Commission Regulation (EC) No 859/2007 of 20 July 2007 amending for the 82nd 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

• Published date: 21 July 2007
• Subject Matter: Common foreign and security policy
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 190, 21 July 2007

21.7.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 190/7

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 859/2007

of 20 July 2007

amending for the 82nd 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 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 freeze 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 9 July 2007, 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in 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, 20 July 2007.

For the Commission

Eneko LANDÁBURU

Director-General for External Relations

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(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 844/2007 (OJ L 186, 18.7.2007, p. 24).

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ANNEX

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

(1) The entry ‘Agha, Abdul Rahman (Chief Justice of Military Court).’ under the heading ‘Natural persons’ shall be replaced by: ‘Abdul Rahman Agha Title: Maulavi. Function: Chief Justice of Military Court of the Taliban

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