Document ID: 32023R1580
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>2.8.2023&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 194/1</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1580
of 31 July 2023
amending for the 338th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and Article 7a(5) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>Annex I to Regulation (EC) No&#160;881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>On 21&#160;July 2023, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and&#160;2253(2015) decided to amend two entries in the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Annex I to Regulation (EC) No&#160;881/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 31 July 2023.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Director-General
Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
( 1 ) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9 .
ANNEX
The identifying data for the following entries under the heading ‘Natural persons’ in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>&#8216;Yazid Sufaat (alias (a) Joe, (b) Abu Zufar). Address: (a) Taman Bukit Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia (previous address) (b) Malaysia. Date of birth: 20.1.1964. Place of birth: Johor, Malaysia. Nationality: Malaysian. Passport No: A 10472263. National identification No: 640120-01-5529. Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7d(2)(i): 9.9.2003.&#8217;</p><p>is replaced by the following:</p><p>                        &#8216;Yazid Sufaat (low quality alias: (a) Joe, (b) Abu Zufar). Address: (a) Taman Bukit Ampang, State of Selangor, Malaysia (previous address) (b) Malaysia (in prison since 2013 to 2019). Date of birth: 20.1.1964. Place of birth: Johor, Malaysia. Nationality: Malaysian. Passport No: A 10472263. National identification No: 640120-01-5529. Other information: Founding member of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) who worked on Al-Qaida&#8217;s biological weapons program, provided support to those involved in Al-Qaida&#8217;s 11&#160;Sep.&#160;2001 attacks in the United States of America, and was involved in JI bombing operations. Detained in Malaysia from 2001 to 2008. Arrested in Malaysia in&#160;2013 and sentenced to 7 years in Jan.&#160;2016 for failing to report information relating to terrorist acts. Completed detention on 20&#160;November 2019. Served a two-year restricted residence order in Selangor Malaysia until 21&#160;November 2021. Photos included in INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7d(2)(i): 9.9.2003.&#8217;;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>&#8216;Faysal Ahmad Bin Ali Al-Zahrani (alias (a) Faisal Ahmed Ali Alzahrani, (b) Abu Sarah al-Saudi (c) Abu Sara Zahrani). Date of birth: 19.1.1986. Nationality: Saudi Arabia. Address: Syrian Arab Republic. Passport number: (a) K142736 (Saudi Arabian passport number issued 14.7.2011 in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia), (b) G579315 (Saudi Arabian passport number). Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7d(2)(i): 20.4.2016.&#8217;</p><p>is replaced by the following:</p><p>                        &#8216;Faysal Ahmad Bin Ali Al-Zahrani (good quality alias: Faisal Ahmed Ali Alzahrani; low quality alias: a) Abu Sarah al-Saudi, b) Abu Sara Zahrani). Date of birth: 19.1.1986. Nationality: Saudi Arabia. Address: Syrian Arab Republic. Passport number: (a) K142736 (Saudi Arabian passport number issued 14.7.2011 in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia), (b) Saudi Arabia national identification number G579315. Other information: Reportedly deceased. Was the lead oil and gas division official of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq, for Al Barakah Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic, as of May 2015. Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7d(2)(i): 20.4.2016.&#8217;.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>