Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/999 of 16 July 2018 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
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/999of 16 July 2018implementing 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 themOJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 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 natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, one person should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686.(3)Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This 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, 16 July 2018.For the CouncilThe PresidentF. MogheriniANNEXThe following person is added to the list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/1686:"2.Rabah TAHARI (a.k.a. Abu Musab); date of birth: 28 August 1971; place of birth: Oran (Algeria); Nationality: Algerian.".