Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/294 of 1 March 2016 amending for the 242nd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network

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 Al-Qaida network 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 11 and 23 February 2016 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decided to amend six entries of the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. 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, 1 March 2016.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments

ANNEX

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, the identifying data for the following entries under the heading ‘Natural persons’ are replaced as follows:

• (a) The entry ‘Salah Eddine Gasmi (alias (a) Abou Mohamed Salah, (b) Bounouadher). Date of birth: 13.4.1974. Place of birth: Zeribet El Oued, Wilaya (province) of Biskra, Algeria. Nationality: Algerian. Address: Algeria. Other information: (a) Mother's name is Yamina Soltane; (b) Father's name is Abdelaziz. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 3.7.2008.’ is replaced by the following:

‘Salah Eddine Gasmi (alias (a) Abou Mohamed Salah, (b) Bounouadher). Date of birth: 13.4.1971. Place of birth: Zeribet El Oued, Wilaya (province) of Biskra, Algeria. Nationality: Algerian. Address: Algeria. Other information: (a) Mother's name is Yamina Soltane; (b) Father's name is Abdelaziz. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 3.7.2008.’

• (b) The entry ‘Mohamed Ben Belgacem Ben Abdallah Al-Aouadi (alias (a) Mohamed Ben Belkacem Aouadi, (b) Fathi Hannachi.) Date of birth: 11.12.1974. Place of birth: Tunis, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: (a) L 191609 (Tunisian passport number issued on 28.2.1996, expired on 27.2.2001), (b) 04643632 (National identification issued on 18 June 1999), (c) DAOMMD74T11Z352Z (Italian Fiscal Code). Address: 50th Street, Number 23, Zehrouni, Tunis, Tunisia. Other information: (a) Head of security wing of Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia (AAS-T), (b) Mother's name is Ourida Bint Mohamed. (c) Deported from Italy to Tunisia on 1 December 2004. (d) Arrested in Tunisia in August 2013. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 24.4.2002.’ is replaced by the following:

‘Mohamed Ben Belgacem Ben Abdallah Al-Aouadi (alias (a) Mohamed Ben Belkacem Aouadi, (b) Fathi Hannachi.) Date of birth: 11.12.1974. Place of birth: Tunis, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: (a) L 191609 (Tunisian passport number issued on 28.2.1996, expired on 27.2.2001), (b) 04643632 (Tunisian passport number issued on 18 June 1999), (c) DAOMMD74T11Z352Z (Italian Fiscal Code). Address: 50th Street, Number 23, Zehrouni, Tunis, Tunisia. Other information: (a) Head of security wing of Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia (AAS-T), (b) Mother's name is Ourida Bint Mohamed. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 24.4.2002.’

• (c) The entry ‘Al-Azhar Ben Khalifa Ben Ahmed Rouine (alias (a) Salmane, (b) Lazhar). Address: Tunisia. Date of birth: 20.11.1975. Place of birth: Sfax, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: P182583 (Tunisian passport issued on 13.9.2003, expired on 12.9.2007). Other information: (a) Considered a fugitive from justice by the Italian authorities as at July 2008; (b) Under administrative control measure in Tunisia as at 2010. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 12.11.2003.’ is replaced by the following:

‘Al-Azhar Ben Khalifa Ben Ahmed Rouine (alias (a) Salmane, (b) Lazhar). Address: No 2 89th Street Zehrouni, Tunis, Tunisia. Date of birth: 20.11.1975. Place of birth: Sfax, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: (a) P182583 (Tunisian passport issued on 13.9.2003, expired on 12.9.2007), (b) 05258253 (National identification). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 12.11.2003.’

• (d) The entry ‘Mourad Ben Ali Ben Al-Basheer Al-Trabelsi (alias (a) Aboue Chiba Brahim, (b) Arouri Taoufik, (c) Ben Salah Adnan, (d) Sassi Adel, (e) Salam Kamel, (f) Salah Adnan, (g) Arouri Faisel, (h) Bentaib Amour, (i) Adnan Salah, (j) Hasnaoui Mellit, (k) Arouri Taoufik ben Taieb, (l) Abouechiba Brahim, (m) Farid Arouri, (n) Ben Magid, (o) Maci Ssassi, (p) Salah ben Anan, (q) Hasnaui Mellit, (r) Abou Djarrah). Address: Libya Street Number 9, Manzil Tmim, Nabeul, Tunisia. Date of birth: (a) 20.5.1969, (b) 2.9.1966, (c) 2.9.1964, (d) 2.4.1966, (e) 2.2.1963, (f) 4.2.1965, (g) 2.3.1965, (h) 9.2.1965, (i) 1.4.1966, (j) 1972, (k) 9.2.1964, (l) 2.6.1964, (m) 2.6.1966, (n) 2.6.1972. Place of birth: (a) Manzil Tmim, Tunisia; (b) Libya; (c) Tunisia; (d) Algeria; (e) Morocco; (f) Lebanon. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: G827238 (Tunisian passport issued on 1.6.1996 which expired on 31.5.2001). Other information: (a) Extradited from Italy to Tunisia on 13.12.2008; (b) Inadmissible to the Schengen area; (c) Mother's name is Mabrukah al-Yazidi. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 12.11.2003.’ is replaced by the following:

‘Mourad Ben Ali Ben Al-Basheer Al-Trabelsi (alias (a) Aboue Chiba Brahim, (b) Arouri Taoufik, (c) Ben Salah Adnan, (d) Sassi Adel, (e) Salam Kamel, (f) Salah Adnan, (g) Arouri Faisel, (h) Bentaib Amour, (i) Adnan Salah, (j) Hasnaoui Mellit, (k) Arouri Taoufik ben Taieb, (l) Abouechiba Brahim, (m) Farid Arouri, (n) Ben Magid, (o) Maci Ssassi, (p) Salah ben Anan, (q) Hasnaui Mellit. Address: Libya Street Number 9, Manzil Tmim, Nabeul, Tunisia. Date of birth: (a) 20.5.1969, (b) 2.9.1966, (c) 2.9.1964, (d) 2.4.1966, (e) 2.2.1963, (f) 4.2.1965, (g) 2.3.1965, (h) 9.2.1965, (i) 1.4.1966, (j) 1972, (k) 9.2.1964, (l) 2.6.1964, (m) 2.6.1966, (n) 2.6.1972. Place of birth: (a) Manzil Tmim, Tunisia; (b) Libya; (c) Tunisia; (d) Algeria; (e) Morocco; (f) Lebanon. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: (a) G827238 (Tunisian passport issued on 1.6.1996 which expired on 31.5.2001), (b) 05093588 (National identification). Other information: Mother's name is Mabrukah al-Yazidi. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 12.11.2003.’

• (e) The entry ‘Imad Ben Bechir Ben Hamda Al-Jammali. Address: Qistantiniyah Street, Manzal Tmim, Nabul, Tunisia (home address). Date of birth: 25.1.1968. Place of birth: Menzel Temime, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: K693812 (Tunisian passport issued on 23.4.1999, expired on 22.4.2004). Other information: (a) Italian fiscal code: JMM MDI 68A25 Z352D; (b) In detention in Tunis, Tunisia as at December 2009; (c) Mother's name is Jamilah. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 23.6.2004.’ is replaced by the following:

‘Imad Ben Bechir Ben Hamda Al-Jammali. Address: 4 Al-Habib Thamir Street, Manzal Tmim, Nabul, Tunisia (home address). Date of birth: 25.1.1968. Place of birth: Menzel Temime, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: (a) K693812 (Tunisian passport issued on 23.4.1999, expired on 22.4.2004), (b) 01846592 (National identification). Other information: (a) Italian fiscal code: JMM MDI 68A25 Z352D; (b) Mother's name is Jamilah. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 23.6.2004.’

• (f) The entry ‘Habib Ben Ahmed Al-Loubiri (alias Al-Habib ben Ahmad ben al-Tayib al-Lubiri). Address: Al-Damus, Manzal Tmim, Nabul, Tunisia (habitual residence). Date of birth: 17.11.1961. Place of birth: Menzel Temime, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: M788439 (Tunisian passport issued on 20.10.2001, expired on 19.10.2006). Other information: (a) Italian fiscal code: LBR HBB 61S17 Z352F; (b) In detention in Tunisia as at Dec. 2009; (c) Mother's name is Fatima bint al-Mukhtar. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 23.6.2004.’ is replaced by the following:

The entry ‘Habib Ben Ahmed Al-Loubiri (alias Al-Habib ben Ahmad ben al-Tayib al-Lubiri). Address: Salam Marnaq Ben Arous district, Sidi Mesoud, Tunisia. Date of birth: 17.11.1961. Place of birth: Menzel Tmim, Nabul,, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: (a) M788439 (Tunisian passport issued on 20.10.2001, expired on 19.10.2006), (b) 01817002 (National identification). Other information: (a) Italian fiscal code: LBR HBB 61S17 Z352F; (b) Mother's name is Fatima al-Galasi. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 23.6.2004.’