Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1024/2011 of 14 October 2011 amending for the 159th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network
Date: 2011-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Afghanistan, economic sanctions, international sanctions, terrorism








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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1024/2011
of 14 October 2011
         
amending for the 159th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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 the Al-Qaida network, (1) and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and 7a(1) thereof,

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.












(2)


On 5 October 2011 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to add one natural person to its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.












(3)


Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be updated accordingly.












(4)


In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
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 Brussels, 14 October 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments






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




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






(a)




                        ‘Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali Al-Badri Al-Samarrai (alias (a) Dr. Ibrahim ‘Awwad Ibrahim’ Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai’, (b) Ibrahim ‘Awad Ibrahim al-Badri al-Samarrai, (c) Ibrahim ‘Awad Ibrahim al-Samarra’i, (d) Dr. Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim al-Samarra’i, (e) Abu Du’a, (f) Abu Duaa, (g) Dr. Ibrahim, (h) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Husayni al-Quraishi, (i) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Title: Dr. Address: Iraq. Date of birth: 1971. Place of birth: Samarra, Iraq. Nationality: Iraqi. Other information: (a) Leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq; (b) Currently based in Iraq; (c) Responsible for managing and directing AQI large scale operations; (d) Prominently known by nom de guerre (Abu Du’a, Abu Duaa’). Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 5.10.2011.’