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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/515 17.3.2025
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/515
of 17 March 2025
implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against
ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 of 20 September 2016 imposing additional restrictive measures
directed against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them(1), and in
particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 20 September 2016, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/1686.
(2) In view of the continued threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with them, one entity should be added to the list of persons, groups, undertakings and entities set out in
the Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686.
(3) Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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, 17 March 2025.
For the Council
The President
K. KALLAS
(1) OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1686/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/515/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 17.3.2025
ANNEX
In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686, the following entry is added under the heading ‘B. Legal persons, entities and
bodies referred to in Article 3’:
‘7. Al-Azaim Media Foundation.’.
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/515/oj