24.2.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 51/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 301/2005

of 23 February 2005

amending for the 44th 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 Mai 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 Article 7(1), first indent, 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 17 February 2005, 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 amended as set out in 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, 23 February 2005.

For the Commission

Benita FERRERO-WALDNER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 187/2005 (OJ L 31, 4.2.2005, p. 4).

ANNEX

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

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

‘Muhsin Al-Fadhli (alias (a) Muhsin Fadhil ‘Ayyid al Fadhli (b) Muhsin Fadil Ayid Ashur al Fadhli, (c) Abu Majid Samiyah, (d) Abu Samia). Address: Block Four, Street 13, House No 179 Kuwait City, Al-Riqqa area, Kuwait. Date of birth: 24.4.1981. Passport No: Kuwaiti passport No 106261543.’