EN Official Journal of the European Union L 40/9

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 125/2014

of 10 February 2014

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) No 714/2013

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,

Whereas:

(1) On 25 July 2013, the Council adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) No 714/2013 (2) implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001, updating the 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 in 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 in the list that it had decided to keep them therein. The Council also informed the persons, groups and entities concerned that it was possible to request a statement of the Council’s reasons for including them in the list where one 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 doing so, it took account of observations submitted to the Council by those concerned.

(5) The Council has concluded that there are no longer grounds for keeping a certain group in the list.

(6) The Council has also concluded that other persons, groups and entities in the list have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (3), that a decision has been taken with respect to them by a competent authority within the meaning of Article 1(4) of that Common Position, and that they should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001.

(7) The list should be updated accordingly, and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 714/2013 should be repealed,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) No 714/2013 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

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, 10 February 2014. For the Council The President C. ASHTON

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

(2) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 714/2013 of 25 July 2013 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) No 1169/2012 (OJ L 201, 26.7.2013, p. 10).

(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).