Document ID: 32023R0249
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>6.2.2023&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>LI 34/1</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/249
of 3 February 2023
amending for the 333rd 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) 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 27&#160;January 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 one entry 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>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>(4)</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 February 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
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 the following entry is added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’:
‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in South-East Asia (ISIL-SEA, ISIL-South-East Asia) (alias: (a) Islamic State East Asia Division; (b) Dawlatul Islamiyah Waliyatul Mashriq). Other information: Formed in June 2016 upon announcement by now-deceased Isnilon Hapilon. Associated with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 27.1.2023.’