Rasperia owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures. Oleg Deripaska coordinated a complex evasion scheme with Dimitry Beloglazov to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul established a subsidiary, JSC Iliadis, which acquired Deripaska’s share of Rasperia, and thereby also the frozen STRABAG shares. Deripaska received an equivalent economic benefit for the sale of Rasperia. | 28.6.2024’; | | | Dimitry Beloglazov and the involved companies LLC Titul, JSC Iliadis and Rasperia used this scheme to sell, outside the Union, a non-Union company controlled by a listed person and owning frozen shares of a Union company with the sole purpose to lift the freezing of those shares in the Union, thereby circumventing Union restrictive measures. Therefore, Dimitry Beloglazov is facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. | Entities | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing ---|---|---|---|--- ‘474. | PJSC TransContainer (ПАО Трансконтейнер) | Address: 141402, Russian Federation, Moscow region, Khimki, Leningradskaya st., vld. 39 Type of entity: Public Joint Stock Company Place of registration: Russian Federation Date of registration: 4.3.2006 | PJSC TransContainer is a Russian transportation company and Russia’s largest railway container operator. PJSC TransContainer revenues increased throughout 2023 and it recorded an increase in transit traffic in the second half of 2023, which was primarily due to the flow of Belarusian cargo through the ports of the north-west of Russia. PJSC TransContainer has also agreed to offer its services at the new terminal of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The Alabuga SEZ has been cooperating with the Ministry of Defence and Logistics of the Iranian Armed Forces to locate the production site of Shahed loitering munitions (the name of the Russian version is “Geran”). | 28.6.2024 | | Registration number: 1067746341024 Principal place of business: Khimki, Russian Federation Taxpayer Identification Number: 7708591995 Website: www.trcont.ru Tel.: + 7 495 788 17 17 Email: trcont@trcont.com | In addition, PJSC TransContainer participates in illegal weapon trade schemes with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in support of the Russian Government. In 2023, shipment containers owned by PJSC TransContainer were spotted en route to Rajin port, DPRK. Containers from PJSC TransContainer were also spotted at Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, which provides supplies of various types of ammunition to the Russian armed forces. Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, a strategic storage facility located around 400 kilometres from the border with Ukraine, supports operational munitions storage facilities for the Russian armed forces closer to the Ukraine front. PJSC TransContainer is therefore supporting actions which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine, and is furthermore supporting materially the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine. | 475. | LLC TITUL (ООО ТИТУЛ) | Address: 123056, Russian Federation, Moscow, ul. Krasina, 7 str. 2, kom. 3 Type of entity: Limited Liability Company Place of registration: Moscow, Russian Federation Date of registration: 23.4.2019 Registration number: 1197746281897 | LLC Titul is a company based in Russia and owned by Dimitry Beloglazov. Its subsidiary Joint Stock Company (JSC) Iliadis (based in Russia) acquired Oleg Deripaska’s share in the International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia). Rasperia owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures. The establishment of a subsidiary of LLC Titul was coordinated between Dimitry Beloglazov and Oleg Deripaska to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul established a subsidiary, JSC Iliadis, which acquired Deripaska’s share of Rasperia, and thereby also the frozen STRABAG shares. Deripaska received an equivalent economic benefit for the sale of Rasperia. | 28.6.2024 | | | Dimitry Beloglazov and the involved companies LLC Titul, JSC Iliadis and Rasperia used this complex scheme to sell, outside the Union, a non-Union company controlled by a listed person and owning frozen shares of a Union company with the sole purpose to lift the freezing of those shares in the Union, thereby circumventing Union restrictive measures. Therefore, LLC Titul is facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. | 476. | JSC ILIADIS (АО Илиадис) | Address: 105120, Russian Federation Moscow, per. 3-i Syromiatnicheskii, 3/9 str. 1 Type of entity: Joint Stock Company Email: aoiliadis@rambler.ru Place of registration: Moscow, Russian Federation Date of registration: 12.7.2023 Registration number: 1237700470842 | JSC Iliadis is a company based in Russia. It was established as a subsidiary of LLC Titul, a company based in Russia owned by Dimitry Aleksandrovich Beloglazov, and it acquired Oleg Deripaska’s share in the International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia). Rasperia owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures. The establishment of the subsidiary JSC Iliadis was coordinated between Dimitry Beloglazov and Oleg Deripaska to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul established a subsidiary, JSC Iliadis, which acquired Deripaska’s share of Rasperia, and thereby also the frozen STRABAG shares. Deripaska received an equivalent economic benefit for the sale of Rasperia. | 28.6.2024 | | | Dimitry Beloglazov and the involved companies LLC Titul, JSC Iliadis and Rasperia used this complex scheme to sell, outside the Union, a non-Union company controlled by a listed person and owning frozen shares of a Union company with the sole purpose to lift the freezing of those shares in the Union, thereby circumventing Union restrictive measures. Therefore, JSC Iliadis is facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. | 477. | International LLC “Rasperia Trading Limited” (МКАО “Распериа Трейдинг Лимитед”) | Address: 236006, Region Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad, Solnechny blvd., 25, premisch. A/60 Type of entity: International Limited Liability Company Date of registration: 20.5.2019 (registered as a small and medium sized enterprise); 10.7.2023 (registered as a small sized enterprise) Registration number: 1193926007153 | International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia) owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures. Oleg Deripaska coordinated a complex evasion scheme with Dimitry Aleksandrovich Beloglazov to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul (based in Russia) established a subsidiary, JSC Iliadis (based in Russia), which acquired Deripaska’s share of Rasperia, and thereby also the frozen STRABAG shares. Deripaska received an equivalent economic benefit for the sale of Rasperia. | 28.6.2024’. | | | Beloglazov and the involved companies LLC Titul, JSC Iliadis and Rasperia used this complex scheme to sell, outside the Union, a non-Union company controlled by a listed person and owning frozen shares of a Union company with the sole purpose to lift the freezing of those shares in the Union, thereby circumventing Union restrictive measures. Therefore, Rasperia is facilitating infringements of the prohibition against circumvention of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. | * * * ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1843/oj ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition) * * *