title: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/696 of 3 May 2019 amending for the 301st 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-Qaida organisations

text:
                  3.5.2019

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  LI 116/1

         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/696
         of 3 May 2019
         amending for the 301st 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-Qaida 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-Qaida organisations (1), and in particular Article 7(1)(a) and Article 7a(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 1 May 2019, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to add one entry to the 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.

                     (3)

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

               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 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, 3 May 2019.

                  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
            In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 the following entry is added under the heading ‘Natural persons’:

               ‘Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi (Low quality alias (a) Masud Azhar, (b) Wali Adam Isah, (c) Wali Adam Esah). Date of birth: a) 10.7.1968, b) 10.6.1968. Place of birth: Bahawalpur, Punjab Province, Pakistan. Nationality: Pakistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 1.5.2019.’