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| 5.4.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | LI 89/1 |
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5.4.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

LI 89/1

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/537

of 5 April 2018

amending for the 283rd 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:

| (1) | Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation. |
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(1)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

| (2) | On 29 March 2018, the Sanctions Committee of the United nations Security Council decided to add one entry to the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resourced should apply. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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(2)

On 29 March 2018, the Sanctions Committee of the United nations Security Council decided to add one entry to the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resourced should apply. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.

| (3) | In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective it should enter into force immediately, |
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(3)

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective it should enter into force immediately,

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, 5 April 2018.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments

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(1)  
  OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.

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ANNEX

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 the following entry is added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’:

‘Khatiba Imam Al-Bukhari (KIB) (alias: Khataib al-Imam al-Bukhari). Address: (a) Khan-Shaykhun, Syrian Arab Republic (53 km south of Idlib, location as at March 2018); (b) Idlib, Aleppo and Khama, Syrian Arab Republic (operation zone); (c) Afghanistan/Pakistan border area (previous location). Other information: since 2016, redeployed to Northern Afghanistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 29.3.2018.’

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