S.I. No. 729/2007 - European Communities (Restrictive Measures Against Certain Persons and Entities Associated With Usama Bin Laden, the Al-Qaida Network and the Taliban) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

S.I. No. 729 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (RESTRICTIVE MEASURES AGAINST CERTAIN PERSONS AND ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH USAMA BIN LADEN, THE AL-QAIDA NETWORK AND THE TALIBAN) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 9th November, 2007.

I, MICHEÁL MARTIN, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 ¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Restrictive Measures against Certain Persons and Entities Associated with Usama Bin Laden, the Al-Qaida Network and the Taliban) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Restrictive Measures against Certain Persons and Entities Associated with Usama Bin Laden, the Al-Qaida Network and the Taliban) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 186 of 2006 ) are amended by substituting for Regulations 2 and 3 the following:

“2. In these Regulations Council Regulation means Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 ¹ as amended by—

(i) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 951/2002 of 3 June 2002 ² ,

(ii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1580/2002 of 4 September 2002 ³ ,

(iii) Commission Regulation (EC) No.1644/2002 of 13 September 2002 ⁴ ,

(iv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1754/2002 of 1 October 2002 ⁵ ,

(v) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1823/2002 of 11 October 2002 ⁶ ,

(vi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2002 of 23 October 2002 ⁷ ,

(vii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2002 of 29 October 2002 ⁸ ,

(viii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2083/2002 of 22 November 2002 ⁹ ,

(ix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 145/2003 of 27 January 2003 ¹⁰ ,

(x) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 215/2003 of 3 February 2003 ¹¹ ,

(xi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 244/2003 of 7 February 2003 ¹² ,

(xii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 342/2003 of 21 February 2003 ¹³ ,

(xiii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 350/2003 of 25 February 2003 ¹⁴ ,

(xiv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 370/2003 of 27 February 2003 ¹⁵ ,

(xv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 414/2003 of 5 March 2003 ¹⁶ ,

(xvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 742/2003 of 28 April 2003 ¹⁷ ,

(xvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 866/2003 of 19 May 2003 ¹⁸ ,

(xviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1012/2003 of 12 June 2003 ¹⁹ ,

(xix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1184/2003 of 2 July 2003 ²⁰ ,

(xx) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1456/2003 of 14 August 2003 ²¹ ,

(xxi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1607/2003 of 12 September 2003 ²² ,

(xxii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1724/2003 of 29 September 2003 ²³ ,

(xxiii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1991/2003 of 12 November 2003 ²⁴ ,

(xxiv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2049/2003 of 20 November 2003 ²⁵ ,

(xxv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2003 of 10 December 2003 ²⁶ ,

(xxvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 19/2004 of 7 January 2004 ²⁷ ,

(xxvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 100/2004 of 21 January 2004 ²⁸ ,

(xxviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 180/2004 of 30 January 2004 ²⁹ ,

(xxix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 391/2004 of 1 March 2004 ³⁰ ,

(xxx) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 524/2004 of 19 March 2004 ³¹ ,

(xxxi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 667/2004 of 7 April 2004 ³² ,

(xxxii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 950/2004 of 6 May 2004 ³³ ,

(xxxiii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 984/2004 of 14 May 2004 ³⁴ ,

(xxxiv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1187/2004 of 25 June 2004 ³⁵ ,

(xxxv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1237/2004 of 5 July 2004 ³⁶ ,

(xxxvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1277/2004 of 12 July 2004 ³⁷ and corrigendum ³⁸ ,

(xxxvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1728/2004 of 1 October 2004 ³⁹ ,

(xxxviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1840/2004 of 21 October 2004 ⁴⁰ ,

(xxxix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2034/2004 of 26 November 2004 ⁴¹ ,

(xl) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2145/2004 of 15 December 2004 ⁴² ,

(xli) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 14/2005 of 5 January 2005 ⁴³ ,

(xlii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 187/2005 of 2 February 2005 ⁴⁴ ,

(xliii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 301/2005 of 23 February 2005 ⁴⁵ ,

(xliv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 717/2005 of 11 May 2005 ⁴⁶ ,

(xlv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 757/2005 of 18 May 2005 ⁴⁷ ,

(xlvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 853/2005 of 3 June 2005 ⁴⁸ ,

(xlvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1190/2005 of 20 July 2005 ⁴⁹ ,

(xlviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1264/2005 of 28 July 2005 ⁵⁰ ,

(xlix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1278/2005 of 2 August 2005 ⁵¹ ,

(l) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1347/2005 of 16 August 2005 ⁵² ,

(li) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1378/2005 of 22 August 2005 ⁵³ ,

(lii). Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1551/2005 of 22 September 2005 ⁵⁴ ,

(liii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1629/2005 of 5 October 2005 ⁵⁵ ,

(liv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1690/2005 of 14 October 2005 ⁵⁶ ,

(lv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1797/2005 of 28 October 2005 ⁵⁷ ,

(lvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1825/2005 of 9 November 2005 ⁵⁸ ,

(lvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1956/2005 of 29 November 2005 ⁵⁹ ,

(lviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2018/2005 of 9 December 2005 ⁶⁰ ,

(lix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2100/2005 of 20 December 2005 ⁶¹ ,

(lx) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 76/2006 of 17 January 2006 ⁶² and corrigendum ⁶³ ,

(lxi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 142/2006 of 26 January 2006 ⁶⁴ ,

(lxii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 246/2006 of 10 February 2006 ⁶⁵ ,

(lxiii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 357/2006 of 28 February 2006 ⁶⁶ ,

(lxiv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 674/2006 of 28 April 2006 ⁶⁷ ,

(lxv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1189/2006 of 3 August 2006 ⁶⁸ ,

(lxvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1210/2006 of 9 August 2006 ⁶⁹ ,

(lxvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1217/2006 of 10 August 2006 ⁷⁰ ,

(lxviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1228/2006 of 14 August 2006 ⁷¹ ,

(lxix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1286/2006 of 29 August 2006 ⁷² ,

(lxx) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1508/2006 of 11 October 2006 ⁷³ ,

(lxxi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1685/2006 of 14 November 2006 ⁷⁴ ,

(lxxii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1823/2006 of 12 December 2006 ⁷⁵ ,

(lxxiii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 14/2007 of 10 January 2007 ⁷⁶ ,

(lxxiv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 492/2007 of 3 May 2007 ⁷⁷ ,

(lxxv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 507/2007 of 8 May 2007 ⁷⁸ ,

(lxxvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 553/2007 of 22 May 2007 ⁷⁹ ,

(lxxvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 639/2007 of 8 June 2007 ⁸⁰ ,

(lxxviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 732/2007 of 26 June 2007 ⁸¹ ,

(lxxix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 760/2007 of 29 June 2007 ⁸² ,

(lxxx) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 844/2007 of 17 July 2007 ⁸³ ,

(lxxxi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 859/2007 of 20 July 2007 ⁸⁴ ,

(lxxxii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 969/2007 of 17 August 2007 ⁸⁵ ,

(lxxxiii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 996/2007 of 28 August 2007 ⁸⁶ ,

(lxxxiv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1025/2007 of 3 September 2007 ⁸⁷ and

(lxxxv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1104/2007 of 25 September 2007 ⁸⁸ .

3. A person who contravenes Article 3, or so much of Article 4 as relates to Article 3 is guilty of an offence and is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €500,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 October 2007

MICHEÁL MARTIN.

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The effect of this Order is to amend the Statutory Instrument that provided for penalties for infringements of Council Regulation (EC) No. 881 of 2002 which introduced measures against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida Network and the Taliban.

1 OJ No. L139, 29.05.2002, p.9.

2 OJ No. L145, 04.06.2002, p.14.

3 OJ No. L237, 05.09.2002, p.3.

4 OJ No. L247, 14.09.2002, p.25.

5 OJ No. L264, 02.10.2002, p.23.

6 OJ No. L276, 12.10.2002, p.26.

7 OJ No. L286, 24.10.2002, p.19.

8 OJ No. L295, 30.10.2002, p.11.

9 OJ No. L319, 23.11.2002, p.22.

10 OJ No. L23, 28.01.2003, p.22.

11 OJ No. L28, 04.02.2003, p.41.

12 OJ No. L33, 08.02.2003, p.28.

13 OJ No. L49, 22.02.2003, p.13.

14 OJ No. L51, 26.02.2003, p.19.

15 OJ No. L53, 28.02.2003, p.33.

16 OJ No. L62, 06.03.2003, p.24.

17 OJ No. L106, 29.04.2003, p.16.

18 OJ No. L124, 20.05.2003, p.19.

19 OJ No. L146, 13.06.2003, p.50.

20 OJ No. L165, 03.07.2003, p.21.

21 OJ No. L206, 15.08.2003, p.27.

22 OJ No. L229, 13.09.2003, p.19.

23 OJ No. L247, 30.09.2003, p.18.

24 OJ No. L295, 13.11.2003, p.81.

25 OJ No. L303, 21.11.2003, p.20.

26 OJ No. L324, 11.12.2003, p.17.

27 OJ No. L4, 08.01.2004, p.11.

28 OJ No. L15, 22.01.2004, p.18.

29 OJ No. L180, 30.01.2004, p.15.

30 OJ No. L64, 02.03.2004, p.36.

31 OJ No. L83, 20.03.2004, p.10.

32 OJ No. L104, 08.04.2004, p.110.

33 OJ No. L173, 07.05.2004, p.6.

34 OJ No. L180, 15.05.2004, p.24.

35 OJ No. L227, 26.06.2004, p.19.

36 OJ No. L235, 06.07.2004, p.5.

37 OJ No. L241, 13.07.2004, p.12.

38 OJ No. L353, 27.11.2004, p.23.

39 OJ No. L306, 02.10.2004, p.13.

40 OJ No. L322, 23.10.2004, p.5.

41 OJ No. L353, 27.11.2004, p.11.

42 OJ No. L370, 17.12.2004, p.6.

43 OJ No. L5, 07.01.2005, p.10.

44 OJ No. L31, 04.02.2005, p.4.

45 OJ No. L51, 24.02.2005, p.15.

46 OJ No. L121, 13.05.2005, p.62.

47 OJ No. L126, 19.05.2005, p.38.

48 OJ No. L141, 04.06.2005, p.8.

49 OJ No. L193, 23.07.2005, p.27.

50 OJ No. L201, 02.08.2005, p.29.

51 OJ No. L202, 03.08.2005, p.34.

52 OJ No. L212, 17.08.2005, p.26.

53 OJ No. L219, 22.08.2005, p.27.

54 OJ No. L247, 23.09.2005, p.30.

55 OJ No. L260, 06.10.2005, p.9.

56 OJ No. L271, 15.10.2005, p.31.

57 OJ No. L288, 29.10.2005, p.44.

58 OJ No. L294, 10.11.2005, p.5.

59 OJ No. L314, 30.11.2005, p.14.

60 OJ No. L324, 10.12.2005, p.21.

61 OJ No. L335, 20.12.2005, p.34.

62 OJ No. L12, 18.01.2006, p.7.

63 OJ No. L54, 24.02.2006, p.53.

64 OJ No. L23, 27.01.2006, p.55.

65 OJ No. L40, 11.02.2006, p.13.

66 OJ No. L59, 01.03.2006, p.35.

67 OJ No. L116, 29.04.2006, p.58.

68 OJ No. L214, 04.08.2006, p.21.

69 OJ No. L219, 10.08.2006, p.14.

70 OJ No. L220, 11.08.2006, p.9.

71 OJ No. L222, 14.08.2006, p.6.

72 OJ No. L235, 30.08.2006, p.14.

73 OJ No. L280, 12.10.2006, p.12.

74 OJ No. L314, 15.11.2006, p.24.

75 OJ No. L351, 13.12.2006, p.9.

76 OJ No. L6, 11.01.2007, p.6.

77 OJ No. L116, 04.05.2007, p.5.

78 OJ No. L119, 09.05.2007, p.27.

79 OJ No. L131, 23.05.2007, p.16.

80 OJ No. L148, 09.06.2007, p.5.

81 OJ No. L166, 28.06.2007, p.13.

82 OJ No. L175, 30.06.2007, p.50.

83 OJ No. L186, 18.07.2007, p.24.

84 OJ No. L190, 21.07.2007, p.7.

85 OJ No. L215, 18.08.2007, p.6.

86 OJ No. L224, 29.08.2007, p.3.

87 OJ No. L231, 04.09.2007, p.4.

88 OJ No. L231, 26.09.2007, p.3.