13.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 241/12

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1277/2004

of 12 July 2004

amending for the 37th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freezing of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1), and in particular the first indent of Article 7(1) 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 July 2004, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3)

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 12 July 2004.

For the Commission

Christopher PATTEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/2004 (OJ L 235, 6.7.2004, p. 24).

ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

1.

The following entries shall be added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’.

(a)

Al-Haramain (Afghanistan branch). Address: Afghanistan.

(b)

Al-Haramain (Albanian branch). Address: Irfan Tomini Street 58, Tirana, Albania.

(c)

Al-Haramain (Bangladesh branch). Address: House 1, Road 1, S-6, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

(d)

Al-Haramain (Ethiopia branch). Address: Woreda District 24 Kebele Section 13, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

(e)

Al-Haramain (Netherlands branch) (alias Stichting Al Haramain Humanitarian Aid). Address: Jan Hanzenstraat 114, 1053 SV Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2.

The following entry shall be added under the heading ‘Natural persons’.

(a)

Aqeel Abulaziz Al-Aqil. Date of birth: 29 April 1949.

(b)

Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki (alias Hassan Turki). Date of birth: circa 1944. Place of birth: Region V (Ogaden), Ethiopia. Other information: member of the Reer-Abdille subclan of the Ogaden clan.