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| 21.2.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 40/1 |
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21.2.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 40/1

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/235

of 21 February 2022

implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 of 20 September 2016 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 20 September 2016 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/1686. |
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(1)

On 20 September 2016 the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/1686.

| (2) | In view of the continued threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities and bodies associated with them, two persons and two groups should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686. |
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(2)

In view of the continued threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities and bodies associated with them, two persons and two groups should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686.

| (3) | Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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, 21 February 2022.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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(1)  
  OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 is amended as follows:

| (1) | the heading ‘A. Persons’ is replaced by:






  ‘A. | Natural persons referred to in Article 3’; |
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(1)

the heading ‘A. Persons’ is replaced by:

‘A.

Natural persons referred to in Article 3’;

| (2) | the following natural persons are added:






  ‘8. | Osama MAHMOOD (a.k.a. Ustadh Usama Mahmood, Ousama Mahmood); nationality: Pakistani (presumed). |
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(2)

the following natural persons are added:

‘8.

Osama MAHMOOD (a.k.a. Ustadh Usama Mahmood, Ousama Mahmood); nationality: Pakistani (presumed).

| 9. | Sultan Aziz AZAM (a.k.a. Aziz Azam, Sultan Aziz, Sultan Azziz Azzam, Sultan Aziz Ezzam); date of birth: 1985; place of birth: Afghanistan; nationality: Afghan.’; |
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9.

Sultan Aziz AZAM (a.k.a. Aziz Azam, Sultan Aziz, Sultan Azziz Azzam, Sultan Aziz Ezzam); date of birth: 1985; place of birth: Afghanistan; nationality: Afghan.’;

| (3) | the following heading and entries are added:






  ‘B. | Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 3






  1. | Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) (a.k.a. Al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent, Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent). |
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(3)

the following heading and entries are added:

‘B.

Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 3

1.

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) (a.k.a. Al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent, Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent).

| 2. | Da’esh – Hind Province (a.k.a. Wilayah of Hind, Islamic State’s Hind Province (ISHP), IS-Wilayat al-Hind, Da’esh – Wilayat al-Hind).’. |
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2.

Da’esh – Hind Province (a.k.a. Wilayah of Hind, Islamic State’s Hind Province (ISHP), IS-Wilayat al-Hind, Da’esh – Wilayat al-Hind).’.

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