COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/589

of 9 April 2021

amending for the 320th 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(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 6 April 2021, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend one entry in 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,

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 following that 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, 9 April 2021.

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

The identifying data for the following entry under the heading ‘Natural persons’ in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

‘Abu Bakar Ba’asyir (alias (a) Abu Bakar Baasyir, (b) Abu Bakar Bashir, (c) Abdus Samad, (d) Abdus Somad). Date of birth: 17.8.1938. Place of birth: Jombang, East Java, Indonesia. Address: Indonesia (in prison) Nationality: Indonesian.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Abu Bakar Ba’asyir (good quality alias: (a) Abu Bakar Baasyir; (b) Abu Bakar Bashir; (c) Abdus Samad; (d) Abdus Somad). Date of birth: 17.8.1938. Place of birth: Jombang, East Java, Indonesia. Nationality: Indonesian. Address: Indonesia. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 21.4.2006.’