Commission Regulation (EC) No 996/2007 of 28 August 2007 amending for the 84th 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: 2007-08-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Afghanistan, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, terrorism

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 996/2007

of 28 August 2007

amending for the 84th 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,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

On 1 and 13 August 2007, 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,

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
to Afghanistan,
and
strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds
the Taliban of
and other financial resources in respect of
Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 7(1),
indent,
thereof,

certain goods

services

first

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as
set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Whereas:

(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 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 August 2007.

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 969/2007 (OJ L 215, 18.8.2007,
p. 6).

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ANNEX

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

1. the following entry shall be removed from the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’:

‘De Afghanistan Momtaz Bank’

2. the entry ‘Ahmad Fadil Nazal Al-Khalayleh (alias (a) Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, (b) Muhannad, (c) Al-Muhajer, (d) Garib).
Date of birth: 30.10.1966. Place of birth: Al-Zarqaa, Jordan. Other information: Reportedly deceased in June 2006’
under the heading ‘Natural persons’ shall be replaced by:

‘Ahmad Fadil Nazal Al-Khalayleh (alias (a) Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, (b) Muhannad, (c) Al-Muhajer, (d) Garib, (e) Abou
Musaab El Zarquawi, (f) Ahmed Fad Al Nazzar Khalaylah Said, (g) Al Zarqawi Abu Musa'ab, (h) Al Zarqawi Abu
Musab, (i) Al Zarqawi Ahmed Fad Al Nazzar Khalaylah Said Abu Musab, (j) Alkhalayleh Ahmed, (k) Azzarkaoui Abou
Moussab, (l) El Zarquawi Abu Musaab, (m) Zarkaoui Abou Moussaab, (n) Abu Ahmad, (o) Abu Ibrahim). Date of birth:
(a) 30.10.1966, (b) 20.10.1966. Place of birth: (a) Al-Zarqaa, Jordan, (b) Al Zarqa, Jordan (c) Al Zarquaa, Jordan.
Passport No: (a) Z 264958 (Jordanian passport issued on 4.4.1999 in Al Zarqaa, Jordan), (b) 1433038 (Jordanian
Jordan). Other information: Reportedly deceased in June 2006.’;
identity card issued on 4.4.1999 in Al Zarqaa,

3. the entry ‘Aiman Muhammed Rabi Al-Zawahiri (alias (a) Ayman Al-Zawahari, (b) Ahmed Fuad Salim). Title: Doctor.
Date of birth: 19.6.1951. Place of birth: Giza, Egypt. Nationality: Thought to be an Egyptian national. Passport No: (a)
1084010 (Egypt), (b) 19820215. Other information: (a) Former operational and military leader of Egyptian Islamic
Jihad Group, now a close associate of Usama Bin Laden, (b) Lives in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area’ under the
heading ‘Natural persons’ shall be replaced by:

‘Aiman Muhammed Rabi Al-Zawahiri (alias (a) Ayman Al-Zawahari, (b) Ahmed Fuad Salim, (c) Al Zawahry Aiman
Mohamed Rabi Abdel Muaz, (d) Al Zawahiri Ayman, (e) Abdul Qader Abdul Aziz Abdul Moez Al Doctor, (f) Al
Zawahry Aiman Mohamed Rabi, (g) Al Zawahry Aiman Mohamed Rabie, (h) Al Zawahry Aiman Mohamed Robi, (i)
Dhawahri Ayman, (j) Eddaouahiri Ayman, (k) Nur Al Deen Abu Mohammed, (l) Abu Fatma, (m) Abu Mohammed).
Title: (a) Doctor, (b) Dr. Date of birth: 19.6.1951. Place of birth: Giza, Egypt. Nationality: Thought to be an Egyptian
national. Passport No: (a) 1084010 (Egypt), (b) 19820215. Other information: (a) Former operational and military
leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad Group, now a close associate of Usama Bin Laden, (b) Lives in the Afghanistan/
Pakistan border area.’