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Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 735/2014 of 4 July 2014 amending for the 216 th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network
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Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEX Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows: (1) The following entry shall be added under the heading ‘Natural persons’: ‘Shekau Mohammed Abubakar ( alias (a) Abubakar Shekau; (b) Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammed; (c) Abu Muhammed Abubakar bi Mohammed; (d) Shekau; (e) Shehu; (f) Shayku; (g) Imam Darul Tauhid; (h) Imam Darul Tawheed). Title: Imam. Function: Leader of Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram). Date of birth: 1969. Place of birth: Shekau Village, Yobe State, Nigeria. Nationality: Nigerian. Address: Nigeria. Other information: (a) Physical description: eye colour: black; hair colour: black; (b) Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 26.6.2014.’ (2) The following entry shall be added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’: ‘Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan ( alias: (a) Ansaru; (b) Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan; (c) Jama'atu Ansaril Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan (JAMBS); (d) Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis-Sudan (JAMBS); (e) Jamma'atu Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis-Sudan (JAMBS); (f) Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa; (g) Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa). Address: Nigeria. Other information: (a) Group established in 2012; (b) Operates in Nigeria. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 26.6.2014.’
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