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2026/2490

4.11.2026

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/2490

of 3 November 2026

amending for the 364th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 7(1), point (a), and Article 7a(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

(2)

On 24 October 2026, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council pursuant to Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and 2253(2015) decided to remove three entries from the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the restrictive measures should apply.

(3)

On 26 October 2026, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council pursuant to Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and 2253(2015) decided to amend the identifying data for three entries in the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the restrictive measures should apply.

(4)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 3 November 2026.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Director-General

Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union


(1)   OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2002/881/oj.


ANNEX

(a)

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, the following entries under the heading ‘Natural persons’ are deleted:

(1)

‘Shafi Sultan Mohammed Sultan Al-Ajmi (original script: شافي سلطان محمد سلطان العجمي) (good quality alias: (a) Shafi al-Ajmi, (b) Sheikh Shafi al-Ajmi, (c) Shafi S. M. S. Alajmi; low quality alias: Shaykh Abu-Sultan). Title: Doctor. Date of birth: 1.1.1973. Place of birth: Warah, Kuwait. Nationality: Kuwaiti. Passport no: (a) 03111298 (Kuwaiti); (b) 003111298 (Kuwaiti passport, issued in Kuwait on 16.9.2010, expired 15.9.2020 in the name of Shafi S M S Alajmi, Arabic script شافي سلطان محمد سلطان العجمي); (c) 0216155930. National identification no: 273010101204 (Kuwaiti). Address: Area 3, Street 327, Building 41, Al-Uqaylah, Kuwait. Other information: (a) Fundraiser for Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, (b) In November 2023 released from prison in Kuwait as part of the Special Amiri Decree Pardon No. 225/2023. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 23.9.2014.’;

(2)

‘Bassam Ahmad Al-Hasri (alias: a) Bassam Ahmad Husari b) Abu Ahmad Akhlaq c) Abu Ahmad al-Shami). Date of birth: a) 1.1.1969 b) approximately 1971. Place of birth: a) Qalamun, Damascus Province, Syrian Arab Republic b) Ghutah, Damascus Province, Syrian Arab Republic c) Tadamon, Rif Dimashq, Syrian Arab Republic. Nationality: a) Syrian b) Palestinian. Address: Syrian Arab Republic (Southern. Location as of July 2016). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 22.2.2017.’;

(3)

‘Iyad Nazmi Salih Khalil (alias: a) Ayyad Nazmi Salih Khalil b) Eyad Nazmi Saleh Khalil c) Iyad al-Toubasi d) Iyad al-Tubasi e) Abu al-Darda' f) Abu-Julaybib al-Urduni g) Abu-Julaybib). Date of birth: 1974. Place of birth: Syrian Arab Republic. Nationality: Jordan. Passport No: a) Jordan 654781 (approximately issued in 2009) b) Jordan 286062 (issued on 5.4.1999 at Zarqa, Jordan, expired on 4.4.2004). Address: Syrian Arab Republic (Coastal area of. Location as of April 2016). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 22.2.2017.’.

(b)

The identifying data for the following entries under the heading ‘Natural persons’ in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

(1)

‘Emilie Edwige Konig (alias (a) Emilie Samra Konig). Date of birth: 9.12.1984. Place of birth: Ploemeur, France. Nationality: French. Passport No: (a) 05AT521433 (French passport number, issued on 30.11.2005 by the sous-prefecture of police of Lorient, France), (b) 050456101445 (French national identity card, issued on 19.5.2005 by the sous-prefecture of police of Lorient, France), (c) 0205561020089 (French identity card number, issued on 30.5.2002 under name Emilie Edwige Konig). Other information: Located in Syria since 2013. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 23.9.2014.’

is replaced by the following

‘Emilie Edwige Konig (low quality alias: (a) Emilie Samra Konig). Date of birth: 9.12.1984. Place of birth: Ploemeur, France. Nationality: French. Passport No: (a) 05AT521433 (French passport number, issued on 30.11.2005 in Lorient, France by the sous-prefecture of police). National identification No: (a) 050456101445 (French, issued on 19.5.2005 in Lorient, France (issued by the sous-prefecture of police)); (b) 0205561020089 (French, issued on 30.5.2002 under name Emilie Edwige Konig). Address: France (in detention). Other information: (a) French terrorist fighter who travelled to Syria and joined Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq; (b) Active in radicalizing and propagating Al-Qaida’s ideology through the Internet. Incites violent activities against France; (c) Currently detained in France; (d) Gender: Female. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2), point (i): 23.9.2014.’;

(2)

‘Oumar Diaby (alias: (a) Omsen (b) Oumar Omsen). Date of birth: 5.8.1975. Place of birth: Dakar, Senegal. Nationality: Senegalese. Other information: Located in Syria. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 23.9.2014.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Oumar Diaby (low quality alias: (a) Omsen (b) Omar Omsen). Date of birth: 5.8.1975. Place of birth: Dakar, Senegal. Nationality: Senegalese. Address: Syrian Arab Republic (located in). Other information: (a) A leader of an armed group linked to Al-Qaida and Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (formerly listed), and a key facilitator for a network of foreign terrorist fighters travelling to Syria; (b) Active in terrorist propaganda through the Internet. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2), point (i): 23.9.2014.’;

(3)

‘Peter Cherif; Date of birth: 26.8.1982. Place of birth: Paris, 20th district, France. Nationality: French. Address: Al Mukalla, Hadramawt province, Yemen. Other information: (a) Member of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP); (b) Convicted in absentia to five years in prison in France in 2012; (c) Sentenced to life imprisonment by a French court on 3.10.2024; (d) Wanted by French authorities as of 2015. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2), point (i): 29.9.2015.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Peter Cherif (good quality alias: Abou Hamza). Date of birth: 26.8.1982. Place of birth: Paris, 20th district, France. Nationality: French. Address: France (in custody). Other information: (a) Member of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP); (b) Convicted in absentia to five years in prison in France in 2012, and then sentenced to life imprisonment by a French court on 3.10.2024 for his involvement in a terrorist organisation. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2), point (i): 29.9.2015.’.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/2490/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)