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Document 32017R1251

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1251 of 11 July 2017 amending for the 271st 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

C/2017/5022

OJ L 179, 12.7.2017, p. 6–7 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/1251/oj

12.7.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 179/6


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1251

of 11 July 2017

amending for the 271st 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 6 July 2017, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to add one entity to the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3)

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, 11 July 2017.

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

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

‘Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) (alias: (a) Jamaat-e-Ahrar; (b) Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan Jamaat ul Ahrar; (c) Ahrar-ul-Hind. Address: (a) Lalpura, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (since Jun. 2015); (b) Mohmand Agency, Pakistan (as at Aug. 2014). Other information: operates from Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan and Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 6.7.2017.’


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