Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 is amended as follows:

in Article 2b, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

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

obstructing a consensual and peaceful solution towards elections in the DRC, including by acts of violence, repression or inciting violence, or by undermining the rule of law;

planning, directing, or committing acts that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses in the DRC;

being responsible for sustaining the armed conflict, instability or insecurity in the DRC;

providing support to natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in point (c);

inciting violence in connection with the actions mentioned in points (b), (c) and (d);

exploiting the armed conflict, instability or insecurity in the DRC, including through the illicit exploitation or trade of natural resources and wildlife;

being associated with natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in points (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f).’

in Annex Ia, the title is replaced by the following:

‘List of natural or legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2b’.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2022/2373 of 5 December 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo