Introduction
1. Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 (“the Regulation”) concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela has been amended so that an asset freeze now applies to the persons listed in the Annex to this Notice.
Notice summary (Full details are provided in the Annex to this Notice)
2. The following entries have been added and are subject to an asset freeze:
- AMOROSO, Elvis Eduardo Hidrobo
- DUARTE, Franklyn Leonardo
- FERREIRA, José Adelino Orneleas
- FIGUEROA, José Gregorio Noriega
- GONZÁLEZ, Tania Valentina Diaz
- JOVER, Juan José Mendoza
- MONSALVE, Jorge Elieser Marquez
- PUERTA, Dinorah Yoselin Bustamante
- REQUENA, Gladys del Valle
- RIVERO, Luis Eduardo Parra
- SALCEDO, Farik Karin Mora
What you must do
3. You must:
- check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the persons set out in the Annex to this Notice.
- freeze such accounts, and other funds or economic resources.
- refrain from dealing with the funds or assets or making them available (directly or indirectly) to such persons unless licensed by the Minister for External Relations (“MER”).
- report any findings to MER, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with the Regulation.
- provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that MER may request. Information reported to MER may be passed on to other regulatory authorities or law enforcement.
4. Failure to comply with financial sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.
Legislative details
5. The Regulation is implemented in Jersey by EU Legislation (Sanctions – Venezuela) (Jersey) Order 2017 (“the Venezuela Order”) implemented under the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 (“SAFL”).
6. On 29 June 2020 Council Implementing Regulation 2020/897 (“the Amending Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the Council of the European Union.
7. The Amending Regulation amended Annex IV to the Regulation with effect from 29 June 2020. Any changes to the Annex are effective immediately in Jersey by virtue of the ambulatory provisions of the Venezuela Order.
Further Information
8. A copy of the Amending Regulation can be obtained from the website of the Official Journal of the European Union.
9. Copies of Jersey sanctions Orders and other legislation, including the Venezuela Order and SAFL, can be found on the Jersey Legal Information Board website.
10. Copies of recent Notices, certain EU Regulations and Jersey legislation can be found on the Venezuela financial sanctions page on the Jersey Financial Services Commission website.
11. Please note there are also import and export restrictions on Venezuela.
12. For more information on Financial Sanctions please see the Jersey Financial Services Commission guidance on financial sanctions.
Enquiries
13. Non-media enquiries, reports and licence applications should be addressed to:
Head of International Compliance
Office of the Chief Executive
External Relations
sanctions@gov.je
ANNEX TO NOTICE
FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: VENEZUELA
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/2063
AMENDING ANNEX IV TO COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2020/897
ADDITIONS
Individuals
1. AMOROSO, Elvis Eduardo Hidrobo
Date of birth: 4 August 1963. Place of birth: Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. ID number: V-7659695. Gender: male. Information: Comptroller General, since 23 October 2018, and former First and Second Vice-President of the non-recognised National Constituent Assembly (ANC). His actions have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela, including by leading the non-recognised ANC, signing the ‘law against hatred’, justifying the removal of a legally-elected opposition governor and banning Juan Guaidó from running for any public office.
2. DUARTE, Franklyn Leonardo
Date of birth: 15 May 1977. ID number: V-3304045. Information: Member and illegitimately elected first Vice-President of the National Assembly. As a member of the National Assembly, he staged his election as the first Vice-President of the National Assembly on 5 January 2020, thereby undermining democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela. The election took place while entry of several parliamentarians to the premises of the National Assembly was blocked by military police, and without a quorum being reached. Therefore opposition members had to organise themselves outside of the premises of the National Assembly to re-elect Juan Guaidó as its President. Shortly after the staged election of Duarte, supported by the regime’s political party (PSUV), the election of the Board of Directors of the National Assembly was welcomed by Maduro and the non- recognised National Constituent Assembly (ANC).
3. FERREIRA, José Adelino Orneleas
Alias: Ornella Ferreira/Ornellas Ferreira. Date of birth: 14 December 1964. Place of birth: Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. ID number: V-7087964. Gender: male. Information: Secretary-General of the National Defence Council since 26 July 2019 and former commander of the National Capital Integral Strategic Defence Region (REDI Capital), former Chief of Staff and former Second-in-Command of the Operational and Strategic Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela (CEOFANB). In these roles he has supported and facilitated actions and policies of the Government of Venezuela which have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela. Responsible for serious human rights violations and repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Venezuela, including by obstructing the provision of humanitarian aid and by the use of excessive force by officials of the Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB), and by subordinate forces under his command, including the Integral Strategic Defence Region (REDI), the Integral Defence Operations Zone (ZODI) and the Bolivarian National Guard.
4. FIGUEROA, José Gregorio Noriega
Date of birth: 21 February 1969. ID number: V-8348784. Gender: male. Information: Member and illegitimately elected second Vice-President of the National Assembly. As a member of the National Assembly he staged his election as the second Vice-President of the National Assembly on 5 January 2020, thereby undermining democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela. The election took place while entry of several parliamentarians to the premises of the National Assembly was blocked by military police, and without a quorum being reached. Therefore opposition members had to organise themselves outside of the premises of the National Assembly to re-elect Juan Guaidó as its President. Shortly after the staged election of Noriega, supported by the regime’s political party (PSUV), the election of the Board of Directors of the National Assembly was welcomed by Maduro and the non- recognised National Constituent Assembly (ANC).
5. GONZÁLEZ, Tania Valentina Diaz
Date of birth: 18 June 1963. Place of birth: Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. ID number: V-6432672. Gender: female. Information: Member and, since 4 January 2018, the First Vice-President of the non-recognised National Constituent Assembly (ANC). In her leading role in the non-recognised ANC she has undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela, including by signing the decree that stripped the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, of his parliamentary immunity.
6. JOVER, Juan José Mendoza
Date of birth: 11 March 1969. Place of birth: Trujillo, Venezuela. Address: Arnoldo Gabaldon, Candelaria, Edo. Trujillo. ID number: V-9499372. Gender: male. Information: Second Vice-President of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ)) and President of the Constitutional Chamber of the TSJ since 24 February 2017. His actions have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela, including by a number of judicial rulings in the past two years that have limited or undermined the constitutional powers of Venezuela’s democratically-elected legislative body, the National Assembly.
7. MONSALVE, Jorge Elieser Marquez
Date of birth: 20 February 1971. Place of birth: Caracas, Venezuela. ID number: V-8714253. Gender: male. Information: Director-General of the National Commission of Telecommunications (CONATEL) since 7 August 2017. His actions have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela, including by severely limiting the rights of the Venezuelan people to free press, free speech and information. He used the special powers of CONATEL to silence criticism and dissidents of the regime by blocking, filtering and obstructing internet websites and by revoking existing licences for radio and television stations and refusing to grant new such licences.
8. PUERTA, Dinorah Yoselin Bustamante
Date of birth: 14 January 1975. ID number: V-10002096. Gender: female. Information: Prosecutor serving at the Venezuelan First Special Court of First Instance, with an office within the Directorate-General of Military Counter-Intelligence (Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)). Her actions have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela, including by initiating politically motivated prosecutions which resulted in the arbitrary detention of members of the National Assembly and other officials opposing the Maduro regime.
9. REQUENA, Gladys del Valle
Date of birth: 9 November 1952. Place of birth: Puerto Santo, Sucre, Venezuela. ID number: V-4114842. Gender: female. Information: Member and, since 26 October 2018, the Second Vice-President of the non-recognised National Constituent Assembly (ANC). In her leading role in the non-recognised ANC she has undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela including by signing the decree that stripped the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, of his parliamentary immunity.
10. RIVERO, Luis Eduardo Parra
Date of birth: 7 July 1978. ID number: V-14211633. Gender: male. Information: Member and illegitimately elected President of the National Assembly. As a member of the National Assembly, he staged his election as the President of the National Assembly on 5 January 2020, thereby undermining democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela. The election took place while entry of several parliamentarians to the premises of the National Assembly was blocked by military police, and without a quorum being reached. Therefore opposition members had to organise themselves outside of the premises of the National Assembly to re-elect Juan Guaidó as its President. Shortly after the staged election of Parra, supported by the regime’s political party (PSUV), Parra was welcomed by Maduro and the non-recognised National Constituent Assembly (ANC).
11. SALCEDO, Farik Karin Mora
ID number: V-8608523. Gender: male. Information: Prosecutor serving at the Venezuelan First Special Court of First Instance with an office within the Directorate-General of Military Counter-Intelligence (Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)). His actions have undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela, including by initiating politically motivated prosecutions which resulted in the arbitrary detention of members of the National Assembly and other officials opposing the Maduro regime.
Ministry of External Relations
30/06/2020
gov.je