Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/908 of 3 May 2023 amending for the 335th 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: 2023-05-03
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, freezing of assets, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, terrorism








L_2023116EN.01001001.xml










4.5.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 116/10








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/908
of 3 May 2023
         
amending for the 335th 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) and (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 26 April 2023, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and 2253(2015) added two entries to the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.












(3)


Further to a technical review of the Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, two entries should be amended in the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.












(4)


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












(5)


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, 3 May 2023.


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
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:






(1)


the following entries are added under the heading ‘Natural persons’:






(a)


‘Maulawi Rajab (good quality alias: Maulawi Rajab Salahudin). Date of birth: 1976. Place of birth: Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Address: Paghman District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. Other information: Senior leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL-K). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 26.04.2023.’;










(b)


‘Sultan Aziz Azam. Date of birth: 1985. Place of birth: Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Address: Afghanistan. Other information: Spokesperson of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL-K). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 26.04.2023.’;














(2)


the identifying data for the following entry under the heading ‘Natural persons’ is amended as follows:

                        ‘Emraan Ali (low quality alias: Abu Jihad TNT). Date of birth: (a) 4.7.1967. Place of birth: (a) Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago. Nationality: (a) Trinidad and Tobago; (b) United States of America. Passport No (a) TB162181 (Trinidad and Tobago passport issued on 27.1.2015 and expired on 26.1.2020); (b) 420985453 (United States of America passport expired on 6.2.2017). National identification No 19670704052 (Trinidad and Tobago identification number). Address: (a) United States of America (in detention, Federal Detention Center - Miami, Register Number: 10423-509); (b) #12 Rio Claro Mayaro Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location 2008-March 2015); (c) #7 Guayaguayare Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location circa 2003); (d) United States of America (previous location January 1991-2008). Other information: (a) Senior member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Recruited for ISIL and instructed individuals to perpetrate terrorist acts via online video. (b) Physical description: height: 176 cm; weight: 73 kg; build: medium; eye colour: brown; hair colour: black/bald; complexion: brown; (c) Speaks English. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 23.11.2021.’
                     
is replaced by the following:

                        ‘Emraan Ali (low quality alias: Abu Jihad TNT). Date of birth: 4.7.1967. Place of birth: Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago. Nationality: (a) Trinidad and Tobago; (b) United States of America. Passport No: (a) TB162181 (Trinidad and Tobago passport issued on 27.1.2015 and expired on 26.1.2020); (b) 420985453 (United States of America passport expired on 6.2.2017). National identification No: 19670704052 (Trinidad and Tobago identification number). Address: (a) United States of America (in detention, Federal Detention Center - Miami, Register Number: 10423-509); (b) #12 Rio Claro Mayaro Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location 2008-March 2015); (c) #7 Guayaguayare Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location circa 2003); (d) United States of America (previous location January 1991-2008). Other information: (a) Senior member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Recruited for ISIL and instructed individuals to perpetrate terrorist acts; (b) Physical description: height: 176 cm; weight: 73 kg; build: medium; eye colour: brown; hair colour: black/bald; complexion: brown; (c) Speaks English. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 23.11.2021.’;










(3)


the identifying data for the following entry under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’ in Annex I to Regulation (EC) 881/2002 is amended as follows:

                        ‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan (ISIL- K) (alias (a) ISIL Khorasan (b) Islamic State's Khorasan Province (c) ISIS Wilayat Khorasan (d) ISIL's South Asia Branch e) South Asian Chapter of ISIL). Other information: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL - K) was formed on January 10, 2015 by a former Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander and was established by former Taliban faction commanders who swore an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq). ISIL – K has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 7e(e): 14.5.2019.’
                     
is replaced by the following:

                        ‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan (ISIL-K) (alias: (a) ISIL Khorasan, (b) Islamic State's Khorasan Province, (c) ISIS Wilayat Khorasan, (d) ISIL's South Asia Branch, (e) South Asian Chapter of ISIL, (f) The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Khorasan Province, (g) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Khorasan, (h) Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in Khorasan Province, (i) Islamic State Khurasan, (j) ISIS-K, (k) ISISK, (l) IS-Khorasan). Other information: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL-K) was formed on January 10, 2015 by a former Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander and was established by former Taliban faction commanders who swore an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq). ISIL-K has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 7e(e): 14.5.2019.’