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| 9.6.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 149/89 |
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9.6.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 149/89

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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/1138

of 8 June 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:

| (1) | On 20 September 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 (1). |
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(1)

On 20 September 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 (1).

| (2) | On 26 April 2023, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and 2253(2015) added two persons to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures. |
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(2)

On 26 April 2023, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and 2253(2015) added two persons to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.

| (3) | On 3 May 2023, those persons were added to Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 (2). |
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(3)

On 3 May 2023, those persons were added to Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 (2).

| (4) | Since one of those persons was already designated under Article 2, paragraph 2 and Article 3, paragraph 3 of Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693, that person should be removed from the Annex to that Decision. |
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(4)

Since one of those persons was already designated under Article 2, paragraph 2 and Article 3, paragraph 3 of Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693, that person should be removed from the Annex to that Decision.

| (5) | Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(5)

Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2023.

For the Council

The President

M. MALMER STENERGARD

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(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).

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

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ANNEX

The following entry is deleted from the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 under the heading ‘A. Persons referred to in Articles 2 and 3’:

| ‘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.

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