Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1505 of 20 July 2023 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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/420

21.7.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 184/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1505 of 20 July 2023 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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/420 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism(1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Whereas: (1) On 24 February 2023, the Council adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/420(2), establishing an updated list of persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies (the ‘list’). (2) The Council has provided, where practically possible, all the persons, groups and entities with statements of reasons explaining why they were entered into the list. (3) By way of a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Council informed the persons, groups and entities on the list that it had decided to keep them thereon. The Council also informed those persons, groups and entities that it was possible to request a statement of the Council’s reasons for entering them into the list where such a statement had not already been communicated to them. (4) The Council has reviewed the list as required by Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001. When carrying out that review, the Council took into account the observations submitted to it by those concerned as well as the updated information received from the competent national authorities on the status of listed individuals and entities at national level. (5) The Council has verified that competent authorities, as referred to in Article 1(4) of Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP(3), have taken decisions with regard to all persons, groups and entities on the list to the effect that they have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Common (1) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70. (2) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/420 of 24 February 2023 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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1230 (OJ L 61, 27.2.2023, p. 37). (3) Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93).L 184/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 21.7.2023 Position 2001/931/CFSP. The Council has also concluded that the persons, groups and entities to which Articles 72, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001. (6) The list should be updated accordingly, and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/420 should be repealed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The list provided for in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/420 is hereby repealed. Article 3 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 2023. For the Council The President J. BORRELL FONTELLES21.7.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 184/3 ANNEX LIST OF PERSONS, GROUPS AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 I. PERSONS 1. ABDOLLAHI Hamed (a.k.a. Mustafa Abdullahi), born 11.8.1960in Iran. Passport number: D9004878. 2. AL-NASSER Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed, born in Al Ihsa (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia. 3. AL-YACOUB Ibrahim Salih Mohammed, born 16.10.1966in Tarut (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia. 4. ARBABSIAR Manssor (a.k.a. Mansour Arbabsiar), born 6.3.1955 or 15.3.1955 in Iran. Iranian and US national, passport number: C2002515 (Iran); passport number: 477845448 (USA). National ID number: 07442833, expiry date 15.3.2016(USA driving licence). 5. ASSADI Assadollah (a.k.a. Assadollah Asadi), born 22.12.1971 in Tehran (Iran), Iranian national. Iranian diplomatic passport number: D9016657. 6. BOUYERI Mohammed (a.k.a. Abu Zubair, a.k.a. Sobiar, a.k.a. Abu Zoubair), born 8.3.1978 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). 7. HASSAN EL HAJJ Hassan, born 22.3.1988 in Zaghdraiya, Sidon, Lebanon, Canadian citizen. Passport number: JX446643 (Canada). 8. HASHEMI MOGHADAM Saeid, born 6.8.1962 in Tehran (Iran), Iranian national. Passport number: D9016290, valid until 4.2.2019. 9. AL-DIN Hasan Izz (a.k.a. Garbaya Ahmed, a.k.a. Sa’id, a.k.a. Salwwan Samir), Lebanon, born 1963 in Lebanon, citizen of Lebanon. 10. MELIAD Farah, born 5.11.1980in Sydney (Australia), Australian citizen. Passport number: M2719127 (Australia). 11. MOHAMMED Khalid Sheikh (a.k.a. Ali Salem, a.k.a. Bin Khalid Fahd Bin Abdallah, a.k.a. Henin Ashraf Refaat Nabith, a.k.a. Wadood Khalid Abdul), born 14.4.1965or 1.3.1964in Pakistan, passport number 488555. 12. SHAHLAI Abdul Reza (a.k.a. Abdol Reza Shala'i, a.k.a. Abd-al Reza Shalai, a.k.a. Abdorreza Shahlai, a.k.a. Abdolreza Shahla'i, a.k.a. Abdul-Reza Shahlaee, a.k.a. Hajj Yusef, a.k.a. Haji Yusif, a.k.a. Hajji Yasir, a.k.a. Hajji Yusif, a.k.a. Yusuf Abu-al-Karkh), born circa 1957 in Iran. Addresses: (1) Kermanshah, Iran, (2) Mehran Military Base, Ilam Province, Iran. 13. SHAKURI Ali Gholam, born circa 1965 in Tehran, Iran. II. GROUPS AND ENTITIES 1. ‘Abu Nidal Organisation’ — ‘ANO’ (a.k.a. ‘Fatah Revolutionary Council’, a.k.a. ‘Arab Revolutionary Brigades’, a.k.a. ‘Black September’, a.k.a. ‘Revolutionary Organisation of Socialist Muslims’). 2. ‘Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade’. 3. ‘Al-Aqsa e.V’. 4. ‘Babbar Khalsa’. 5. ‘Communist Party of the Philippines’, including ‘New People’s Army’ — ‘NPA’, Philippines. 6. Directorate for Internal Security of the Iranian Ministry for Intelligence and Security. 7. ‘Gama’a al-Islamiyya’ (a.k.a. ‘Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya’) (‘Islamic Group’ — ‘IG’). 8. ‘İslami Büyük Doğu Akıncılar Cephesi’ — ‘IBDA-C’ (‘Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front’). 9. ‘Hamas’, including ‘Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem’.L 184/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 21.7.2023 10. ‘Hizballah Military Wing’ (a.k.a. ‘Hezbollah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizbullah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizbollah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hezballah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hisbollah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Hizbu'llah Military Wing’ a. k.a. ‘Hizb Allah Military Wing’, a.k.a. ‘Jihad Council’ (and all units reporting to it, including the External Security Organisation)). 11. ‘Hizbul Mujahideen’ — ‘HM’. 12. ‘Khalistan Zindabad Force’ — ‘KZF’. 13. ‘Kurdistan Workers’ Party’ — ‘PKK’ (a.k.a. ‘KADEK’, a.k.a. ‘KONGRA-GEL’). 14. ‘Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’ — ‘LTTE’. 15. ‘Ejército de Liberación Nacional’ (‘National Liberation Army’). 16. ‘Palestinian Islamic Jihad’ — ‘PIJ’. 17. ‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’ — ‘PFLP’. 18. ‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command’ (a.k.a. ‘PFLP — General Command’). 19. ‘Devrimci Halk Kurtuluș Partisi-Cephesi’ — ‘DHKP/C’ (a.k.a. ‘Devrimci Sol’ (‘Revolutionary Left’), a.k.a. ‘Dev Sol’) (‘Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army/Front/Party’). 20. ‘Sendero Luminoso’ — ‘SL’ (‘Shining Path’). 21. ‘Teyrbazen Azadiya Kurdistan’ — ‘TAK’ (a.k.a. ‘Kurdistan Freedom Falcons’, a.k.a. ‘Kurdistan Freedom Hawks’).