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| 24.4.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | LI 109/13 |
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24.4.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

LI 109/13

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/845

of 24 April 2023

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 or bodies associated with them, two persons and one group 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 or bodies associated with them, two persons and one group 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 in accordance with 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 Luxembourg, 24 April 2023.

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 following entries are added under heading ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Article 3’:






  ‘15. | 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. |
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(1)

the following entries are added under heading ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Article 3’:

‘15.

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.

| 16. | 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 June 1988; place of birth: Palma district, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique; gender: male; nationality: Mozambican.’; |
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16.

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 June 1988; place of birth: Palma district, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique; gender: male; nationality: Mozambican.’;

| (2) | the following entry is added under heading ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 3’:






  ‘5. | ISIS-Mozambique (a.k.a. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – 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).’. |
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(2)

the following entry is added under heading ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 3’:

‘5.

ISIS-Mozambique (a.k.a. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – 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).’.

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