16.2.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 45/6

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 132/2013

of 15 February 2013

amending for the 187th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network

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 Al-Qaida network, (1) and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and 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 11 February 2013 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decided to remove one natural person from its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply after considering the de-listing request submitted by this person and the Comprehensive Report of the Ombudsperson established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 1904(2009).

(3)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be updated 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, 15 February 2013.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President,

Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments

(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.

ANNEX

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

The following entry under the heading ‘Natural persons’ is deleted:

‘Suliman Hamd Suleiman Al-Buthe (alias (a) Soliman H.S. Al Buthi, (b) Sulayman Hamad Sulayman Al Batha). Address: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Date of birth: 8.12.1961. Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt. Nationality: Saudi Arabian. Passport No: (a) B049614 (Saudi Arabia), (b) C 536660 (Saudi Arabia passport issued on 5.5.2001, expired on 11.5.2006). Other information: Director of the Environmental Health Department of the Municipality of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (as at February 2010). Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 23.6.2004.’