Commission Regulation (EC) No 1347/2005 of 16 August 2005 amending for the 51st time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001

of 16 August 2005

amending for the 51st time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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 Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan ¹ , and in particular Article 7(1), second indent, thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the competent authorities to whom information and requests concerning the measures imposed by that Regulation should be sent.

(2) Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Sweden requested that the address details concerning their competent authorities be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 August 2005. For the Commission Eneko LANDÁBURU Director-General of External Relations

¹ OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9 . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1278/2005 ( OJ L 202, 3.8.2005, p. 34 ).

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

Footnotes

1. . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1278/2005 (). ↩ ↩²