Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2072 of 13 October 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/2072 14.10.2025 COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/2072 of 13 October 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons 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 15 October 2018, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544(1).

(2) The restrictive measures set out in Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 apply until 16 October 2025. On the basis of a review of the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544, the measures set out in Articles 2 and 3 of that Decision as regards the natural or legal persons, entities, and bodies listed in that Annex should be extended until 16 October

2026.

(3) Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Article 8(1) of Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 is replaced by the following: ‘1. This Decision shall apply until 16 October 2026. This Decision shall be kept under constant review.’.

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 Luxembourg, 13 October 2025.

For the Council The President P. HUMMELGAARD

(1) Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 of 15 October 2018 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons (OJ L 259, 16.10.2018, p. 25, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2018/1544/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2072/oj 1/1