Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2055 of 26 July 2024 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) 2024/329
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2055of 26 July 2024implementing 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) 2024/329THE 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 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorismOJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 70., 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 16 January 2024, the Council adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/329Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/329 of 16 January 2024 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) 2023/1505 (OJ L, 2024/329, 16.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/329/oj)., 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 onto 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 onto 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 at national level of listed individuals and entities.(5)The Council has concluded that the entry for one person should be deleted from the list. At the same time, the Council has verified that competent authorities, as referred to in Article 1(4) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSPCouncil 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)., have taken decisions with regard to all the other persons, groups and entities on the list to the effect that they have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(3) of that Common Position. The Council has concluded that the specific restrictive measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 should continue to be applied to the persons, groups and entities covered by Common Position 2001/931/CFSP.(6)The Council has also determined that competent authorities within the meaning of Article 1(4) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP have adopted a decision in respect of an additional group that has been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(3) of that Common Position. The Council has concluded that the measures in Articles 2 and 3 of that Common Position should be applied to that group.(7)The list of the persons, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 applies should be updated accordingly, and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/329 should be repealed,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: