Commission Regulation (EC) No 2157/2003 of 10 December 2003 amending for the 26th 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: 2003-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Afghanistan, air transport, common foreign and security policy, economic sanctions, foreign capital, international affairs, international sanctions, terrorism, trade restriction

11.12.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2157/2003

of 10 December 2003

amending for the 26th 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 2049/2003 (2), and in particular Article 7(1),
first
indent, thereof,

Whereas:

(2)

(3)

On 4 December 2003, the Sanctions Committee of the
United Nations Security Council decided to amend the
list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing
of funds and economic resources should apply. There-
fore, Annex I should be amended accordingly.

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, 10 December 2003.

For the Commission

Christopher PATTEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 303, 21.11.2003, p. 20.

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

The following entry shall be added under the heading ‘Natural persons’:

ANNEX

Saifi AMMARI (alias (a) El Para (combat name), (b) Abderrezak Le Para, (c) Abou Haidara, (d) El Ourassi, (e) Abder-
rezak Zaimeche, (f) Abdul Rasak Ammane Abu Haidra, (g) Abdalarak). Date of birth: 1 January 1968. Place of birth:
Kef Rih, Algeria. Nationality: Algerian.