On 23 October, the EU renewed existing sanctions on Guinea until 27 October 2018, and those on Moldova until 31 October 2018. It also published a notice to those on the Guinea list renewing their inclusion in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP and Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009, explaining that they may request that this be reconsidered by the EU Council before 30 June 2018 and can challenge the listing in the EU General Court.