COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/2108

of 29 November 2021

amending for the 323rd 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 23 November 2021, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to add an entry 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, 29 November 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

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 the following entry is added under the heading ‘Natural persons’:

‘Emraan Ali (low quality alias: Abu Jihad TNT). Date of birth: (a) 4.7.1967. Place of birth: (a) Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago. Nationality: (a) Trinidad and Tobago; (b) United States of America. Passport No (a) TB162181 (Trinidad and Tobago passport issued on 27.1.2015 and expired on 26.1.2020); (b) 420985453 (United States of America passport expired on 6.2.2017). National identification No 19670704052 (Trinidad and Tobago identification number). Address: (a) United States of America (in detention, Federal Detention Center - Miami, Register Number: 10423-509); (b) #12 Rio Claro Mayaro Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location 2008-March 2015); (c) #7 Guayaguayare Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad (previous location circa 2003); (d) United States of America (previous location January 1991-2008). Other information: (a) Senior member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Recruited for ISIL and instructed individuals to perpetrate terrorist acts via online video. (b) Physical description: height: 176 cm; weight: 73 kg; build: medium; eye colour: brown; hair colour: black/bald; complexion: brown; (c) Speaks English. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 23.11.2021.’