Date: 2025-07-21Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1474 of 18 July 2025 implementing Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali
**Policy Summary: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1474 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali**
This Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1474, dated 18 July 2025, amends Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali. The regulation, based on Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1770, and Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2208, which established a framework for restrictive measures against individuals and entities threatening the peace, security, or stability of Mali or obstructing its political transition, removes one person from the list of sanctioned individuals and entities in Annex Ia of Regulation (EU) 2017/1770. Specifically, the entry for Choguel Maga is deleted from Annex Ia. This regulation entered into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union on 21 July 2025 and is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. The legal basis for this regulation includes the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770, and a proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: An international organization consisting of European countries.
Council of the European Union: A component of the European Union's legislative branch, comprising representatives from each member state's government.
Mali: A country in West Africa which is the subject of restrictive measures.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties forming the constitutional basis of the European Union.
Regulation EU 2017/1770: Council Regulation concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali.
Regulation EU 2021/2201: Council Regulation amending Regulation EU 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali.
Decision CFSP 2021/2208: Council Decision amending Decision CFSP 2017/1775 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali.
Choguel Maïga: A person who was subject to restrictive measures, whose entry in Annex Ia to Regulation EU 2017/1770 is to be deleted.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1474 21.7.2025
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/1474
of 18 July 2025
implementing Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of
the situation in Mali
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 of 28 September 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the
situation in Mali(1), and in particular Article 12(1) and (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 28 September 2017, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2017/1770.
(2) On 13 December 2021, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2021/2201(2)to give effect to Council Decision (CFSP)
2021/2208(3), which amended Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775(4) and established a new framework providing for
additional restrictive measures against individuals and entities that are responsible for or complicit in, or having
engaged, directly or indirectly, in actions and policies that threaten the peace, security or stability of Mali, or that
obstruct or undermine the successful completion of Mali’s political transition.
(3) In light of a review of the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies in Annex Ia to Regulation (EU)
2017/1770, Council has decided that the entry for one person subject to restrictive measures should be deleted.
(4) Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex Ia to Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 July 2025.
For the Council
The President
M. BJERRE
(1) OJ L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1770/oj.
(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2201 of 13 December 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures
in view of the situation in Mali (OJ L 446, 14.12.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2201/oj).
(3) Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/2208 of 13 December 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 concerning restrictive measures
in view of the situation in Mali (OJ L 446, 14.12.2021, p. 44, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/2208/oj).
(4) Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/1775 of 28 September 2017 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali (OJ
L 251, 29.9.2017, p. 23, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2017/1775/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1474/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 21.7.2025
ANNEX
In Annex Ia to Regulation (EU) 2017/1770, the entry for the following person is deleted:
‘3. MAÏGA, Choguel’.
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1474/oj