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-Qaeda 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 6 September 2016, 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 updated accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 12 September 2016.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Acting Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, the entry ‘Tarkhan Ismailovich Gaziev (alias (a) Ramzan Oduev, (b) Tarkhan Isaevich Gaziev, (c) Husan Isaevich Gaziev, (d) Umar Sulimov, (e) Wainakh, (f) Sever, (g) Abu Bilalal, (h) Abu Yasir, (i) Abu Asim, (j) Husan), Date of birth: 11.11.1965, Place of birth: Bugaroy Village, Itum-Kalinskiy District, Republic of Chechnya, Russian Federation, Address: a) Syrian Arab Republic (located in as at August 2015), b) Iraq (possible alternative location as at August 2015, Nationality: (Not registered as a citizen of the Russian Federation), Other information: Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 2.10.2015.’, under the heading ‘Natural persons’ is replaced by the following:
‘Tarkhan Ismailovich Gaziev (original script: Тархан Исмаилович Газиев), (alias (a) Ramzan Oduev (original script: Рамзан Одуев), (b) Tarkhan Isaevich Gaziev (original script: Тархан Исаевич Газиев), (c) Husan Isaevich Gaziev (original script: Хусан Исаевич Газиев), (d) Umar Sulimov (original script: Умар Сулимов), (e) Wainakh (original script: Вайнах), (f) Sever (original script: Север), (g) Abu Bilal (original script: Абу-Билал), (h) Abu Yasir (original script: Абу Ясир), (i) Abu Asim (original script: Абу Ясим), (j) Husan (original script: Хусан), (k) Ab-Bilal, (l) Abu-Naser), Date of birth: 11.11.1965, Place of birth: Itum-Kale, Itum-Kalinskiy District, Republic of Chechnya, Russian Federation, Address: a) Syrian Arab Republic (located in as at August 2015), b) Iraq (possible alternative location as at August 2015), Nationality: Russian Federation, Other information: Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 2.10.2015.’