Document ID: 32023D0848
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>24.4.2023&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>LI 109/38</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/848
of 24 April 2023
amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 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 Decision (CFSP)&#160;2016/1693&#160;<a>(<span>1</span>)</a>.</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 persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them, two persons and one group should be added to the list of persons, groups, undertakings and entities set out in the Annex to Decision (CFSP)&#160;2016/1693.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Decision (CFSP)&#160;2016/1693 should therefore be amended accordingly,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Done at Luxembourg, 24 April 2023.
For the Council
The President
J. BORRELL FONTELLES
( 1 ) Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 of 20 September 2016 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them and repealing Common Position 2002/402/CFSP ( OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 25 ).
ANNEX
The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 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;A. Persons referred to in Articles 2 and&#160;3&#8217;:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8216;15.</p></td><td><p>Abu Yasir HASSAN (a.k.a. Sheikh Hassan, Ahmed Mahmoud Hassan, Yaseer Hassan, Abu Qasim); date of birth: 1981 to 1983; place of birth: Pwani Region, Tanzania; gender: male; nationality: Tanzanian.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>16.</p></td><td><p>Bonomade Machude OMAR (a.k.a. Ibn Omar, Abu Sulayfa Muhammad, Abu Sorraca, Abu Surakha, Abu Suraqa Suraqa Filho, Omar Saide, Sheikh Omar); date of birth: 15&#160;June 1988; place of birth: Palma district, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique; gender: male; nationality: Mozambican.&#8217;;</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>the following entry is added under the heading &#8216;B. Groups, undertakings and entities referred to in Article&#160;3&#8217;:</p><table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8216;5.</p></td><td><p>ISIS-Mozambique (a.k.a. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria &#8211; Mozambique, Islamic State -Mozambique, ISIL-M, Ansar Al-Sunna, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabaab in Mozambique, Mozambique Wilaya of the Islamic State, Ahlu Sunna wa Jamaah (ASwJ), Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jamaa, Ahlu al-Sunnah wal-Jamaah, Ahlu Sunnah Wajamo, Swahili Sunna).&#8217;.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>