Date: 2025-09-23Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1941 of 22 September 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1941 of 22 September 2025 amends Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 regarding restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi. The restrictive measures set out therein are renewed until 31 October 2026. In the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763, the entry for Mathias-Joseph NIYONZIMA is deleted. The decision enters into force the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the Council is J. Jensen. The ELI identifier is http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1941/oj. Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 of 1 October 2015 is available at http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2015/1763/oj.
Key Entities Referenced
Council of the European Union: The entity adopting the decision and responsible for the restrictive measures.
Burundi: The country to which the restrictive measures apply.
Treaty on European Union: The foundational treaty upon which the decision is based, particularly Article 29.
Brussels: Location where the decision was finalized.
Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763: Council Decision concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi, which is being amended.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1941 23.9.2025
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/1941
of 22 September 2025
amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in
Burundi
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 1 October 2015, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763(1).
(2) On the basis of a review of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 by the Council, the restrictive measures set out therein
should be renewed until 31 October 2026 and the entry concerning one person included in the list of natural and
legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures, as set out in the Annex to that Decision, should be
deleted.
(3) Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 6, second paragraph, the date ‘31 October 2025’ is replaced by that of ‘31 October 2026’;
(2) the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 22 September 2025.
For the Council
The President
J. JENSEN
(1) Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 of 1 October 2015 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi (OJ
L 257, 2.10.2015, p. 37, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2015/1763/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1941/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 23.9.2025
ANNEX
In the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 (‘List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Articles 1
and 2’), the following entry is deleted:
‘3. Mathias-Joseph NIYONZIMA’.
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1941/oj