Commission Regulation (EC) No 742/2003 of 28 April 2003 amending for the 17th 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: 2003-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Afghanistan, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, foreign capital, international affairs, international sanctions, terrorism

L 106/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.4.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 742/2003

of 28 April 2003

amending for the 17th 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,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to 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 of 27 May 2002 prohibiting the
export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strength-
ening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and
other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghani-
stan (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 561/2003 (2),
and in particular Article 7(1), second indent, thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the
Annex II
competent
to whom information and
requests concerning the measures imposed by that Regu-
lation should be sent.

authorities

The Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom
the address details concerning their
requested that
competent authorities be amended and as a result of
personnel changes the address details concerning the
Commission have to be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
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, 28 April 2003.

For the Commission

Christopher PATTEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 82, 29.3.2003, p. 1.

29.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 106/17

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

1. The address details under the heading ‘Netherlands’ shall be replaced with:

ANNEX

‘Ministerie van Financiën
Directie Financiële Markten, afdeling Integriteit
Postbus 20201
2500 EE Den Haag
The Netherlands
Tel (31-70) 342 89 97
Fax: (31-70) 342 79 18’.

2. The address details under the heading ‘Sweden’ shall be replaced with:

‘— With respect to Article 2a:
Riksförsäkringsverket (RFV)
S-103 51 Stockholm
Tel. (46-8) 786 90 00
Fax (46-8) 411 27 89
— With respect to Article 4:
Rikspolisstyrelsen (RPS)
Box 12256
S-102 26 Stockholm
Tel. (46-8) 401 90 00
Fax (46-8) 401 99 00
— With respect to Article 5:

Finansinspektionen
Box 7831
S-103 98 Stockholm
Tel. (46-8) 787 80 00
Fax (46-8) 24 13 35’.

3. The address details under the heading ‘United Kingdom’ shall be replaced with:

‘— With respect to export restrictions:
Department of Trade and Industry
Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate
3-4, Abbey Orchard Street
London SW1P 2JJ
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-207) 215 05 10
Fax (44-207) 215 05 11.

— With respect to freezing of funds and economic resources:

HM Treasury
International Financial Services Team
1, Horse Guards Road
London SW1A 2HQ
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-207) 270 55 50
Fax (44-207) 270 43 65
Bank of England
Financial Sanctions Unit
Threadneedle Street
London EC2R 8AH
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-207) 601 46 07
Fax (44 207) 601 43 09’.

4. The address details under the heading ‘European Community’ shall be replaced with:

‘Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General for External Relations
Directorate CFSP
Unit A.2: Legal and institutional matters for external relations — Sanctions
CHAR 12/163
B-1049 Brussels
Tel. (32-2) 295 81 48, 296 25 56
Fax (32-2) 296 75 63
E-mail: relex-sanctions@cec.eu.int’.