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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
   3. Article 3
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX LIST OF PERSONS, GROUPS AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 I.

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 of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1) On 27 December 2001, the Council adopted Common Position 2001/931/CFSP.

(2) On 8 August 2019, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/1341 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (the list).

(3) In accordance with Article 1(6) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, it is necessary to review at regular intervals the names of persons, groups and entities in the list to ensure that there are grounds for keeping them thereon.

(4) This Decision sets out the result of the review that the Council has carried out in respect of persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply.

(5) The Council has verified that competent authorities, as referred to in Article 1(4) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, have taken decisions with regard to all persons, groups and entities on the list to the effect that they have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP. The Council has also concluded that the persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for in Common Position 2001/931/CFSP.

(6) The list should be updated accordingly, and Decision (CFSP) 2019/1341 should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The list of persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Decision (CFSP) 2019/1341 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 13 January 2020. For the Council The President A. Metelko-Zgombić

ANNEX

ANNEX LIST OF PERSONS, GROUPS AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 I.

PERSONS

1. ABDOLLAHI Hamed (a.k.a. Mustafa Abdullahi), born 11.8.1960 in Iran. Passport number: D9004878.

2. AL-NASSER, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed, born in Al Ihsa (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia.

3. AL YACOUB, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed, born 16.10.1966 in Tarut (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia.

4. ARBABSIAR Manssor (a.k.a. Mansour Arbabsiar), born 6.3.1955 or 15.3.1955 in Iran. Iranian and US national, Passport number: C2002515 (Iran); Passport number: 477845448 (USA). National ID number: 07442833, expiry date 15.3.2016 (USA driving licence).

5. ASADI Assadollah, born 22.12.1971 in Teheran (Iran), Iranian national. Iranian diplomatic passport number: D9016657.

6. BOUYERI, Mohammed (a.k.a. Abu ZUBAIR, a.k.a. SOBIAR, a.k.a. Abu ZOUBAIR), born 8.3.1978 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

7. EL HAJJ, Hassan Hassan, born 22.3.1988 in Zaghdraiya, Sidon, Lebanon, Canadian citizen. Passport number: JX446643 (Canada).

8. HASHEMI MOGHADAM Saeid, born 6.8.1962 in Teheran (Iran), Iranian national. Passport number: D9016290, valid until 4.2.2019.

9. IZZ-AL-DIN, Hasan (a.k.a. GARBAYA, Ahmed, a.k.a. SA-ID, a.k.a. SALWWAN, Samir), Lebanon, born 1963 in Lebanon, citizen of Lebanon.

10. MELIAD, Farah, born 5.11.1980 in Sydney (Australia), Australian citizen. Passport number: M2719127 (Australia).

11. MOHAMMED, Khalid Shaikh (a.k.a. ALI, Salem, a.k.a. BIN KHALID, Fahd Bin Adballah, a.k.a. HENIN, Ashraf Refaat Nabith, a.k.a. WADOOD, Khalid Adbul), born 14.4.1965 or 1.3.1964 in Pakistan, passport number 488555.

12. ŞANLI, Dalokay (a.k.a. Sinan), born 13.10.1976 in Pülümür (Turkey).

13. SHAHLAI Abdul Reza (a.k.a. Abdol Reza Shala'i, a.k.a. Abd-al Reza Shalai, a.k.a. Abdorreza Shahlai, a.k.a. Abdolreza Shahla'i, a.k.a. Abdul-Reza Shahlaee, a.k.a. Hajj Yusef, a.k.a. Haji Yusif, a.k.a. Hajji Yasir, a.k.a. Hajji Yusif, a.k.a. Yusuf Abu-al-Karkh), born circa 1957 in Iran. Addresses: (1) Kermanshah, Iran, (2) Mehran Military Base, Ilam Province, Iran.

14. SHAKURI Ali Gholam, born circa 1965 in Tehran, Iran.

15. SOLEIMANI Qasem (deceased) (a.k.a. Ghasem Soleymani, a.k.a. Qasmi Sulayman, a.k.a. Qasem Soleymani, a.k.a. Qasem Solaimani, a.k.a. Qasem Salimani, a.k.a. Qasem Solemani, a.k.a. Qasem Sulaimani, a.k.a. Qasem Sulemani), born 11.3.1957 in Iran. Iranian national, Passport number: 008827 (Iran Diplomatic), issued 1999. Title: Major General.

II.

GROUPS AND ENTITIES

1. Abu Nidal Organisation — ANO (a.k.a. Fatah Revolutionary Council, a.k.a. Arab Revolutionary Brigades, a.k.a. Black September, a.k.a. Revolutionary Organisation of Socialist Muslims).

2. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade.

3. Al-Aqsa e.V.

4. Babbar Khalsa.

5. Communist Party of the Philippines, including New People's Army — NPA, Philippines.

6. Directorate for Internal Security of the Iranian Ministry for Intelligence and Security.

7. Gama'a al-Islamiyya (a.k.a. Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya) (Islamic Group — IG).

8. İslami Büyük Doğu Akıncılar Cephesi — IBDA-C (Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front).

9. Hamas, including Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem.

10. Hizballah Military Wing (a.k.a. Hezbollah Military Wing, a.k.a. Hizbullah Military Wing, a.k.a. Hizbollah Military Wing, a.k.a. Hezballah Military Wing, a.k.a. Hisbollah Military Wing, a.k.a. Hizbu'llah Military Wing a.k.a. Hizb Allah Military Wing, a.k.a. Jihad Council (and all units reporting to it, including the External Security Organisation)).

11. Hizbul Mujahideen — HM.

12. Khalistan Zindabad Force — KZF.

13. Kurdistan Workers' Party — PKK (a.k.a. KADEK, a.k.a. KONGRA-GEL).

14. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam — LTTE.

15. Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army).

16. Palestinian Islamic Jihad — PIJ.

17. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — PFLP.

18. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command (a.k.a. PFLP — General Command).

19. Devrimci Halk Kurtuluș Partisi-Cephesi — DHKP/C (a.k.a. Devrimci Sol (Revolutionary Left), a.k.a. Dev Sol) (Revolutionary People's Liberation Army/Front/Party).

20. Sendero Luminoso — SL (Shining Path).

21. Teyrbazen Azadiya Kurdistan — TAK (a.k.a. Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, a.k.a. Kurdistan Freedom Hawks).

Versions

1. 2020-01-13

Cited by

• Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1132 of 30 July 2020 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 Decision · Grade B

  On 13 January 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (the list).

• Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1132 of 30 July 2020 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 Decision · Grade B

  The list should be updated accordingly, and Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 should be repealed,

• Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1132 of 30 July 2020 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 Decision · Grade B

  Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 is hereby repealed.

• Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 24 November 2021 –LTTE v Council (Case T‑160/19) Judgment · Grade B

  Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of (i) Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/25 of 8 January 2019 amending and updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2018/1084 (OJ 2019 L 6, p. 6), (ii) Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1341 of 8 August 2019 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repeal

• Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) 30 November 2022 Judgment · Grade B

  By its action in Case T‑148/19, which is also based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of: Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/25 of 8 January 2019 amending and updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2018/1084 (OJ 2019 L 6, p. 6); Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1341 of 8 August 2019 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of spe

• Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber, Extended Composition) 30 November 2022 Judgment · Grade B

  Furthermore, as is clear from the title of Decision 2020/1132, which is the subject of the third modification of the application in Case T‑148/19, that decision repeals Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 of 13 January 2020 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931 and repealing Decision 2019/1341 (OJ 2020 L 8I, p. 5), which was not contested either in the application or in the modifications of the application, with the result that it cannot be concluded that the conditions laid down in Article 86 of the Rules of Procedure are met

• Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) 13 March 2025 Judgment · Grade B

  Thus, the restrictive measures applied to the appellant were subsequently maintained by acts adopted between 2014 and 2020, namely, in particular: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 125/2014 of 10 February 2014 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) No 714/2013 (OJ 2014 L 40, p. 9) and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 790/2014 of 22 July 2014 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specif

• Judgment of the General Court of 30 November 2022 — PKK v Council (Joined Cases T-316/14 RENV and T-148/19) Notice · Grade B

  Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1132 of 30 July 2020 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 (OJ 2020 L 247, p. 18); and

• Judgment of the General Court of 24 November 2021 — LTTE v Council (Case T-160/19) Notice · Grade B

  Common foreign and security policyRestrictive measures taken with a view to combating terrorismFreezing of fundsList of the persons, groups and entities subject to the freezing of funds and economic resourcesMaintaining the applicant’s name on the listFactual basis of the decisions to freeze fundsError of assessmentObligation to state reasonsRights of the defenceRight to effective judicial protection2022/C 24/32Language of the case: English Applicant: European Political Subdivision of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (Herning, Denmark) (represented by: A. van Eik and T. Buruma, lawy

• Notice for the attention of the data subjects included on the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, as updated by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/20, and to Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/19 2020/C 13/04 Notice · Grade B

  The attention of data subjects is drawn to the following information in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The legal basis for this processing operation are Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, as updated by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 and Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/19. The controller of this processing operation is the Council of the European Union represented by the Director-General of RELEX (Foreign Affairs, Enlargement, Civil Protection) of the General Se

• The following information is brought to the attention of: AL NASSER, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed, AL-YACOUB, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed, BOUYERI, Mohammed, IZZ-AL-DIN, Hasan, MOHAMMED, Khalid Shaikh, SHAHLAI Abdul Reza, SHAKURI Ali Gholam, COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES, including NEW PEOPLES ARMY (NPA), Philippines, Hizballah Military Wing, EJÉRCITO DE LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL, POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE (PFLP), POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE-GENERAL COMMAND, DEVRIMCI HALK KURTULUȘ PARTISI CEPHESI – DHKP/C, SENDERO LUMINOSO – SL (Shining Path) and TEYRBAZEN AZADIYA KURDISTAN – TAK – persons and groups included on the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism and to Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism (see Annexes to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/19) 2020/C 183/01 Notice · Grade B

  The following information is brought to the attention of the above-mentioned persons and groups listed in Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/19. Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 provides for a freezing of all funds, other financial assets and economic resources belonging to the persons and groups concerned and that no funds, other financial assets and economic resources may be made available to them, whether directly or indirectly. The Council has been provided with new information relevant to the listing of the above-mentioned persons and groups.

• Notice for the attention of the persons, groups and entities included on the list subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, as updated by Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/20, and to Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/19 2020/C 13/03 Notice · Grade B

  The following information is brought to the attention of the above-mentioned persons, groups and entities listed in Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/20 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/19. The Council of the European Union has determined that the reasons for including the persons, groups and entities on the abovementioned list subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism and to Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and