Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/5 of 4 January 2022 amending for the 325th 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: 2022-01-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, terrorism








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5.1.2022   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/5
of 4 January 2022
         
amending for the 325th 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 29 December 2021, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to add two entries 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, 4 January 2022.


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






(1)


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

                        ‘Ashraf Al-Qizani (original script: أشرف القيزاني) (good quality alias: (a) Ashraf al-Gizani; (b) Abu ‘Ubaydah al-Kafi; (c) Achref Ben Fethi Ben Mabrouk Guizani; (d) Achraf Ben Fathi Ben Mabrouk Guizani). Date of birth: 5.10.1991. Place of birth: El Gouazine, Dahmani, Governorate of Le Kef, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisia. National identification no: 13601334, Tunisia. Other information: Senior member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq. Recruited for ISIL and instructed individuals to perpetrate terrorist acts via online video. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 29.12.2021.’
                     










(2)


In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 the following entry is added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’:

                        ‘Jund Al-Khilafah in Tunisia (JAK-T) (original script: جند الخلافة في تونس) (alias: (a) ISIL-Tunisia; (b) ISIL-Tunisia Province; (c) Soldiers of the Caliphate; (d) Jund al-Khilafa; (e) Jund al Khilafah; (f) Jund al-Khilafah fi Tunis; (g) Soldiers of the Caliphate in Tunisia; (h) Tala I Jund al-Khilafah; (i) Vanguards of the Soldiers of the Caliphate; (j) Daesh Tunisia; (k) Ajnad). Other information: Formed in November 2014. Associated with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 29.12.2021.’