Document ID: 32023R0908
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>4.5.2023&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 116/10</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/908
of 3 May 2023
amending for the 335th 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(1) and (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 26&#160;April 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) added two entries to 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>Further to a technical review of the Annex I to Regulation (EC) No&#160;881/2002, two entries should be amended 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>(4)</p></td><td><p>Annex I to Regulation (EC) No&#160;881/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective it should enter into force immediately,</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 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, 3 May 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
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>the following entries are added under the heading &#8216;Natural persons&#8217;:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>&#8216;Maulawi Rajab (good quality alias: Maulawi Rajab Salahudin). Date of birth: 1976. Place of birth: Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Address: Paghman District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. Other information: Senior leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL-K). Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7d(2)(i): 26.04.2023.&#8217;;</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>&#8216;Sultan Aziz Azam. Date of birth: 1985. Place of birth: Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Address: Afghanistan. Other information: Spokesperson of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL-K). Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7d(2)(i): 26.04.2023.&#8217;;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>the identifying data for the following entry under the heading &#8216;Natural persons&#8217; is amended as follows:</p><p>&#8216;Emraan Ali (low quality alias: Abu Jihad TNT). Date of birth: (a) 4.7.1967. Place of birth: (a) Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago. Nationality: (a) Trinidad and Tobago; (b) United States of America. Passport No (a) TB162181 (Trinidad and Tobago passport issued on 27.1.2015 and expired on 26.1.2020); (b) 420985453 (United States of America passport expired on 6.2.2017). National identification No&#160;19670704052 (Trinidad and Tobago identification number). Address: (a) United States of America (in detention, Federal Detention Center - Miami, Register Number: 10423-509); (b) #12 Rio Claro Mayaro Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location 2008-March&#160;2015); (c) #7 Guayaguayare Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location circa 2003); (d) United States of America (previous location January 1991-2008). Other information: (a) Senior member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Recruited for ISIL and instructed individuals to perpetrate terrorist acts via online video. (b) Physical description: height: 176&#160;cm; weight: 73&#160;kg; build: medium; eye colour: brown; hair colour: black/bald; complexion: brown; (c) Speaks English. Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7d(2)(i): 23.11.2021.&#8217;</p><p>is replaced by the following:</p><p>&#8216;Emraan Ali (low quality alias: Abu Jihad TNT). Date of birth: 4.7.1967. Place of birth: Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago. Nationality: (a) Trinidad and Tobago; (b) United States of America. Passport No: (a) TB162181 (Trinidad and Tobago passport issued on 27.1.2015 and expired on 26.1.2020); (b) 420985453 (United States of America passport expired on 6.2.2017). National identification No:&#160;19670704052 (Trinidad and Tobago identification number). Address: (a) United States of America (in detention, Federal Detention Center - Miami, Register Number: 10423-509); (b) #12 Rio Claro Mayaro Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location 2008-March&#160;2015); (c) #7 Guayaguayare Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location circa 2003); (d) United States of America (previous location January 1991-2008). Other information: (a) Senior member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Recruited for ISIL and instructed individuals to perpetrate terrorist acts; (b) Physical description: height: 176&#160;cm; weight: 73&#160;kg; build: medium; eye colour: brown; hair colour: black/bald; complexion: brown; (c) Speaks English. Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7d(2)(i): 23.11.2021.&#8217;;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>the identifying data for the following entry under the heading &#8216;Legal persons, groups and entities&#8217; in Annex I to Regulation (EC)&#160;881/2002 is amended as follows:</p><p>&#8216;Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant &#8211; Khorasan (ISIL- K) (alias (a) ISIL Khorasan (b) Islamic State's Khorasan Province (c) ISIS Wilayat Khorasan (d) ISIL's South Asia Branch e) South Asian Chapter of ISIL). Other information: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL - K) was formed on January 10, 2015 by a former Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander and was established by former Taliban faction commanders who swore an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq). ISIL &#8211; K has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7e(e): 14.5.2019.&#8217;</p><p>is replaced by the following:</p><p>&#8216;Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant &#8211; Khorasan (ISIL-K) (alias: (a) ISIL Khorasan, (b) Islamic State's Khorasan Province, (c) ISIS Wilayat Khorasan, (d) ISIL's South Asia Branch, (e) South Asian Chapter of ISIL, (f) The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham &#8211; Khorasan Province, (g) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria &#8211; Khorasan, (h) Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in Khorasan Province, (i) Islamic State Khurasan, (j) ISIS-K, (k) ISISK, (l) IS-Khorasan). Other information: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL-K) was formed on January 10, 2015 by a former Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander and was established by former Taliban faction commanders who swore an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq). ISIL-K has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Date of designation referred to in Article&#160;7e(e): 14.5.2019.&#8217;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>