Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1731 of 16 October 2019 amending for the 306th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
Date: 2019-10-16
Institutions: European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, terrorism








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17.10.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 264/3








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1731
of 16 October 2019
         
amending for the 306th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations


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 ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (1), and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and Article 7a(5) 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 11 October 2019, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend one entry in the 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 amended accordingly,





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 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, 16 October 2019.


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 Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:
The identifying data for the following entry under the heading 'Natural persons' are amended as follows:

         ‘ANJEM CHOUDARY (alias Abu Luqman). Date of birth: 18.1.1967. Place of birth: Welling, London, United Kingdom. Address: Frankland Prison, United Kingdom. Nationality: British. Passport no: 516384722 (UK Passport issued by Passport Office Glasgow on 6.5.2013, expires on 6.6.2023). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 15.10.2018.’ is replaced by the following:

         ‘ANJEM CHOUDARY (alias Abu Luqman). Date of birth: 18.1.1967. Place of birth: Welling, London, United Kingdom. Address: London, United Kingdom. Nationality: British. Passport no: 516384722 (UK Passport issued by Passport Office Glasgow on 6.5.2013, expires on 6.6.2023). Other information: Pledged allegiance to Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq in July 2014. Imprisoned in the United Kingdom in September 2014 and subsequently released on licence in October 2018 which expires in July 2021. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 15.10.2018.’