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Official TranscriptOfficial Journal EN of the European Union 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...
Official Journal EN of the European Union 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).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1843/oj 1/7ANNEX 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 Function: General Director of PJSC Mikhail Kontserev is the General Director of Public Joint Stock Company 28.6.2024 TransContainer (PJSC) TransContainer. PJSC TransContainer is a Russian transportation (Михаил Рудольфович КОНЦЕРЕВ) company and Russia’s largest railway container operator. PJSC
DOB: 11.6.1970 TransContainer revenues increased throughout 2023 and it recorded an
POB: Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, increase in transit traffic in the second half of 2023, which was primarily Russian Federation) 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
Nationality: Russian new terminal of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The Alabuga SEZ has been cooperating with the Ministry of Defence and Logistics of
Gender: male the Iranian Armed Forces to locate the production site of Shahed loitering
Taxpayer Identification Number: munitions (the name of the Russian version is “Geran”).
I781400896256 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.
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28.6.2024Name Identifying information Statement of Reasons Date of listing
1825. Dimitry Aleksandrovich Function: Businessperson, owner of LLC Titul Dimitry Beloglazov is the owner of LLC Titul (based in Russia) which 28.6.2024’;
BELOGLAZOV established a subsidiary, Joint Stock Company (JSC) Iliadis (based in
DOB: 18.2.1968 Russia), to acquire Oleg Deripaska’s share in the International LLC (Дмитрий Александрович
Nationality: Russian Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia). Rasperia owns БЕЛОГЛАЗОВ) 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those
Gender: male 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.
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.
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28.6.2024 ENEntities Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing ‘474. PJSC TransContainer Address: 141402, Russian Federation, Moscow PJSC TransContainer is a Russian transportation company and Russia’s 28.6.2024 region, Khimki, Leningradskaya st., vld. 39 largest railway container operator. PJSC TransContainer revenues (ПАО Трансконтейнер) increased throughout 2023 and it recorded an increase in transit traffic
Type of entity: Public Joint Stock Company in the second half of 2023, which was primarily due to the flow of
Place of registration: Russian Federation 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
Date of registration: 4.3.2006 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”).
Registration number: 1067746341024 In addition, PJSC TransContainer participates in illegal weapon trade schemes with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in
Principal place of business: Khimki, Russian support of the Russian Government. In 2023, shipment containers Federation owned by PJSC TransContainer were spotted en route to Rajin port,
Taxpayer Identification Number: 7708591995 DPRK. Containers from PJSC TransContainer were also spotted at Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, which provides supplies of various types of
Website: www.trcont.ru ammunition to the Russian armed forces. Tikhoretsk Ammo Depot, a strategic storage facility located around 400 kilometres from the border Tel.: + 7 495 788 17 17 with Ukraine, supports operational munitions storage facilities for the
Email: trcont@trcont.com 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.
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28.6.2024Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
475. LLC TITUL Address: 123056, Russian Federation, Moscow, LLC Titul is a company based in Russia and owned by Dimitry 28.6.2024 ul. Krasina, 7 str. 2, kom. 3 Beloglazov. Its subsidiary Joint Stock Company (JSC) Iliadis (based in (ООО ТИТУЛ) Russia) acquired Oleg Deripaska’s share in the International LLC Rasperia
Type of entity: Limited Liability Company Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia). Rasperia owns 28,5 million
Place of registration: Moscow, Russian shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen Federation because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures.
Date of registration: 23.4.2019 The establishment of a subsidiary of LLC Titul was coordinated between
Registration number: 1197746281897 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.
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.
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28.6.2024 ENName Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
476. JSC ILIADIS Address: 105120, Russian Federation Moscow, JSC Iliadis is a company based in Russia. It was established as a subsidiary 28.6.2024 per. 3-i Syromiatnicheskii, 3/9 str. 1 of LLC Titul, a company based in Russia owned by Dimitry (АО Илиадис) Aleksandrovich Beloglazov, and it acquired Oleg Deripaska’s share in
Type of entity: Joint Stock Company the International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in
Email: aoiliadis@rambler.ru Russia). Rasperia owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled
Place of registration: Moscow, Russian by Oleg Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive measures.
Federation The establishment of the subsidiary JSC Iliadis was coordinated between
Date of registration: 12.7.2023 Dimitry Beloglazov and Oleg Deripaska to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul established
Registration number: 1237700470842 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.
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.
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28.6.2024Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
477. International LLC “Rasperia Trading Address: 236006, Region Kaliningrad, International LLC Rasperia Trading Limited (“Rasperia”, based in Russia) 28.6.2024’.
Limited” Kaliningrad, Solnechny blvd., 25, premisch. owns 28,5 million shares in the European company STRABAG SE. Those A/60 shares were frozen because Rasperia was controlled by Oleg (МКАО “Распериа Трейдинг Vladimirovich Deripaska, an individual subject to Union restrictive Лимитед”) Type of entity: International Limited Liability measures.
Company Oleg Deripaska coordinated a complex evasion scheme with Dimitry
Date of registration: 20.5.2019 (registered as Aleksandrovich Beloglazov to sell the frozen shares of STRABAG. To that a small and medium sized enterprise); end, Beloglazov’s company LLC Titul (based in Russia) established
10.7.2023 (registered as a small sized a subsidiary, JSC Iliadis (based in Russia), which acquired Deripaska’s enterprise) share of Rasperia, and thereby also the frozen STRABAG shares.
Deripaska received an equivalent economic benefit for the sale of
Registration number: 1193926007153 Rasperia.
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.
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