Council Decision

of 28 June 2007

implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decisions 2006/379/EC and 2006/1008/EC

(2007/445/EC) (repealed)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism(1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 29 May 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/379/EC implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism(2), and establishing an updated list of persons and entities to which that Regulation applies.

(2) On 21 December 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/1008/EC implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism(3) adding certain other persons, groups and entities to the list of persons and entities to which that Regulation applies.

(3) The Council has provided all the persons, groups and entities for which this was practically possible with statements of reasons explaining the reasons why they have been listed in Decisions 2006/379/EC and 2006/1008/EC.

(4) By way of a notice published on 25 April 2007(4), the Council informed the persons, groups and entities listed in Decisions 2006/379/EC and 2006/1008/EC that it intended to maintain them on the list. The Council also informed the persons, groups and entities concerned that it was possible to request the Council's statement of reasons for including them on the list (where this had not already been communicated to them).

(5) The Council has carried out a complete review of the list of persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies, as required by Article 2(3) of that Regulation. In this regard, it has taken account of observations and documents submitted to the Council by certain persons, groups and entities concerned.

(6) Following this review, the Council has concluded that the persons, groups and entities listed in the Annex to this Decision have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism(5), that a decision has been taken with respect to them by a competent authority within the meaning of Article 1(4) of that Common Position, and that they should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001.

(7) The list of the persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies should be updated accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The list provided for in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 shall be replaced by the list contained in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

Decisions 2006/379/EC and 2006/1008/EC are hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 28 June 2007.

For the Council

The President

S. Gabriel

ANNEX List of persons, groups and entities referred to in Article 1

1. PERSONS

1. ABOU, Rabah Naami (a.k.a. Naami Hamza; a.k.a. Mihoubi Faycal; a.k.a. Fellah Ahmed; a.k.a. Dafri Rèmi Lahdi), born 1.2.1966 in Algiers (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

2. ABOUD, Maisi (a.k.a. The Swiss Abderrahmane), born 17.10.1964 in Algiers (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

3. AKHNIKH, Ismail (a.k.a. SUHAIB; a.k.a. SOHAIB), born 22.10.1982 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), passport (The Netherlands) No. NB0322935 (Member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’)

4. AL-MUGHASSIL, Ahmad Ibrahim (a.k.a. ABU OMRAN; a.k.a. AL-MUGHASSIL, Ahmed Ibrahim), born 26.6.1967 in Qatif-Bab al Shamal, Saudi Arabia; citizen of Saudi Arabia

5. AL-NASSER, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed, born in Al Ihsa, Saudi Arabia; citizen of Saudi Arabia

6. AL YACOUB, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed, born 16.10.1966 in Tarut, Saudi Arabia; citizen of Saudi Arabia

7. AOURAGHE, Zine Labidine (a.k.a. Halifi Laarbi MOHAMED; a.k.a. Abed; a.k.a. Abid; a.k.a. Abu ISMAIL), born 18.7.1978 in Nador (Morocco), passport (Spain) No. ESPP278036 (Member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’)

8. ARIOUA, Azzedine, born 20.11.1960 in Costantine (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

9. ARIOUA, Kamel (a.k.a. Lamine Kamel), born 18.8.1969 in Costantine (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

10. ASLI, Mohamed (a.k.a. Dahmane Mohamed), born 13.5.1975 in Ain Taya (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

11. ASLI, Rabah, born 13.5.1975 in Ain Taya (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

12. ATWA, Ali (a.k.a.BOUSLIM, Ammar Mansour; a.k.a. SALIM, Hassan Rostom), Lebanon, born 1960 in Lebanon; citizen of Lebanon

13. BOUGHABA, Mohamed Fahmi (a.k.a. Mohammed Fahmi BOURABA; a.k.a. Mohammed Fahmi BURADA; a.k.a. Abu MOSAB), born 6.12.1981 in Al Hoceima (Morocco), (Member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’)

14. BOUYERI, Mohammed (a.k.a. Abu ZUBAIR; a.k.a. SOBIAR; a.k.a. Abu ZOUBAIR), born 8.3.1978 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), (Member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’)

15. DARIB, Noureddine (a.k.a. Carreto; a.k.a. Zitoun Mourad), born 1.2.1972 in Algeria (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

16. DJABALI, Abderrahmane (a.k.a. Touil), born 1.6.1970 in Algeria (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

17. EL FATMI, Nouredine (a.k.a. Nouriddin EL FATMI; a.k.a. Nouriddine EL FATMI, a.k.a. Noureddine EL FATMI, a.k.a. Abu AL KA'E KA'E; a.k.a. Abu QAE QAE; a.k.a. FOUAD; a.k.a. FZAD; a.k.a. Nabil EL FATMI; a.k.a. Ben MOHAMMED; a.k.a. Ben Mohand BEN LARBI; a.k.a. Ben Driss Muhand IBN LARBI; a.k.a. Abu TAHAR; a.k.a. EGGIE), born 15.8.1982 in Midar (Morocco), passport (Morocco) No. N829139 (Member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’)

18. EL-HOORIE, Ali Saed Bin Ali (a.k.a. AL-HOURI, Ali Saed Bin Ali; a.k.a EL-HOURI, Ali Saed Bin Ali), born 10.7.1965 alt. 11.7.1965 in El Dibabiya, Saudi Arabia; citizen of Saudi Arabia

19. EL MORABIT, Mohamed, born 24.1.1981 in Al Hoceima (Morocco), passport (Morocco) No. K789742 (Member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’)

20. ETTOUMI, Youssef (a.k.a. Youssef TOUMI), born 20.10.1977 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), ID-card (The Netherlands) No. LNB4576246 (Member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’)

21. FAHAS, Sofiane Yacine, born 10.9.1971 in Algiers (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

22. HAMDI, Ahmed (a.k.a. Abu IBRAHIM), born 5.9.1978 in Beni Said (Morocco), passport (Morocco) No. K728658 (Member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’)

23. IZZ-AL-DIN, Hasan (a.k.a. GARBAYA, Ahmed; a.k.a. SA-ID; a.k.a. SALWWAN, Samir), Lebanon, born 1963 in Lebanon, citizen of Lebanon

24. LASSASSI, Saber (a.k.a. Mimiche), born 30.11.1970 in Constantine (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

25. MOHAMMED, Khalid Shaikh (a.k.a. ALI, Salem; a.k.a. BIN KHALID, Fahd Bin Adballah; a.k.a. HENIN, Ashraf Refaat Nabith; a.k.a. WADOOD, Khalid Adbul), born 14.4.1965 alt. 1.3.1964 in Pakistan, passport No 488555

26. MOKTARI, Fateh (a.k.a. Ferdi Omar), born 26.12.1974 in Hussein Dey (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

27. MUGHNIYAH, Imad Fa'iz (a.k.a. MUGHNIYAH, Imad Fayiz), Senior Intelligence Officer of HIZBALLAH, born 7.12.1962 in Tayr Dibba, Lebanon, passport No 432298 (Lebanon)

28. NOUARA, Farid, born 25.11.1973 in Algiers (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

29. RESSOUS, Hoari (a.k.a. Hallasa Farid), born 11.9.1968 in Algiers (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

30. SEDKAOUI, Noureddine (a.k.a. Nounou), born 23.6.1963 in Algiers (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

31. SELMANI, Abdelghani (a.k.a. Gano), born 14.6.1974 in Algiers (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

32. SENOUCI, Sofiane, born 15.4.1971 in Hussein Dey (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

33. SISON, Jose Maria (a.k.a. Armando Liwanag, a.k.a. Joma, in charge of the Communist Party of the Philippines including NPA) born 8.2.1939 in Cabugao, Philippines

34. TINGUALI, Mohammed (a.k.a. Mouh di Kouba), born 21.4.1964 in Blida (Algeria) (Member of al-Takfir and al-Hijra)

35. WALTERS, Jason Theodore James (a.k.a. Abdullah; a.k.a. David), born 6.3.1985 in Amersfoort (The Netherlands), passport (The Netherlands) No. NE8146378 (Member of the ‘Hofstadgroep’)

2. GROUPS AND ENTITIES

1. Abu Nidal Organisation (ANO), (a.k.a. Fatah Revolutionary Council, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, and Revolutionary Organisation of Socialist Muslims)

2. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade

3. Al-Aqsa e.V.

4. Al-Takfir and Al-Hijra

5. Aum Shinrikyo (a.k.a. AUM, a.k.a. Aum Supreme Truth, a.k.a. Aleph)

6. Babbar Khalsa

7. Communist Party of the Philippines, including New Peoples Army (NPA), Philippines, linked to Sison Jose Maria C. (a.k.a. Armando Liwanag, a.k.a. Joma, in charge of the Communist Party of the Philippines, including NPA)

8. Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group), (a.k.a. Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, IG)

9. Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front (IBDA-C)

10. Hamas (including Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem)

11. Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)

12. Hofstadgroep

13. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development

14. International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)

15. Kahane Chai (Kach)

16. Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF)

17. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), (a.k.a. KADEK; a.k.a. KONGRA-GEL)

18. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

19. Mujahedin-e Khalq Organisation (MEK or MKO) [minus the ‘National Council of Resistance of Iran’ (NCRI)] (a.k.a. The National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA, the militant wing of the MEK), the People's Mujahidin of Iran (PMOI), Muslim Iranian Students' Society)

20. National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional)

21. Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)

22. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

23. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

24. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command (a.k.a PFLP — General Command)

25. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

26. Revolutionary People's Liberation Army/Front/Party (DHKP/C) (a.k.a. Devrimci Sol (Revolutionary Left), Dev Sol)

27. Shining Path (SL) (Sendero Luminoso)

28. Stichting Al Aqsa (a.k.a. Stichting Al Aqsa Nederland, a.k.a. Al Aqsa Nederland)

29. TAK — Teyrbazen Azadiya Kurdistan, a.k.a. Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, Kurdistan Freedom Hawks

30. United Self-Defense Forces/Group of Colombia (AUC) (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia).

(1)

OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2)

OJ L 144, 31.5.2006, p. 21.

(3)

OJ L 379, 28.12.2006, p. 123.

(4)

OJ C 90, 25.4.2007, p. 1.

(5)

OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93.