Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2311 of 22 December 2021 amending for the 324th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
Date: 2021-12-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, terrorism








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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/2311
of 22 December 2021
         
amending for the 324th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed 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(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 21 December 2021, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to add an entry to 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.












(4)


In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective it 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, 22 December 2021
            


For the Commission


On behalf of the President


Director-General


Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union






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




ANNEX
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 the following entry is added under the heading ‘Natural persons’:


            ‘Sanaullah Ghafari (original script: ثناء اللہ غفاری) (good quality alias: (a) Dr. Shahab al Muhajir; (b) Shahab Muhajer; (c) Shahab Mohajir; (d) Shahab Mahajar; (e) Shihab al Muhajir; (f) Shihab Muhajer; (g) Shihab Mohajir; (h) Shihab Mahajar). Date of birth: 28.10.1994. Place of birth: Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghanistan. Address: (a) Afghanistan (2021); (b) Kunduz, Afghanistan (previous). Other information: Leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISIL-K). Information Technology Expert. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 21.12.2021.’