12.8.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 189/33

1.

Common Position 2002/402/CFSP (1) calls upon the Community to freeze the funds and economic resources of Usama bin Laden, members of the Al-Qaida organisation and the Taliban and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them, as referred to in the list drawn up pursuant to UNSCR 1267(1999) and 1333(2000) to be updated regularly by the UN Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1267(1999).

The list drawn up by this UN Committee comprises:

Acts or activities indicating that an individual, group, undertaking, or entity is ‘associated with’ Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban include:

2.

The UN Committee decided on 7 February 2006 to add Mr Abd Al-Rahman Al-Faqih to the relevant list.

The natural person concerned may submit at any time a request to the UN Committee, together with any supporting documentation, for the decision to include him in the UN list referred to above, to be reconsidered. Such request should be sent to the following address:

See for more information at: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/delisting.shtml

3.

Further to this decision the Commission (2) has included Mr Abd Al-Rahman Al-Faqih in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban (3).

The following measures of Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 apply to the natural and legal persons, groups and entities concerned:

4.

Following the judgment of the Court of Justice of 3 September 2008 in Joined Cases C-402/05 P and C-415/05 P, Yassin Abdullah Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v. Council, the UN Committee has provided grounds for listing of Mr Abd Al-Rahman Al-Faqih.

He may make a request for the grounds for his listing to the Commission. This request should be sent to:

After having given him an opportunity to express his views on the grounds for listing, the Commission will review his inclusion in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 and a new decision concerning him will be made.

5.

Personal data provided by Mr Abd Al-Rahman Al-Faqih will be handled in accordance with the rules of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (5). Any request, e.g. for further information or in order to exercise the rights under Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 (e.g. access or rectification of personal data), should be sent to the Commission at the address mentioned under point 4 above.

6.

For good order, the attention of the natural persons listed in Annex I is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities of the relevant Member State(s), as listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds, other financial assets and economic resources for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 2a of that Regulation.