Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1301 of 3 May 2024 amending for the 342nd 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 25 April 2024, 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 one entry 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, 3 May 2024.

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 entry under the heading ‘Natural persons’ in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

‘Sanaullah Ghafari (original script: ثناء اللہ غفاری) (good quality alias: (a) Dr. Shahab al Muhajir; (b) Shahab Muhajer; (c) Shahab Mohajir; (d) Shahab Mahajar; (e) Shihab al Muhajir; (f) Shihab Muhajer; (g) Shihab Mohajir; (h) Shihab Mahajar). Date of birth: 28.10.1994. Place of birth: Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghanistan. Address: (a) Afghanistan (2021); (b) Kunduz, Afghanistan (previous). Other information: Leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISIL-K). Information Technology Expert. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 21.12.2021.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Sanaullah Ghafari (original script: ثناء اللہ غفاری) (good quality alias: (a) Dr. Shahab al Muhajir; (b) Shahab Muhajer; (c) Shahab Mohajir; (d) Shahab Mahajar; (e) Shihab al Muhajir; (f) Shihab Muhajer; (g) Shihab Mohajir; (h) Shihab Mahajar). Date of birth: (a) 28.10.1994; (b) 24.5.1990. Place of birth: Mir Bacha Kot District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghanistan. Passport no: 01503093 (Afhgan passport, issued on 25.8.2016 in Kabul, Afghanistan and expired on 25.8.2021). Address: (a) Afghanistan (2021); (b) Kunduz, Afghanistan (previous). Other information: (a) Leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISIL-K); (b) Information Technology Expert; (c) Father’s name: Abdul Jabbar; (d) Grandfather’s name: Abdul Ghaffar. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2), point (i): 21.12.2021.’

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1301/oj

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