Commission Regulation (EC) No 414/2003 of 5 March 2003 amending for the 15th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 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
Date: 2003-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Afghanistan, common foreign and security policy, international affairs, international sanctions, terrorism

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 414/2003

of 5 March 2003

amending for the 15th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restric-
tive 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

Having regard to 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 (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 370/2003 (2), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent,
thereof,

Whereas:

(2)

(3)

On 4 March 2003, the Sanctions Committee decided to
amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom
the freezing of funds and economic resources should
apply and,
should be amended
accordingly.

therefore, Annex I

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this
Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into
force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

(1)

Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the
persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of
funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 5 March 2003.

For the Commission

Christopher PATTEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 53, 28.2.2003, p. 33.

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ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

The following entries shall be added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’:
— Islamic International Brigade (alias the Islamic Peacekeeping Brigade, the Islamic Peacekeeping Army, the Interna-
tional Brigade, Islamic Peacekeeping Battalion, International Battalion, Islamic Peacekeeping International Brigade);
— Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (alias the Islamic Special Purpose Regiment, the al-Jihad-Fisi-Sabililah Special

Islamic Regiment);

— Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs (alias Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance
and Sabotage Battalion, Riyadh-as-Saliheen, the Sabotage and Military Surveillance Group of the Riyadh al-Salihin
Martyrs, Firqat al-Takhrib wa al-Istitla al-Askariyah li Shuhada Riyadh al-Salihin).