Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/294
of 1 March 2016
amending for the 242nd 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,
Whereas:
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.
On 11 and 23 February 2016 the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decided to amend six entries of the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: