2008/583/EC: Council Decision of 15 July 2008 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2007/868/EC
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, restriction of liberty, terrorism

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 15 July 2008

implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures
directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing
Decision 2007/868/EC

(2008/583/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of
27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed
against certain persons and entities with a view to combating
terrorism (1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

By way of a notice published in the Official Journal of the
European Union on 22 December 2007 (3) the Council
informed the persons, groups and entities
listed in
Decision 2007/868/EC that
it had decided to keep
them on the list. The Council also informed the
persons, groups and entities concerned that
it was
possible to request a statement of the Council’s reasons
for putting them on the list (where one had not already
been communicated to them).

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 20 December 2007 the Council adopted Decision
2007/868/EC implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures
directed against certain persons and entities with a view
to combating terrorism (2), and establishing an updated
list of persons and entities to which that Regulation
applies.

The Council has provided all the persons, groups and
entities
for which it was practically possible with
statements of reasons explaining why they were listed
in Decision 2007/868/EC. Concerning one group and
three persons the amended statements of reasons has
been provided to them, if possible, in April 2008.

(1) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70. Regulation as last amended by

Decision 2007/868/EC (OJ L 340, 22.12.2007, p. 100).

(2) OJ L 340, 22.12.2007, p. 100. Decision as last amended by

Decision 2008/343/EC (OJ L 116, 30.4.2008, p. 25).

(4)

(5)

The Council has carried out a complete review of the list
of persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC)
No 2580/2001 applies, as required by Article 2(3) of that
Regulation. When doing so it took account of obser­
vations submitted to the Council by those concerned.

In the case of one group, the Council has taken account
of the fact that the decision by a competent authority on
the basis of which the group was included on the list has
not been in force since 24 June 2008. However, new
information concerning the group has been brought to
the Council’s attention. The Council considers that this
new information warrants the group’s inclusion on the
list.

(6)

The Council has determined that one person should be
removed from the list of persons, groups and entities to
which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies.

(3) OJ C 314, 22.12.2007, p. 42.

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(7)

The Council has concluded that with the exception of the
person mentioned in recital (6), the persons, groups and
entities
listed in the Annex to Common Position
2007/871/CFSP (1) have been involved in terrorist acts
within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Council
Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December
2001 on the
to
combat
that a decision has been taken
with respect to them by a competent authority within
the meaning of Article 1(4) of that Common Position,
and that
to the
they should continue to be subject
specific restrictive measures provided for in Regulation
(EC) No 2580/2001.

specific measures

application of

terrorism (2),

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The list provided for in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No
2580/2001 shall be replaced by the list set out in the Annex
to this Decision.

Decision 2007/868/EC is hereby repealed.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 15 July 2008.

(8)

The list of the persons, groups and entities to which
Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies
should be
updated accordingly,

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER

(1) As amended by Council Common Position 2008/346/CFSP of

29 April 2008 (OJ L 116, 30.4.2008, p. 53).

(2) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93.

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ANNEX

List of persons, groups and entities referred to in Article 1

1. PERSONS

1. ABOU, Rabah Naami (a.k.a. Naami Hamza, a.k.a. Mihoubi Faycal, a.k.a. Fellah Ahmed, a.k.a. Dafri Rèmi Lahdi),

born 1.2.1966 in Algiers (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

2. ABOUD, Maisi (a.k.a. The Swiss Abderrahmane), born 17.10.1964 in Algiers (Algeria), — member of ‘al-Takfir’

and ‘al-Hijra’

3. AL-MUGHASSIL, Ahmad Ibrahim (a.k.a. ABU OMRAN, a.k.a. AL-MUGHASSIL, Ahmed Ibrahim), born 26.6.1967

in Qatif-Bab al Shamal (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia

4. AL-NASSER, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed, born in Al Ihsa (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia

5. AL YACOUB, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed, born 16.10.1966 in Tarut (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia

6. ARIOUA, Azzedine, born 20.11.1960 in Constantine (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

7. ARIOUA, Kamel (a.k.a. Lamine Kamel), born 18.8.1969 in Constantine (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-

Hijra’

8. ASLI, Mohamed (a.k.a. Dahmane Mohamed), born 13.5.1975 in Ain Taya (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and

‘al-Hijra’

9. ASLI, Rabah, born 13.5.1975 in Ain Taya (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

10. ATWA, Ali (a.k.a. BOUSLIM, Ammar Mansour, a.k.a. SALIM, Hassan Rostom), Lebanon, born 1960 in Lebanon,

citizen of Lebanon

11. BOUYERI, Mohammed (a.k.a. Abu ZUBAIR, a.k.a. SOBIAR, a.k.a. Abu ZOUBAIR), born 8.3.1978 in Amsterdam

(The Netherlands) — member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’

12. DARIB, Noureddine (a.k.a. Carreto, a.k.a. Zitoun Mourad) born 1.2.1972 in Algeria — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and

‘al-Hijra’

13. DJABALI, Abderrahmane (a.k.a. Touil), born 1.6.1970 in Algeria — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

14. EL FATMI, Nouredine (a.k.a. Nouriddin EL FATMI, a.k.a. Nouriddine EL FATMI, a.k.a. Noureddine EL FATMI, a.k.a.
Abu AL KA'E KA'E, a.k.a. Abu QAE QAE, a.k.a. FOUAD, a.k.a. FZAD, a.k.a. Nabil EL FATMI, a.k.a. Ben
MOHAMMED, a.k.a. Ben Mohand BEN LARBI, a.k.a. Ben Driss Muhand IBN LARBI, a.k.a. Abu TAHAR, a.k.a.
EGGIE), born 15.8.1982 in Midar (Morocco), passport (Morocco) No. N829139 — member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’

15. EL-HOORIE, Ali Saed Bin Ali (a.k.a. AL-HOURI, Ali Saed Bin Ali, a.k.a. EL-HOURI, Ali Saed Bin Ali), born

10.7.1965 or 11.7.1965 in El Dibabiya (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia

16. FAHAS, Sofiane Yacine, born 10.9.1971 in Algiers (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

17. IZZ-AL-DIN, Hasan (a.k.a. GARBAYA, Ahmed, a.k.a. SA-ID, a.k.a. SALWWAN, Samir), Lebanon, born 1963 in

Lebanon, citizen of Lebanon

18. LASSASSI, Saber (a.k.a. Mimiche), born 30.11.1970 in Constantine (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

19. MOHAMMED, Khalid Shaikh (a.k.a. ALI, Salem, a.k.a. BIN KHALID, Fahd Bin Adballah, a.k.a. HENIN, Ashraf
Refaat Nabith, a.k.a. WADOOD, Khalid Adbul), born 14.4.1965 or 1.3.1964 in Pakistan, passport No 488555

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20. MOKTARI, Fateh (a.k.a. Ferdi Omar), born 26.12.1974 in Hussein Dey (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-

Hijra’

21. NOUARA, Farid, born 25.11.1973 in Algiers (Algeria), — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

22. RESSOUS, Hoari (a.k.a. Hallasa Farid), born 11.9.1968 in Algiers (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

23. SEDKAOUI, Noureddine (a.k.a. Nounou), born 23.6.1963 in Algiers (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-

Hijra’

24. SELMANI, Abdelghani (a.k.a. Gano), born 14.6.1974 in Algiers (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

25. SENOUCI, Sofiane, born 15.4.1971 in Hussein Dey (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and ‘al-Hijra’

26. SISON, Jose Maria (a.k.a Armando Liwanag, a.k.a Joma), born 8.2.1939 in Cabugao (Philippines) — person

playing a leading role in the ‘Communist Party of the Philippines’, including ‘NPA’

27. TINGUALI, Mohammed (a.k.a. Mouh di Kouba), born 21.4.1964 in Blida (Algeria) — member of ‘al-Takfir’ and

‘al-Hijra’

28. WALTERS, Jason Theodore James (a.k.a. Abdullah, a.k.a. David), born 6.3.1985 in Amersfoort (The Netherlands),

passport (The Netherlands) No. NE8146378 — member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’

2. GROUPS AND ENTITIES

1.

‘Abu Nidal Organisation’ — ‘ANO’ (a.k.a. ‘Fatah Revolutionary Council’, a.k.a. ‘Arab Revolutionary Brigades’, a.k.a.
‘Black September’, a.k.a. ‘Revolutionary Organisation of Socialist Muslims’)

2.

‘Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade’

3.

‘Al-Aqsa e.V.’

4.

‘Al-Takfir’ and ‘Al-Hijra’

5.

‘Aum Shinrikyo’ (a.k.a. ‘AUM’, a.k.a. ‘Aum Supreme Truth’, a.k.a. ‘Aleph’)

6.

‘Babbar Khalsa’

7.

‘Communist Party of the Philippines’, including ‘New People's Army’ — ‘NPA’, Philippines, linked to SISON, Jose
Maria (a.k.a Armando Liwanag, a.k.a Joma, who plays a leading role in the ‘Communist Party of the Philippines’,
including ‘NPA’)

8.

‘Gama'a al-Islamiyya’ (a.k.a. ‘Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya’) (‘Islamic Group’ — ‘IG’)

9.

‘İslami Büyük Doğu Akıncılar Cephesi’ — ‘IBDA-C’ (‘Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front’)

10.

‘Hamas’, including ‘Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem’

11.

‘Hizbul Mujahideen’ — ‘HM’

12.

‘Hofstadgroep’

13.

‘Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development’

14.

‘International Sikh Youth Federation’ — ‘ISYF’

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‘Kahane Chai’ (a.k.a. ‘Kach’)

16.

‘Khalistan Zindabad Force’ — ‘KZF’

17.

‘Kurdistan Workers' Party’ — ‘PKK’, (a.k.a. ‘KADEK’, a.k.a. ‘KONGRA-GEL’)

18.

‘Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’ — ‘LTTE’

19.

‘Mujahedin-e Khalq Organisation’ — ‘MEK’ or ‘MKO’, excluding the ‘National Council of Resistance of Iran’ —
‘NCRI’ (a.k.a. ‘The National Liberation Army of Iran’ — ‘NLA’ (the militant wing of the ‘MEK’), a.k.a. the ‘People's
Mujahidin of Iran’ — ‘PMOI’, a.k.a. ‘Muslim Iranian Student's Society’)

20.

‘Ejército de Liberación Nacional’ (‘National Liberation Army’)

21.

‘Palestine Liberation Front’ — ‘PLF’

22.

‘Palestinian Islamic Jihad’ — ‘PIJ’

23.

‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’ — ‘PFLP’

24.

‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command’ (a.k.a. ‘PFLP — General Command’)

25.

‘Fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de Colombia’ — ‘FARC’ (‘Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’)

26.

‘Devrimci Halk Kurtuluș Partisi-Cephesi’ — ‘DHKP/C’ (a.k.a.
(‘Revolutionary People's Liberation Army/Front/Party’)

‘Devrimci Sol’ (‘Revolutionary Left’), a.k.a. ‘Dev Sol’)

27.

‘Sendero Luminoso’ — ‘SL’ (‘Shining Path’)

28.

‘Stichting Al Aqsa’ (a.k.a. ‘Stichting Al Aqsa Nederland’, a.k.a. ‘Al Aqsa Nederland’)

29.

‘Teyrbazen Azadiya Kurdistan’ — ‘TAK’ (a.k.a.

‘Kurdistan Freedom Falcons’, a.k.a.

‘Kurdistan Freedom Hawks’)

30.

‘Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia’ — ‘AUC’ (‘United Self-Defense Forces/Group of Colombia’)