1. Annex Ia shall include the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies designated by the Council on any of the following grounds:

being responsible for or complicit in, or having engaged, directly or indirectly, in the actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Mali, such as those actions or policies referred to in Article 2a, paragraph 1; or

obstructing or undermining the successful completion of Mali’s political transition, including by obstructing or undermining the holding of elections or the handover of power to elected authorities; or

being associated with natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in points (a) or (b).

2. Annex Ia shall include the grounds for listing the persons and entities referred to therein.

3. Annex Ia shall also contain, where available, the information necessary to identify the persons or entities concerned. With regard to natural persons, such information may include names, including aliases, date and place of birth, nationality, passport and identity card numbers, gender, address if known, and function or profession. With regard to entities, such information may include names, place and date of registration, registration number and place of business.’;

In Article 3(1), point (a) is replaced by the following:

necessary to satisfy the basic needs of natural persons listed in Annex I or Annex Ia, and dependent family members of such natural persons, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;’;

In Article 3(1), point (c) is replaced by the following:

intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources; and’;

In Article 3, paragraph 1, the last subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘where the authorisation concerns a person, entity or body listed in Annex I and provided that the competent authority of the Member State concerned has notified the Sanctions Committee of that determination and its intention to grant an authorisation, and in the absence of a negative decision by the Sanctions Committee within 5 working days of such notification.’

In Article 3, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:

‘2. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities of the Member States may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources concerned are necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that:

where the authorisation concerns a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I such determination has been notified to the Sanctions Committee by the competent authority of the Member State concerned and that the determination has been approved by that Committee; and

where the authorisation concerns a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex Ia, the Member State concerned has notified other Member States and the Commission of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted, at least 2 weeks prior to granting the authorisation.

3. By way of derogation from Article 2, with regard to a natural or legal person, entity and body listed in Annex I, the competent authorities of the Member States may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, provided that the Sanctions Committee determined on a case-by-case basis that such a derogation would further the objectives of peace and national reconciliation in Mali and stability in the region.

4. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this Article within 2 weeks of the authorisation.’;

The following articles are inserted after Article 3:

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2021/2201 of 13 December 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1770 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Mali ‘ANNEX Ia