WRITTEN QUESTION E-2759/02 by Frank Vanhecke (NI) to the Commission. Terrorism.
Date: 2002-10-01
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: administrative sanction, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, fight against crime, international affairs, international cooperation, international sanctions, public awareness campaign, terrorism

C 161 E/36

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

10.7.2003

(2003/C 161 E/038)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2759/02

by Frank Vanhecke (NI) to the Commission

(1 October 2002)

Subject: Terrorism

In the issue of the weekly magazine ‘Valeurs actuelles’ published on Friday, 13 September 2002, it was
reported that, as part of the international campaign against terrorism, the Commission began drawing up a
list of terrorist organisations in July 2002.

Can the Commission publish the list of those organisations?

On the basis of what criteria was the list drawn up?

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission

(15 November 2002)

The Union has expressed its support for the international campaign against terrorism, initiated by the
United Nations by means of Resolution 1373 (2001) and reinforced by Resolution 1390(2002) of the
Security Council of the United Nations. This was done by means of Common Positions 2001/930/CFSP,
2001/931/CFSP and 2002/402/CFSP (1).

Pursuant to these instruments, the Council has adopted two Regulations imposing inter alia, the freezing of
funds and economic resources of persons, groups and entities included in lists targeting international
terrorism.

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 (2) foresees a Union list targeting
terrorist persons, groups and entities with a view to combating terrorism. This list should include persons,
groups and entities linked or related to third countries as well as those who otherwise are the focus of the
CFSP aspects of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP. The list is adopted by Council and subsequently
published in the Official Journal (3).

A specific act, Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive
measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida
network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of
certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds
and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (4), empowers the Commission to
amend the list of persons, groups and entities associated with Al Qaida and the Taliban, that is attached to
that Regulation. The Commission has meanwhile adopted seven amendments of that list (5), all on the basis
of determinations made by either the United Nations Security Council or the relevant Sanctions Committee
of that Council.

(1) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001 and OJ L 139, 29.5.2002.
(2) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001.
(3) See Council Decision 2002/848/EC, OJ L 295, 30.10.2002.
(4) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002.
(5) Commission Regulations (EC) No 951/2002 (OJ L 145, 4.6.2002), No 1580/2002 (OJ L 237, 5.9.2002), No 1644/
2002 (OJ L 247, 14.9.2002), No 1754/2002 (OJ L 264, 2.10.2002), No 1823/2002 (OJ L 276, 12.10.2002),
No 1893/2002 (OJ L 286, 24.10.2002) and No 1935/2002 (OJ L 295, 30.10.2002).

(2003/C 161 E/039)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2774/02

by Struan Stevenson (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(3 October 2002)

Subject: Euro

Swiss research (The Times, 12.9.2002) has recently discovered that euro coins release up to 320 times
more nickel than is allowed under European Union rules, leading to various skin conditions for one in ten