EN Official Journal of the European Union L 178/1

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 610/2010

of 12 July 2010

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 1285/2009

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 22 December 2009, the Council adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1285/2009 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 1285/2009. In the case of two persons, an amended statement of reasons was provided in April 2010.

(3) By way of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3), the Council informed the persons, groups and entities listed in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1285/2009 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 two groups, an amended statement of reasons was made available in April 2010 (4).

(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 there are no longer grounds for keeping certain groups on the list of persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies.

(6) The Council has concluded, that with the exception of the groups referred to in recital (5), the other 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 (5), 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 of the persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies should be updated accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1285/2009 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 Brussels, 12 July 2010. For the Council The President S. LARUELLE

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

(2) OJ L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 39.

(3) OJ C 315, 23.12.2009, p. 11.

(4) OJ C 108, 28.4.2010, p. 8.

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