Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1580 of 31 July 2023 amending for the 338th 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 21 July 2023, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and 2253(2015) decided to amend two entries 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, 31 July 2023.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Director-General

Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

ANNEX

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

• (a) ‘Yazid Sufaat (alias (a) Joe, (b) Abu Zufar). Address: (a) Taman Bukit Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia (previous address) (b) Malaysia. Date of birth: 20.1.1964. Place of birth: Johor, Malaysia. Nationality: Malaysian. Passport No: A 10472263. National identification No: 640120-01-5529. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 9.9.2003.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Yazid Sufaat (low quality alias: (a) Joe, (b) Abu Zufar). Address: (a) Taman Bukit Ampang, State of Selangor, Malaysia (previous address) (b) Malaysia (in prison since 2013 to 2019). Date of birth: 20.1.1964. Place of birth: Johor, Malaysia. Nationality: Malaysian. Passport No: A 10472263. National identification No: 640120-01-5529. Other information: Founding member of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) who worked on Al-Qaida’s biological weapons program, provided support to those involved in Al-Qaida’s 11 Sep. 2001 attacks in the United States of America, and was involved in JI bombing operations. Detained in Malaysia from 2001 to 2008. Arrested in Malaysia in 2013 and sentenced to 7 years in Jan. 2016 for failing to report information relating to terrorist acts. Completed detention on 20 November 2019. Served a two-year restricted residence order in Selangor Malaysia until 21 November 2021. Photos included in INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 9.9.2003.’;

• (b) ‘Faysal Ahmad Bin Ali Al-Zahrani (alias (a) Faisal Ahmed Ali Alzahrani, (b) Abu Sarah al-Saudi (c) Abu Sara Zahrani). Date of birth: 19.1.1986. Nationality: Saudi Arabia. Address: Syrian Arab Republic. Passport number: (a) K142736 (Saudi Arabian passport number issued 14.7.2011 in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia), (b) G579315 (Saudi Arabian passport number). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 20.4.2016.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Faysal Ahmad Bin Ali Al-Zahrani (good quality alias: Faisal Ahmed Ali Alzahrani; low quality alias: a) Abu Sarah al-Saudi, b) Abu Sara Zahrani). Date of birth: 19.1.1986. Nationality: Saudi Arabia. Address: Syrian Arab Republic. Passport number: (a) K142736 (Saudi Arabian passport number issued 14.7.2011 in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia), (b) Saudi Arabia national identification number G579315. Other information: Reportedly deceased. Was the lead oil and gas division official of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq, for Al Barakah Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic, as of May 2015. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 20.4.2016.’.