Document ID: 32021R0612
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>15.4.2021&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>LI 129/1</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/612
of 15 April 2021
implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 of 20 September 2016 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>On 20&#160;September 2016 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/1686.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>In view of the continued threat posed by ISIL (Da&#8217;esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, one person should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 should therefore be amended accordingly,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 April 2021.
For the Council
The President
A. P. ZACARIAS
( 1 ) OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 1 .
ANNEX
The following entry is added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8216;7.</p></td><td><span>Mesut SEKERCI; date of birth: 22&#160;July 1995; place of birth: Evreux (France); nationality: French, Turkish.&#8217;.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>