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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 290/2013 of 26 March 2013 amending for the 190th time Council Regulation (EC) No            881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the            Al Qaida network         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 290/2013                     

# of 26 March 2013

# amending for the 190th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against                        certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network                     

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed                           against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network,(1) and in particular Article 7(1)(a), 7a(1) and 7a(5) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic                              resources under that Regulation.

(2)On 18 March 2013 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decided to remove one natural person                              from its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. On 19 March                              2013, the Sanctions Committee of the UNSC decided to add one entity to the list. Furthermore, on 15 March 2013, the Sanctions                              Committee of the UNSC decided to amend three entries on the list.

(3)Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be updated accordingly.

(4)In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force                              immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

# Article 2U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 26 March 2013.

*For the Commission, On behalf of the President,*                            

*Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments*                            

## ANNEXU.K.

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

The following entry shall be added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’:

‘Ansar Eddine (*alias* Ansar Dine). Address: Mali. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4)(b): 20.3.2013.’                           

The following entry under the heading ‘Natural persons’ is deleted:

‘Abdelghani **Mzoudi** (*alias* (a) Abdelghani Mazwati, (b) Abdelghani Mazuti, (c) Talha). Address: Morocco. Date of birth: 6.12.1972. Place of birth: Marrakesh                                 (Morocco). Nationality: Moroccan. Passport No: F 879567 (Moroccan passport issued in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 29.4.1992). National                                 identification No: E 427689 (Moroccan National Identity Card, issued on 20.3.2001 by the Moroccan Consulate General in Düsseldorf,                                 Germany). Other information: (a) Father’s name is Abdeslam Ahmed; (b) Mother’s name is Aicha Hammou; (c) After his acquittal                                 he left Germany for Morocco in June 2005. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4)(b): 10.6.2003.’                           

The entry ‘Hassan Dahir **Aweys** (*alias* (a) Ali, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, (b) Awes, Shaykh Hassan Dahir, (c) Hassen Dahir Aweyes, (d) Ahmed Dahir Aweys, (e) Mohammed                              Hassan Ibrahim, (f) Aweys Hassan Dahir, (g) Hassan Tahir Oais, (h) Hassan Tahir Uways, (i) Hassan Dahir Awes, (j) Sheikh Aweys,                              (k) Sheikh Hassan, (l) Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys). Title: (a) Sheikh, (b) Colonel. Address: Somalia. Date of birth: 1935.                              Place of birth: Somalia. Nationality: Somali. Other information: (a) Reported to be in Eritrea as of November 2007; (b) Family                              background: from the Hawiye’s Habergidir, Ayr clan; (c) Senior leader of Al-Itihaad Al- Islamiya (AIAI) and Hizbul Islam in                              Somalia (d) Since 12 April 2010 also subject to the measures set out in Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 concerning Somalia and                              Eritrea. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4)(b): 9.11.2001.’ under the heading ‘Natural persons’ shall be replaced                              by the following:                           

‘Hassan Dahir **Aweys** (*alias* (a) Ali, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, (b) Awes, Shaykh Hassan Dahir, (c) Hassen Dahir Aweyes, (d) Ahmed Dahir Aweys, (e) Mohammed                                 Hassan Ibrahim, (f) Aweys Hassan Dahir, (g) Hassan Tahir Oais, (h) Hassan Tahir Uways, (i) Hassan Dahir Awes, (j) Sheikh Aweys,                                 (k) Sheikh Hassan, (l) Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys). Title: (a) Sheikh, (b) Colonel. Address: Somalia. Date of birth: 1935.                                 Place of birth: Somalia. Nationality: Somali. Other information: (a) Southern Somalia (as of November 2012), (b) Also reported                                 to be in Eritrea as of November 2007. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4)(b): 9.11.2001.’                           

The entry ‘Hassan Abdullah Hersi **Al-Turki** (*alias* (a) Hassan Turki, (b) Hassen Abdelle Fihiye, (c) Sheikh Hassan Abdullah Fahaih, (d) Hassan Al- Turki, (e) Hassan Abdillahi                              Hersi Turki, (f) Sheikh Hassan Turki, (g) Xasan Cabdilaahi Xirsi, (h) Xasan Cabdulle Xirsi). Date of birth: approximately                              1944. Place of birth: Region V, Ethiopia (the Ogaden Region in eastern Ethiopia). Nationality: Somali. Other information:                              (a) Reported to be active in Southern Somalia, lower Juba near Kismayo, mainly in Jilibe and Burgabo as of November 2007;                              (b) Family background: from the Ogaden clan, Reer- Abdille subclan; (c) Part of the Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya (AIAI) leadership;                              (d) Subject to the measures set out in Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 concerning Somalia. Date of designation referred to in                              Article 2a (4) (b): 6.7.2004.’ under the heading ‘Natural persons’ shall be replaced by the following:                           

‘Hassan Abdullah Hersi **Al-Turki** (*alias* (a) Hassan Turki, (b) Hassen Abdelle Fihiye, (c) Sheikh Hassan Abdullah Fahaih, (d) Hassan Al- Turki, (e) Hassan Abdillahi                                 Hersi Turki, (f) Sheikh Hassan Turki, (g) Xasan Cabdilaahi Xirsi, (h) Xasan Cabdulle Xirsi). Date of birth: approximately                                 1944. Place of birth: Region V, Ethiopia (the Ogaden Region in eastern Ethiopia). Nationality: Somali. Address: Reported to                                 be in Southern Somalia, lower Juba near Kismayo, mainly in Jilibe and Burgabo as of November 2012. Date of designation referred                                 to in Article 2a (4) (b): 6.7.2004.’                           

The entry ‘Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya/AIAI. (*alias* AIAI) Other information: (a) Reported to operate in Somalia and Ethiopia; (b) Leadership include Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki                              and Hassan Dahir Aweys; (c) AIAI has received funds through the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (Somalia). Date of designation                              referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 6.10.2001.’ under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’ shall be replaced by                              the following:                           

‘Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya/AIAI (*alias* AIAI). Other information: Reported to have operated in Somalia and Ethiopia. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a                                 (4) (b): 6.10.2001.’                           

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OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.