Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1147 of 12 June 2023 implementing Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, in view of the situation in Somalia

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 of 26 April 2010 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, in view of the situation in Somalia ¹, and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

• (1) On 26 April 2010, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 356/2010.

• (2) On 26 May 2023, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 751 (1992) added one person to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.

• (3) Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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 Luxembourg, 12 June 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. PEHRSON

ANNEX

The following person is added to the list of persons and entities set out in section ‘I. Persons’ in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 356/2010:

I. Persons

• ‘22. Abdullahi Osman Mohamed Caddow (alias: a) Cabdullahi Cusman Maxamed Caddow b) Dhagacade c) Faracade d) Injineer Ismaaciil e) Eng. Ismail).

Date of Birth: 1983

Nationality: Somalia

Address: Somalia

Date of UN designation: 26 May 2023

Gender: male

Other information:

INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

Abdullahi Osman Mohamed Caddow, also known as “Eng. Ismail” is an al-Shabaab senior explosive expert responsible for the overall management of the group’s explosives operations and manufacturing. In doing so, he has engaged in acts which threaten the peace, security, and stability of Somalia. He has joined the media wing of Al-Shabaab, Al-Kataib in 2008 in Mogadishu and later in 2014 became a member of the explosives manufacturing unit in the group operating in many explosive preparation centers in the towns of Jilib, Bu’aale, Saakoow, Salagle, kuunyo-Barrow, and Arabow. He commands a team of 68 Al-Shabaab operatives and smuggles approximately six million USD of explosives manufacturing material yearly.’