Date: 2025-11-24Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2397 of 24 November 2025 amending 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
**Executive Summary**
Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2397, dated 24 November 2025, amends Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda. It adds one entity to the list subject to restrictive measures and suspends measures for the "Allied Democratic Forces." The regulation enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/1686:**
* Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 is amended by adding a new paragraph.
* The new paragraph suspends the measures referred to in Article 2(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 insofar as they apply to the "Allied Democratic Forces".
* This suspension is effective for as long as the measures laid down in Article 2(1) and (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 apply to the "Allied Democratic Forces".
* **Entry into Force:**
* The Regulation enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* The Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
**Impact Analysis**
**EU Member States**
*Impact:*
Must uniformly implement the changes to restrictive measures.
*Action Required:*
Ensure national laws and procedures reflect the amendments regarding the "Allied Democratic Forces."
**"Allied Democratic Forces"**
*Impact:*
The restrictive measures imposed by Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 are suspended as long as measures under Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 apply.
*Action Required:*
No direct action required.
**ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda**
*Impact:*
One entity is added to the list of persons, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures.
*Action Required:*
No direct action required.
**Designated entity**
*Impact:*
Is subject to restrictive measures.
*Action Required:*
Abide by the conditions set out in the measure.
Key Entities Referenced
Regulation (EU) 2016/1686: Regulation imposing additional restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda; this regulation amends it.
Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2397: Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 to add an entity to the list of those subject to restrictive measures regarding ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda.
Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693: Decision concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them.
ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda: Terrorist organizations against which restrictive measures are imposed.
Allied Democratic Forces: Entity subject to restrictive measures for which measures are suspended under certain conditions.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2397 24.11.2025
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2025/2397
of 24 November 2025
amending 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, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2398 of 24 November 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693
concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with them(1),
Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686(2) gives effect to Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693(3).
(2) In view of the continued threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities
associated with them, on 24 November 2025 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2025/2398 in order to add one
entity to the list of persons, groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive measures.
(3) That entity is already subject to restrictive measures under Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP(4) and Council
Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005(5). In order to ensure uniform implementation of the asset freeze measures,
Decision (CFSP) 2025/2398 suspends the relevant restrictive measures applicable to that entity under that Decision
for as long as the measures provided for in Decision 2010/788/CFSP apply to it.
(4) These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, in
particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the
Union is necessary.
(5) Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1686, the following paragraph is added:
‘5. The measures referred to in Article 2(1) and (2), insofar as they apply to the “Allied Democratic Forces”, shall be
suspended for as long as the measures laid down in Article 2(1) and (2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005(*)apply
to that entity.
(*) Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 of 18 July 2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2005/1183/oj).’.
(1) OJ L, 2025/2398, 24.11.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2398/oj.
(2) 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 (OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.
europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1686/oj).
(3) Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 of 20 September 2016 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and
persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them and repealing Common Position 2002/402/CFSP (OJ
L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 25, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/1693/oj).
(4) Council Decision 2010/788/CFSP of 20 December 2010 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (OJ L 336, 21.12.2010, p. 30, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2010/788/oj).
(5) Council Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 of 18 July 2005 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (OJ L 193, 23.7.2005, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2005/1183/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/2397/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 24.11.2025
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, 24 November 2025.
For the Council
The President
L. LØKKE RASMUSSEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/2397/oj