Council Regulation (EC) No 501/2009 of 15 June 2009 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 2009/62/EC
Date: 2009-06-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, restriction of liberty, terrorism








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16.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 151/14








            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 501/2009
of 15 June 2009
         
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 2009/62/EC


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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,

Whereas:







(1)


On 26 January 2009 the Council adopted Decision 2009/62/EC implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 (2), establishing an updated list of persons, groups and entities to which that Regulation applies.












(2)


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 2009/62/EC. In the case of one person an amended statement of reasons was provided in March 2009.












(3)


By way of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3) the Council informed the persons, groups and entities listed in Decision 2009/62/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.












(4)


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 observations submitted to the Council by those concerned.












(5)


The Council has determined that there are no longer grounds for keeping certain persons on the list of persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies, and the list should be adapted accordingly.












(6)


The Council has concluded that the other persons, groups and entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation 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 application of specific measures to combat terrorism (4), 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 they should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001.












(7)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



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 Regulation.


Article 2
Decision 2009/62/EC is hereby repealed.


Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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 Luxembourg, 15 June 2009.


For the Council


The President

J. KOHOUT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70.

(2)  
            OJ L 23, 27.1.2009, p. 25.

(3)  
            OJ C 136, 16.6.2009, p. 35.

(4)  
            OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93.




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, Kamel (a.k.a. Lamine Kamel), born 18.8.1969 in Costantine (Algeria) – member of ‘al Takfir’ and ‘al Hijra’










7.


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










8.


ASLI, Rabah, born 13.5.1975 in Ain Taya (Algeria) – member of ‘al Takfir’ and ‘al Hijra’










9.


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










10.


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’










11.


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










12.


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










13.


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’










14.


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










15.


AHAS, Sofiane Yacine, born 10.9.1971 in Algiers (Algeria) – member of ‘al Takfir’ and ‘al Hijra’










16.


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










17.


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










18.


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










19.


NOUARA, Farid, born 25.11.1973 in Algiers (Algeria) – member of ‘al Takfir’ and ‘al Hijra’










20.


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










21.


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










22.


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










23.


SENOUCI, Sofiane, born 15.4.1971 in Hussein Dey (Algeria) – member of ‘al Takfir’ and ‘al Hijra’










24.


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’










25.


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










26.


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 Martyrs' 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’










15.


‘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.


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










20.


‘Palestine Liberation Front’ – ‘PLF’










21.


‘Palestinian Islamic Jihad’ – ‘PIJ’










22.


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










23.


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










24.


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










25.


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










26.


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










27.


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










28


‘Teyrbazen Azadiya Kurdistan’ – ‘TAK’ (a.k.a. ‘Kurdistan Freedom Falcons’, a.k.a. ‘Kurdistan Freedom Hawks’)










29.


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