Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1138 of 8 June 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them

Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1138 of 8 June 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 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 Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 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). . (2) On 26 April 2023, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and 2253(2015) added two persons to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures. (3) On 3 May 2023, those persons were added to Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9). . (4) Since one of those persons was already designated under Article 2, paragraph 2 and Article 3, paragraph 3 of Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693, that person should be removed from the Annex to that Decision. (5) Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Luxembourg, 8 June 2023. For the Council The President M. Malmer Stenergard

Annex

ANNEX The following entry is deleted from the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 under the heading A. Persons referred to in Articles 2 and 3: 9. Sultan Aziz AZAM (a.k.a. Aziz Azam, Sultan Aziz, Sultan Azziz Azzam, Sultan Aziz Ezzam); date of birth: 1985; place of birth: Afghanistan; nationality: Afghan..