Combines the EU implementation of the UN sanctions regime on the Democratic Republic of the Congo established under UN Security Council Resolution 1533 (2004) with an EU-autonomous track, introduced in 2016 in response to electoral repression and broadened in 2022 to cover those sustaining, supporting or exploiting the armed conflict in the DRC, including through the illicit trade in natural resources. Designated persons and entities under both tracks are subject to an asset freeze, and natural persons to a travel ban. The regime also prohibits the supply of arms and related services to non-governmental entities and individuals operating in the DRC.
