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| 30.12.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 330/106 |
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30.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 330/106

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Notice for the attention of the persons and entities added to the list referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, by virtue of Commission Regulations (EC) No 1109/2008 and (EC) No 1330/2008

(2008/C 330/09)

| 1. | Common Position 2002/402/CFSP (1) calls upon the Community to freeze the funds and economic resources of Usama bin Laden, members of the Al-Qaida organisation and the Taliban and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them, as referred to in the list drawn up pursuant to UNSCR 1267(1999) and 1333(2000) to be updated regularly by the UN Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1267(1999).
  The list drawn up by this UN Committee comprises:






  — | Al-Qaida, the Taliban and Mr Usama bin Laden, |
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Common Position 2002/402/CFSP (1) calls upon the Community to freeze the funds and economic resources of Usama bin Laden, members of the Al-Qaida organisation and the Taliban and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them, as referred to in the list drawn up pursuant to UNSCR 1267(1999) and 1333(2000) to be updated regularly by the UN Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1267(1999).

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The list drawn up by this UN Committee comprises:

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Al-Qaida, the Taliban and Mr Usama bin Laden,

| — | natural or legal persons, entities, bodies and groups associated with Al-Qaida, the Taliban and Mr Usama bin Laden, and |
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natural or legal persons, entities, bodies and groups associated with Al-Qaida, the Taliban and Mr Usama bin Laden, and

| — | legal persons, entities and bodies owned or controlled by, or otherwise supporting, any of these associated persons, entities, bodies and groups. |
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legal persons, entities and bodies owned or controlled by, or otherwise supporting, any of these associated persons, entities, bodies and groups.

Acts or activities indicating that an individual, group, undertaking, or entity is ‘associated with’ Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban include:

| (a) | participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of, Al-Qaida, the Taliban or Mr Usama bin Laden, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof; |
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participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of, Al-Qaida, the Taliban or Mr Usama bin Laden, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof;

| (b) | supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to any of them; |
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supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to any of them;

| (c) | recruiting for any of them; or |
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recruiting for any of them; or

| (d) | otherwise supporting acts or activities of any of them. |
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otherwise supporting acts or activities of any of them.

| 2. | The UN Committee decided on 10, 21 and 27 October 2008 and on 12 November 2008 to add several natural persons to the relevant list. The natural persons concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee, together with any supporting documentation, for the decision to include them in the UN list referred to above, to be reconsidered. Such request should be sent to the following address:





  United Nations — Focal point for delisting |
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| Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch |
| Room S-3055 E |
| New York NY 10017 |
| United States of America |

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The UN Committee decided on 10, 21 and 27 October 2008 and on 12 November 2008 to add several natural persons to the relevant list. The natural persons concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee, together with any supporting documentation, for the decision to include them in the UN list referred to above, to be reconsidered. Such request should be sent to the following address:

United Nations — Focal point for delisting

Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch

Room S-3055 E

New York NY 10017

United States of America

See for more information at:

http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/delisting.shtml

| 3. | Further to the UN decisions referred to at 2, the Commission has adopted Regulations (EC) No 1109/2008 (2) and (EC) No 1330/2008 (3), which amend Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban (4), pursuant to Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 881/2002.
  Therefore, the following measures of Regulation (EC) No 881/2008 apply to the natural and legal persons, groups and entities concerned:






  1. | the freezing of all funds, other financial assets and economic resources belonging to them, or owned or held by them, and the prohibition to make funds, other financial assets and economic resources to them or for their benefit, whether directly or indirectly (Articles 2 and 2a (5)); and |
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Further to the UN decisions referred to at 2, the Commission has adopted Regulations (EC) No 1109/2008 (2) and (EC) No 1330/2008 (3), which amend Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban (4), pursuant to Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 881/2002.

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Therefore, the following measures of Regulation (EC) No 881/2008 apply to the natural and legal persons, groups and entities concerned:

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the freezing of all funds, other financial assets and economic resources belonging to them, or owned or held by them, and the prohibition to make funds, other financial assets and economic resources to them or for their benefit, whether directly or indirectly (Articles 2 and 2a (5)); and

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| 2. | the prohibition to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical advice, assistance or training related to military activities to them, whether directly or indirectly (Article 3) |
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the prohibition to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical advice, assistance or training related to military activities to them, whether directly or indirectly (Article 3)

| 4. | The natural persons concerned by the listings of Regulations (EC) No 1109/2008 and (EC) No 1330/2008 may make a request for the grounds for their listing to the Commission. This request should be sent to:





  European Commission |
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| DG External Relations |
| Directorate A — Crisis Platform — Policy Coordination in Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| Unit A2 — Crisis Response and Peace Building |
| CHAR 12/45 |
| B-1049 Brussels |

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The natural persons concerned by the listings of Regulations (EC) No 1109/2008 and (EC) No 1330/2008 may make a request for the grounds for their listing to the Commission. This request should be sent to:

European Commission

DG External Relations

Directorate A — Crisis Platform — Policy Coordination in Common Foreign and Security Policy

Unit A2 — Crisis Response and Peace Building

CHAR 12/45

B-1049 Brussels

It can also be sent by fax to the number (32-2) 299 08 73.

| 5. | The attention of the natural persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging Regulation (EC) No 1109/2008 or (EC) No 1330/2008 before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 230(4) and (5) of the Treaty establishing the European Community. |
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The attention of the natural persons concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging Regulation (EC) No 1109/2008 or (EC) No 1330/2008 before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 230(4) and (5) of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

| 6. | Personal data of the natural persons concerned by the listings of Regulations (EC) No 1109/2008 and (EC) No 1330/2008 will be handled in accordance with the rules of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (6). Any request, e.g. for further information or in order to exercise the rights under Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 (e.g. access or rectification of personal data), should be sent to the Commission, under the same address mentioned under point 4 above. |
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Personal data of the natural persons concerned by the listings of Regulations (EC) No 1109/2008 and (EC) No 1330/2008 will be handled in accordance with the rules of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (6). Any request, e.g. for further information or in order to exercise the rights under Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 (e.g. access or rectification of personal data), should be sent to the Commission, under the same address mentioned under point 4 above.

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| 7. | For good order, the attention of the natural persons listed in Annex I is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s), as listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds, other financial assets and economic resources for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 2a of that Regulation. |
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For good order, the attention of the natural persons listed in Annex I is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s), as listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds, other financial assets and economic resources for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 2a of that Regulation.

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(1)  OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 4. Common Position as last amended by Common Position 2003/140/CFSP (OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 62).

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(2)  OJ L 299, 8.11.2008, p. 23.

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(3)  OJ L 345, 23.12.2008, p. 60.

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

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(5)  Article 2a was inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 561/2003 (OJ L 82, 29.3.2003, p. 1).

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(6)  OJ L 8 of 12.1.2001, p. 1.

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