S.I. No. 147 of 2005

European Communities (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Sanctions) Regulations 2005

I, Brian Cowen, Minister for Finance, 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 effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002¹ as amended, hereby make the following Regulations:

1.     These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Sanctions) Regulations 2005.

2.     (1) In these Regulations --

“Central Bank” means Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland;

“Council Regulations” means Council Regulations (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002¹ , as amended by:

(i)         Council Regulation (EC) No. 561/2003 of 27 March 2003² ,

(ii)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 951/2002 of 3 June 2002³ ,

(iii)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1580/2002 of 4 September 2002⁴ ,

(iv)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1644/2002 of 13 September 2002⁵ ,

(v)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1754/2002 of 1 October 2002⁶ ,

(vi)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1823/2002 of 11 October 2002⁷ ,

(vii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2002 of 23 October 2002⁸ ,

(viii)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2002 of 29 October 2002⁹ ,

(ix)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2083/2002 of 22 November 2002¹⁰ ,

(x)        Commission Regulation (EC) No. 145/2003 of 27 January 2003¹¹ ,

(xi)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 215/2003 of 3 February 2003¹² ,

(xii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 244/2003 of 7 February 2003¹³ ,

(xiii)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 342/2003 of 21 February 2003¹⁴ ,

(xiv)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 350/2003 of 25 February 2003¹⁵ ,

(xv)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 370/2003 of 27 February 2003¹⁶ ,

(xvi)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 414/2003 of 5 March 2003¹⁷ ,

(xvii)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 742/2003 of 28 April 2003¹⁸ ,

(xviii)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 866/2003 of 19 May 2003¹⁹ ,

(xix)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1012/2003 of 12 June 2003²⁰ ,

(xx)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1184/2003 of 2 July 2003²¹ ,

(xxi)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1456/2003 of 14 August 2003²² ,

(xxii)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1607/2003 of 12 September 2003²³ ,

(xxiii)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1724/2003 of 29 September 2003²⁴ ,

(xxiv)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1991/2003 of 12 November 2003²⁵ ,

(xxv)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2049/2003 of 20 November 2003²⁶ ,

(xxvi)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2003 of 10 December 2003²⁷ ,

(xxvii)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 19/2004 of 7 January 2004²⁸ ,

(xxviii)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 100/2004 of 21 January 2004²⁹ ,

(xxix)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 180/2004 of 30 January 2004³⁰ ,

(xxx)    Commission Regulation (EC) No. 391/2004 of 1 March 2004³¹ ,

(xxxi)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 524/2004 of 19 March 2004³² ,

(xxxii)   Commission Regulation (EC) No. 667/2004 of 7 April 2004³³ ,

(xxxiii)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 950/2004 of 6 May 2004³⁴ ,

(xxxiv)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 984/2004 of 14 May 2004³⁵ ,

(xxxv)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1187/2004 of 25 June 2004³⁶ ,

(xxxvi)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1237/2004 of 5 July 2004³⁷ and,

(xxxvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1277/2004 of 12 July 2004³⁸ ;

(xxxviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1728/2004 of 1 October 2004³⁹

(xxxix)  Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1840/2004 of 21 October 2004⁴⁰

(xl)       Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2034/2004 of 26 November 2004⁴¹

(xli)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2145/2004 of 15 December 2004⁴²

(xlii)      Commission Regulation (EC) No. 14/2005 of 5 January 2005⁴³

(xliii)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 187/2005 of 2 February 2005⁴⁴

(xliv)     Commission Regulation (EC) No. 301/2005 of 23 February 2005⁴⁵

“persons” includes a natural or legal person, group, entity or body.

“competent authority” means a competent authority within the State specified in Annex II to the Council Regulation.

(2)     A word or expression that is used in these Regulations has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning that it has in the Council Regulation.

(3)     In these Regulations, unless otherwise indicated, a reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation in these Regulations.

3.     Subject to Regulation 5, a person who transfers funds or economic resources that are frozen by virtue of the Council Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.

4.       Subject to Regulation 5, a person making available funds or economic resources, either directly or indirectly, which is prohibited by virtue of the Council Regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

5.     Regulations 3 and 4 shall not apply in a case where a competent authority has made a determination and granted a request in accordance with Article 2a of the Council Regulation.

6.     The Central Bank may, for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of these Regulations and the Council Regulation, give such directions or issue such instructions to a person as it sees fit.

7.     A person who fails to comply with a direction given or an instruction issued under Regulation 6 shall be guilty of an offence.

8.     A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both.

9.     Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that the person as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first mentioned offence.

10.    The European Communities (Usama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban of Afghanistan) (Sanctions) Regulations 2004 [ S.I. No. 457 of 2004 ] is revoked.

Explanatory Note

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

These Regulations provide for penalties for breach of financial sanctions against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban of Afghanistan imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 561/2003 of 27 March 2003 and the Commission Regulations referred to in this Regulation.

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⁶ OJ No.L264, 2.10.2002, p.23.

⁷ OJ No.L276, 12.10.2002, p.26.

⁸ OJ No.L286, 24.10.2002, p.19.

⁹ OJ No. L295, 30.10.2002, p.11.

¹⁰ OJ No. L319, 23.11.2002, p.22

¹¹ OJ No. L23, 28.1.2003, p.22

¹² OJ No. L28, 4.2.2003, p.41

¹³ OJ No. L33, 8.2.2003, p.28

¹⁴ OJ No. L49, 22.2.2003, p.13

¹⁵ OJ No. L51, 26.2.2003, p.19

¹⁶ OJ No. L53, 28.2.2003, p.33

¹⁷ OJ No. L62, 6.3.2003, p.24

¹⁸ OJ No. L106, 29.4.2003, p.16

¹⁹ OJ No. L124, 20.5.2003, p.19

²⁰ OJ No. L146, 13.6.2003, p.50

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²² OJ No. L206, 15.8.2003, p.27

²³ OJ No. L229, 13.9.2003, p.19

²⁴ OJ No. L247, 30.9.2003, p.18

²⁵ OJ No. L295, 13.11.2003, p.81

²⁶ OJ No. L303, 21.11.2003, p.20

²⁷ OJ No. L324, 11.12.2003, p.17

²⁸ OJ No. L4, 8.1.2004, p.11

²⁹ OJ No. L15, 22.1.2004, p.18

³⁰ OJ No. L28, 31.1.2004, p.15

³¹ OJ No. L64, 2.3.2004, p.36

³² OJ No. L83, 20.3.2004, p.10

³³ OJ No. L104, 8.4.2004, p.110

³⁴ OJ No. L173, 7.5.2004, p.6

³⁵ OJ No. L180, 15.5.2004, p.24

³⁶ OJ No. L227, 26.6.2004, p.19

³⁷ OJ No. L235, 6.7.2004, p.5

³⁸ OJ No. L241, 13.7.2004, p.12

³⁹ OJ No. L 306, 2.10.2004, p. 13

⁴⁰ OJ No. L 322, 23.10.2004, p. 5

⁴¹ OJ No. L 353, 27.11.2004, p. 11

⁴² OJ No. L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 6

⁴³ OJ No. L 5, 7.1.2005, p. 10.

⁴⁴ OJ No. L 31, 4.2.2005, p. 4

⁴⁵ OJ No. L 51, 24.2.2005, p. 15