13.11.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 296/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1027/2010

of 11 November 2010

amending for the 139th time 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

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 Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan, (1) and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and 7a(1) (2) 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 4 November 2010 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to add two natural persons to its 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 updated accordingly.

(4)

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in 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 November 2010.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Karel KOVANDA

Acting Director-General for External Relations

(1)   OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.

(2)  Article 7a was inserted by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2009 (OJ L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 42).

ANNEX

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

The following entries shall be added under the heading ‘Natural persons’:

(a)

Agha Jan Alizai (alias (a) Haji Agha Jan Alizai (b) Hajji Agha Jan (c) Agha Jan Alazai (d) Haji Loi Lala (e) Loi Agha). Title: Haji. Date of birth: (a) 15.10.1963, (b) 14.2.1973, (c) 1967, (d) Approximately 1957. Place of birth: (a) Hitemchai Village, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (b) Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 4.11.2010.

(b)

Saleh Mohammad Kakar (alias Saleh Mohammad). Date of birth: Approximately 1962. Place of birth: Nulgham Village, Panjwai District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Has owned a car dealership in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 4.11.2010.