11.3.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 74/20

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/390

of 10 March 2020

amending for the 312th 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 4 March 2020, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to add three 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, 10 March 2020.

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

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

(1)

‘Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (alias: (a) Jemaah Anshorut Daulah; (b) Jamaah Ansharut Daulat. Other information: established in 2015 as an umbrella group of Indonesian extremist groups that pledged allegiance to then-ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Associated with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Date of designation referred to in Article 7e(e): 04.03.2020.’

(2)

‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Libya (original script: الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام – ليبيا) (alias: (a) Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant in Libya; (b) Wilayat Barqa; (c) Wilayat Fezzan; (d) Wilayat Tripolitania; (e) Wilayat Tarablus; (f) Wilayat Al-Tarablus. Other information: formed in November 2014 upon announcement by Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, listed as Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali Al-Badri Al-Samarrai (QDi.299). Associated with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Date of designation referred to in Article 7e(e): 04.03.2020.’

(3)

‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Yemen (original script: الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام – اليمن) (alias: (a) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant of Yemen; (b) Islamic State in Yemen; (c) ISIL in Yemen; (d) ISIS in Yemen; (e) Wilayat al-Yemen, Province of Yemen. Other information: formed in November 2014 upon acceptance of oaths of allegiance by Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, listed as Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali Al-Badri Al-Samarrai (QDi.299). Associated with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Date of designation referred to in Article 7e(e): 04.03.2020.’