Council Decision

of 2 May 2002

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 Decision 2001/927/EC

(2002/334/EC)

THE COUNCIL 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 27 December 2001, the Council adopted Decision 2001/927/EC establishing the list provided for in Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism(2). On that occasion, the Council stated that this list constitutes the first stage in the implementation of the Regulation and that it will quickly be followed up with further lists.

(2) It is desirable to adopt an updated list of persons, groups and entities to which the aforesaid Regulation applies,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The list provided for in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 shall be as follows:

1. PERSONS

1. AL-MUGHASSIL, Ahmad Ibrahim (a.k.a. ABU OMRAN; a.k.a. AL-MUGHASSIL, Ahmed Ibrahim) born 26.6.1967 in Qatif-Bab al Shamal, Saudi Arabia; citizen Saudi Arabia

2. AL-NASSER, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed, born in Al Ihsa, Saudi Arabia; citizen Saudi Arabia

3. AL YACOUB, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed, born 16.10.1966 in Tarut, Saudi Arabia; citizen Saudi Arabia

4. ATWA, Ali (a.k.a. BOUSLIM, Ammar Mansour; a.k.a. SALIM, Hassan Rostom), Lebanon, born 1960 in Lebanon; citizen Lebanon

5. EL-HOORIE, Ali Saed Bin Ali (a.k.a. AL-HOURI, Ali Saed Bin Ali; a.k.a EL-HOURI, Ali Saed Bin Ali) born 10.7.1965 alt. 11.7.1965 in El Dibabiya, Saudi Arabia; citizen Saudi Arabia

6. IZZ-AL-DIN, Hasan (a.k.a GARBAYA, AHMED; a.k.a. SA-ID; a.k.a. SALWWAN, Samir), Lebanon, born 1963 in Lebanon, citizen Lebanon

7. 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 14.4.1965 alt. 1.3.1964 in Kuwait; citizen Kuwait

8. MUGHNIYAH, Imad Fa'iz (a.k.a. MUGHNIYAH, Imad Fayiz), Senior Intelligence Officer of HIZBALLAH, born 7.12.1962 in Tayr Dibba, Lebanon, passport No 432298 (Lebanon);

2. GROUPS AND ENTITIES

1. Aum Shinrikyo (a.k.a. AUM, a.k.a Aum Supreme Truth, a.k.a. Aleph)

2. Babbar Khalsa

3. Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group), (a.k.a. Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, IG)

4. Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem (terrorist wing of Hamas)

5. International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)

6. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

7. Lashkar e Tayyaba (LET)/Pashan-e-Ahle Hadis

8. Mujahedin-e Khalq Organisation (MEK or MKO) [minus the "National Council of Resistance of Iran" (NCRI)] (a.k.a. The National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA, the militant wing of the MEK), the People's Mujahidin of Iran (PMOI), National Council of Resistence (NCR), Muslim Iranian Student's Society)

9. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

10. Revolutionary People's Liberation Army/Front/Party (DHKP/C), (a.k.a. Devrimci Sol (Revolutionary Left), Dev Sol)

11. Shining Path (SL) (Sendero Luminoso)

12. United Self-Defense Forces/Group of Colombia (AUC) (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia).

Article 2

Council Decision 2001/927/EC is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.

It shall take effect on the day of its publication.

Done at Brussels, 2 May 2002.

For the Council

The President

J. Piqué I Camps

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

(2) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 83.