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| 28.1.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 23/3 |
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28.1.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 23/3

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/150

of 27 January 2017

implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1127

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism (1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

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

Whereas:

| (1) | On 12 July 2016, the Council adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1127 (2) implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001, establishing an updated list of persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies (‘the list’). |
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(1)

On 12 July 2016, the Council adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1127 (2) implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001, establishing an updated list of persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies (‘the list’).

| (2) | The Council has provided, where practically possible, all the persons, groups and entities with statements of reasons explaining why they were entered into the list. |
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(2)

The Council has provided, where practically possible, all the persons, groups and entities with statements of reasons explaining why they were entered into the list.

| (3) | By way of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Council informed the persons, groups and entities on the list that it had decided to keep them thereon. The Council also informed the persons, groups and entities concerned that it was possible to request a statement of the Council's reasons for entering them into the list where such a statement had not already been communicated to them. |
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(3)

By way of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Council informed the persons, groups and entities on the list that it had decided to keep them thereon. The Council also informed the persons, groups and entities concerned that it was possible to request a statement of the Council's reasons for entering them into the list where such a statement had not already been communicated to them.

| (4) | The Council has reviewed the list as required by Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001. When carrying out that review, the Council took into account the observations submitted to it by those concerned as well as the updated information received from the competent national authorities on the status of listed individuals and entities at the national level. |
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(4)

The Council has reviewed the list as required by Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001. When carrying out that review, the Council took into account the observations submitted to it by those concerned as well as the updated information received from the competent national authorities on the status of listed individuals and entities at the national level.

| (5) | The Council has verified that competent authorities, as referred to in Article 1(4) of Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (3), have taken decisions with regard to all persons, groups and entities on the list to the effect that they have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP. The Council has also concluded that the persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001. |
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(5)

The Council has verified that competent authorities, as referred to in Article 1(4) of Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (3), have taken decisions with regard to all persons, groups and entities on the list to the effect that they have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP. The Council has also concluded that the persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001.

| (6) | The list should be updated accordingly and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1127 should be repealed, |
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(6)

The list should be updated accordingly and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1127 should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list provided for in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1127 is repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 27 January 2017.

For the Council

The President

E. SCICLUNA

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(1)  
  OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70.

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(2)  Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1127 of 12 July 2016 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2425 (OJ L 188, 13.7.2016, p. 1).

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(3)  Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93).

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ANNEX

LIST OF PERSONS, GROUPS AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1

I.   PERSONS

| 1. | ABDOLLAHI, Hamed (a.k.a. Mustafa Abdullahi), born 11 August 1960 in Iran. Passport No: D9004878. |
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| 2. | AL-NASSER, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed, born in Al Ihsa (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia. |
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| 3. | AL YACOUB, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed, born 16 October 1966 in Tarut (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia. |
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| 4. | ARBABSIAR, Manssor (a.k.a. Mansour Arbabsiar), born 6 or 15 March 1955 in Iran, Iranian and US national. Passport No: C2002515 (Iran); Passport: 477845448 (USA). National ID No: 07442833, expiry date 15 March 2016 (USA driving licence). |
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| 5. | BOUYERI, Mohammed (a.k.a. Abu ZUBAIR, a.k.a. SOBIAR, a.k.a. Abu ZOUBAIR), born 8 March 1978 in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) — member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’. |
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| 6. | EL HAJJ, Hassan Hassan, born 22 March 1988 in Zaghdraiya, Sidon, Lebanon, Canadian citizen. Passport No: JX446643 (Canada). |
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| 7. | IZZ-AL-DIN, Hasan (a.k.a. GARBAYA, Ahmed, a.k.a. SA-ID, a.k.a. SALWWAN, Samir), born 1963 in Lebanon, citizen of Lebanon. |
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| 8. | MELIAD, Farah, born 5 November 1980 in Sydney (Australia), Australian citizen. Passport No: M2719127 (Australia). |
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| 9. | MOHAMMED, Khalid Shaikh (a.k.a. ALI, Salem, a.k.a. BIN KHALID, Fahd Bin Adballah, a.k.a. HENIN, Ashraf Refaat Nabith, a.k.a. WADOOD, Khalid Adbul), born 14 April 1965 or 1 March 1964 in Pakistan, Passport No: 488555. |
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| 10. | ȘANLI, Dalokay (a.k.a. Sinan), born 13 October 1976 in Pülümür (Turkey). |
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| 11. | SHAHLAI, Abdul Reza (a.k.a. Abdol Reza Shala'i, a.k.a. Abd-al Reza Shalai, a.k.a. Abdorreza Shahlai, a.k.a. Abdolreza Shahla'i, a.k.a. Abdul-Reza Shahlaee, a.k.a. Hajj Yusef, a.k.a. Haji Yusif, a.k.a. Hajji Yasir, a.k.a. Hajji Yusif, a.k.a. Yusuf Abu-al-Karkh), born circa 1957 in Iran. Addresses: (1) Kermanshah, Iran, (2) Mehran Military Base, Ilam Province, Iran. |
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| 12. | SHAKURI, Ali Gholam, born circa 1965 in Tehran, Iran. |
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| 13. | SOLEIMANI, Qasem (a.k.a. Ghasem Soleymani, a.k.a. Qasmi Sulayman, a.k.a. Qasem Soleymani, a.k.a. Qasem Solaimani, a.k.a. Qasem Salimani, a.k.a. Qasem Solemani, a.k.a. Qasem Sulaimani, a.k.a. Qasem Sulemani), born 11 March 1957 in Iran. Iranian national. Passport No: 008827 (Iran Diplomatic), issued 1999. Title: Major General. |
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II.   GROUPS AND ENTITIES

| 1. | ‘Abu Nidal Organisation’ — ‘ANO’ (a.k.a. ‘Fatah Revolutionary Council’, a.k.a. ‘Arab Revolutionary Brigades’, a.k.a. ‘Black September’, a.k.a. ‘Revolutionary Organisation of Socialist Muslims’). |
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| 2. | ‘Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade’. |
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| 3. | ‘Al-Aqsa e.V.’. |
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| 4. | ‘Babbar Khalsa’. |
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| 5. | ‘Communist Party of the Philippines’, including ‘New People's Army’ — ‘NPA’, Philippines. |
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| 6. | ‘Gama'a al-Islamiyya’ (a.k.a. ‘Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya’) (‘Islamic Group’ — ‘IG’). |
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| 7. | ‘İslami Büyük Doğu Akıncılar Cephesi’ — ‘IBDA-C’ (‘Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front’). |
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| 8. | ‘Hamas’, including ‘Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem’. |
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| 9. | ‘Hizballah Military Wing’ (a.k.a. ‘Hezbollah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizbullah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizbollah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hezballah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hisbollah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizbu'llah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizb Allah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Jihad Council’ (and all units reporting to it, including the External Security Organisation)). |
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| 10. | ‘Hizbul Mujahideen’ — ‘HM’. |
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| 11. | ‘Hofstadgroep’. |
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| 12. | ‘Khalistan Zindabad Force’ — ‘KZF’. |
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| 13. | ‘Kurdistan Workers' Party’ — ‘PKK’ (a.k.a. ‘KADEK’, a.k.a. ‘KONGRA-GEL’). |
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| 14. | ‘Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’ — ‘LTTE’. |
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| 15. | ‘Ejército de Liberación Nacional’ (‘National Liberation Army’). |
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| 16. | ‘Palestinian Islamic Jihad’ — ‘PIJ’. |
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| 17. | ‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’ — ‘PFLP’. |
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| 18. | ‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command’ (a.k.a. ‘PFLP — General Command’). |
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| 19. | ‘Fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de Colombia’ — ‘FARC’ (‘Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’). |
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| 20. | ‘Devrimci Halk Kurtuluș Partisi-Cephesi’ — ‘DHKP/C’ (a.k.a. ‘Devrimci Sol’ (‘Revolutionary Left’), a.k.a. ‘Dev Sol’) (‘Revolutionary People's Liberation Army/Front/Party’). |
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| 21. | ‘Sendero Luminoso’ — ‘SL’ (‘Shining Path’). |
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| 22. | ‘Teyrbazen Azadiya Kurdistan’ — ‘TAK’ (a.k.a. ‘Kurdistan Freedom Falcons’, a.k.a. ‘Kurdistan Freedom Hawks’). |
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