Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/637
of 4 April 2017
amending for the 265th 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-Qaeda 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-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 30 March 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 1U.K.
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2U.K.
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, 4 April 2017.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Acting Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
ANNEXU.K.
The identifying data for the entry ‘Mujahidin Indonesian Timur (MIT) (alias (a) Mujahidin of Eastern Indonesia, (b) East Indonesia Mujahideen, (c) Mujahidin Indonesia Timor, (d) Mujahidin Indonesia Barat (MIB), (e) Mujahidin of Western Indonesia) Address: Indonesia; Other information: Operates in Java and Sulawesi, Indonesia and also active in Indonesia's eastern provinces. Its leader is Abu Wardah, a.k.a. Santoso (not listed). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 29.9.2015.’, under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’ in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is replaced by the following:
‘Mujahidin Indonesian Timur (MIT) (alias (a) Mujahidin of Eastern Indonesia, (b) East Indonesia Mujahideen, (c) Mujahidin Indonesia Timor, (d) Mujahidin Indonesia Barat (MIB), (e) Mujahidin of Western Indonesia) Address: Indonesia; Other information: Operates in Java and Sulawesi, Indonesia and also active in Indonesia's eastern provinces. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 29.9.2015.’