This Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1576 amends Regulation (EU) 2022/2309, which concerns restrictive measures in view of the situation in Haiti. The new regulation updates the list of entities subject to sanctions by adding two new entries: GRAN GRIF and VIV ANSANM. These entities have been added to the list based on decisions by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
The structure of the act is very simple. It has two articles and one annex. Article 1 states that Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2022/2309 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 specifies that the regulation comes into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. The Annex adds two new entities to the ‘List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2, 3 and 9’ of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2309. There are no changes compared to previous versions, except for the addition of the two entities.
The most important provision of this regulation is the inclusion of GRAN GRIF and VIV ANSANM in the list of sanctioned entities. This means that all assets belonging to these entities within the EU are to be frozen, and EU citizens and companies are prohibited from providing funds or economic resources to them. The regulation provides detailed information about these entities, including their aliases, addresses, dates of UN designation, and additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee. This information is crucial for ensuring that the sanctions are effectively implemented and targeted. **** This regulation may be important for Ukrainians because the situation in Haiti is very dangerous and unstable, and the EU is trying to stabilize the situation with sanctions.
