Commission Regulation (EC) No 717/2005 of 11 May 2005 amending for the 45th 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: 2005-05-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Afghanistan, international sanctions, natural person, restriction of liberty, terrorism

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 717/2005

of 11 May 2005

amending for the 45th 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
Community,

establishing the European

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 freezing of
funds and other
financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1),
and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,

Whereas:

(2)

(3)

On 2 May 2005, 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. Annex I
should therefore 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 amended as set out
in 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.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 May 2005.

For the Commission

Eneko LANDÁBURU
Director-General for External Relations

(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 301/2005 (OJ L 51, 24.2.2005,
p. 15).

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ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:
The following entry shall be added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’:

‘Lashkar e-Tayyiba (alias (a) Lashkar-e-Toiba, (b) Lashkar-i-Taiba, (c) al Mansoorian, (d) al Mansooreen, (e) Army of
the Pure, (f) Army of the Righteous, (g) Army of the Pure and Righteous, (h) Paasban-e-Kashmir (i) Paasban-i-Ahle-
Hadith, (j) Pasban-e-Kashmir, (k) Pasban-e-Ahle-Hadith, (l) Paasban-e-Ahle-Hadis).’