11.7.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 203/13 COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 748/2014 of 10 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of the situation in South Sudan THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2014/449/CESP of 10 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situ- ation in South Sudan (Y, Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission, Whereas: (1)  On 18 July 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/423|CESP (%) which extended the arms embargo on Sudan to cover South Sudan. (2)  On 24 November 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 1215/2011 (}) which extended the scope of application of the arms embargo to South Sudan. (3  On 10 July 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/449/CFSP separating the measures concerning South Sudan and integrating them into a single legal act and providing for restrictions on admission and the freezing of funds and economic resources of persons obstructing the political process in South Sudan, including by acts of violence or violations of ceasefire agreements, as well as persons responsible for serious violations of human rights in South Sudan. (4)  Those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement them. (5)  For the sake of clarity, measures concerning South Sudan should be separated from measures concerning Sudan. Council Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 (*) should therefore be replaced by this Regulation in so far as it concerns South Sudan. Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 should also be replaced by Council Regulation (EU) No 7472014 () in so far as it concerns Sudan. (6)  This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and notably the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial and the right to the protection of personal data. This Regulation should be applied in accordance with those rights. (7)  The power to amend the list in Annex I to this Regulation should be exercised by the Council, in view of the specific threat to international peace and security in the region posed by the situation in South Sudan and in order to ensure consistency with the process for amending and reviewing the Annex to Decision 2014/449/CESP. () See page 100 of this Official Journal. (%) Council Decision 2011/423/CFSP of 18 July 2011 concerning restrictive measures against Sudan and South Sudan and repealing Common Position 2005/411/CFSP (O] L 188,19.7.2011, p. 20). (®) Council Regulation (EU) No 1215/2011 of 24 November 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Sudan (O] L 310, 25.11.2011, p. 1). (*) Council Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 of 26 January 2004 imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Sudan and South Sudan (OJL 21, 28.1.2004, p. 1). () Council Regulation (EU) No 747/2014 of 10 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Sudan and repealing Regulations (EC) No 131/2004 and (EC) No 1184/2005 (see page 1 of this Official Journal).