Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 28th September, 2010.

I, BATT O'KEEFFE, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, 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 full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002¹ as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 681/2010 of 29 July 2010² , 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 2010.

2. In these Regulations "Principal Regulations" means 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 ).

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended-

(a) in paragraph (xv) by inserting "and Council Regulation (EC) No. 561/2003 of 27 March 200616A," after "5 March 2003¹⁶ ",

(b) in paragraph (ciii) by deleting "and",

(c) in paragraph (civ) by substituting "31 March 2009¹⁰⁷ ," for "31 March 2009107.", and

(d) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (civ):

"(cv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 344/2009 of 24 April 2009¹⁰⁸ ,

(cvi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 490/2009 of 10 June 2009¹⁰⁹ ,

(cvii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 574/2009 of 30 June 2009¹¹⁰ ,

(cviii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 601/2009 of 9 July 2009¹¹¹ ,

(cix) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 678/2009 of 27 July 2009¹¹² ,

(cx) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 732/2009 of 10 August 2009¹¹³ ,

(cxi) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 774/2009 of 25 August 2009¹¹⁴ ,

(cxii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 937/2009 of 7 October 2009¹¹⁵ ,

(cxiii) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 954/2009 of 13 October 2009¹¹⁶ ,

(cxiv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1033/2009 of 28 October 2009¹¹⁷ ,

(cxv) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1102/2009 of 16 November 2009¹¹⁸ ,

(cxvi) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1220/2009 of 14 December 2009¹¹⁹ ,

(cxvii) Council Regulation (EU) No. 1286/2009 of 22 December 2009¹²⁰ ,

(cxviii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 70/2010 of 25 January 2010¹²¹ ,

(cxix) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 110/2010 of 5 February 2010¹²² ,

(cxx) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 207/2010 of 10 March 2010¹²³ ,

(cxxi) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 262/2010 of 24 March 2010¹²⁴ ,

(cxxii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 290/2010 of 6 April 2010¹²⁵ ,

(cxxiii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 318/2010 of 16 April 2010¹²⁶ ,

(cxxiv) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 366/2010 of 28 April 2010¹²⁷ ,

(cxxv) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 372/2010 of 30 April 2010¹²⁸ ,

(cxxvi) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 417/2010 of 12 May 2010¹²⁹ ,

(cxxvii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 450/2010 of 21 May 2010¹³⁰ ,

(cxxviii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 507/2010 of 11 June 2010¹³¹ ,

(cxxix) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 586/2010 of 2 July 2010¹³² ,

(cxxx) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 663/2010 of 23 July 2010¹³³ , and

(cxxxi) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 681/2010 of 29 July 2010¹³⁴ .".

4. Regulation 3(a) of the Principal Regulations is amended by substituting "12 months" for "6 months".

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 September 2010.

BATT O'KEEFFE,

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation.

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 A1-Qaida Network and the Taliban.

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