Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1488 of 18 August 2017 amending for the 274th 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 9 August 2017, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend one entry in its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. 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, 18 August 2017.

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, under the heading ‘Natural persons’, the identifying data for the entry:

‘Rustam Magomedovich Aselderov (original script: Рустам Магомедович Асельдеров) (alias (a) Abu Muhammad (original script: Абу Мухаммад), (b) Abu Muhammad Al-Kadari (original script: Абу Мухаммад Аль-Кадари), (c) Muhamadmuhtar (original script: Мухамадмухтар). Date of birth: 9.3.1981. Place of birth: Iki-Burul Village, Iki-Burulskiy District, Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation. Nationality: Russian Federation. Passport no.: Russian passport number 8208 No. 555627, issued by Leninskiy Office, Directorate of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 12.12.2016.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Rustam Magomedovich Aselderov (original script: Рустам Магомедович Асельдеров) (alias (a) Abu Muhammad (original script: Абу Мухаммад), (b) Abu Muhammad Al-Kadari (original script: Абу Мухаммад Аль-Кадари), (c) Muhamadmuhtar (original script: Мухамадмухтар). Date of birth: 9.3.1981. Place of birth: Iki-Burul Village, Iki-Burulskiy District, Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation. Nationality: Russian Federation. Passport no.: Russian passport number 8208 No. 555627, issued by Leninskiy Office, Directorate of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan. Other information: Killed on 3 December 2016 in Makhachkala, the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 12.12.2016 ’