Document ID: 32022R0340
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>28.2.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 56/1</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/340
of 28 February 2022
implementing Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, in view of the situation in Somalia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 of 26 April 2010 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, in view of the situation in Somalia ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 12 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&#160;26&#160;April&#160;2010 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No&#160;356/2010.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>On&#160;18&#160;February 2022 the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution&#160;751 (1992) approved the addition of one person to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Annex I to Regulation (EU)&#160;No&#160;356/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 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, 28 February 2022.
For the Council
The President
J.-Y. LE DRIAN
( 1 ) OJ L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 1 .
ANNEX
The persons listed below shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 356/2010:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>I.</p></td><td><p><span>Persons</span></p><p>&#8216;<span>21. Ali Mohamed RAGE (alias: a) Ali Mohammed Rage b) Ali Dheere c) Ali Dhere d) Ali Mohamed Rage Cali Dheer e) Ali Mohamud Rage).</span></p><p><span>Designation</span>: Spokesperson of Al-Shabaab</p><p><span>Date of Birth</span>: 1966</p><p><span>Place of Birth</span>: Somalia</p><p><span>Nationality:</span> Somalia</p><p><span>Address:</span> Somalia</p><p><span>Date of UN designation</span>: 18&#160;February 2022</p><p><span>Other information</span>:</p><p>Listed pursuant to paragraph 43(a) of resolution 2093 (2013) as &#8216;Engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia, including acts that threaten the peace and reconciliation process in Somalia, or threaten the Federal Government of Somalia or AMISOM by force.&#8217; As a spokesperson for Al-Shabaab, Rage is involved in promulgating and supporting the group&#8217;s terrorist activities.&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>