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

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

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,

(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

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,

(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

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,

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

17

,

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

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,

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

19

,

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

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,

(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

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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

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,

(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

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,

(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

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,

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

51

,

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

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,

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

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,

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

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,

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

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,

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

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,

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

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,

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

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,

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

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,

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

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,

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

61

,

(lx) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 76/2006 of 17 January 2006

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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

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,

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

79

,

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

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,

(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

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,

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

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and

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

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.

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.

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

9

th 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

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, hereby make the following regulations