EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/12

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 542/2012

of 25 June 2012

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 1375/2011

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 (1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 22 December 2011, the Council adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1375/2011 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 (2), establishing an updated list of persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies.

(2) The Council has provided all the persons, groups and entities, for which it was practically possible, with statements of reasons explaining why they were listed in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1375/2011.

(3) By way of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Council informed the persons, groups and entities listed in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1375/2011 that it had decided to keep them on the list. The Council also informed the persons, groups and entities concerned that it was possible to request a statement of the Council’s reasons for putting them on the list, where one had not already been communicated to them. In the case of certain persons and groups, an amended statement of reasons was made available.

(4) The Council has carried out a complete review of the list of persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies, as required by Article 2(3) of that Regulation. When doing so it took account of observations submitted to the Council by those concerned.

(5) The Council has concluded that the persons, groups and entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism (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.

(6) The list of the persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies should be updated accordingly and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1375/2011 should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1375/2011 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

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 Luxembourg, 25 June 2012. For the Council The President C. ASHTON

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

(2) OJ L 343, 23.12.2011, p. 10.

(3) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93.