Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – The European Council extended the sanctions against ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaeda for another year.
The European Council today on 08 Oct 2024 renewed the autonomous restrictive steps against ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, tasks and entities linked with them, extending their duration for a further year, until 31 October 2025.
The autonomous list in place currently involves 15 persons and 6 entities. All those specified are subject to an asset freeze, while the individuals are also under a travel embargo to the EU. Additionally, EU persons and entities are prohibited from making funds, financial assets or economic resources available to those documented.
Who is targeted by the EU’s restrictive measures?
Under this undertaking, the EU targets those who fund, materially or financially, ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaeda. It also targets those who partake in the planning, preparation or enabling of violent acts by ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaeda. Individuals, bodies, and entities could also be listed for activities such as: supplying, selling, or moving arms and related materiel to ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaeda; recruiting for these two alliances and inciting or publicly provoking violent activities of these two organisations.
Moreover, these restrictive efforts are complementary to those imposed by the UN Security Council against ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaeda. The EU remains determined to act against those who endanger international peace and security by planning, financing, and conducting terrorist attacks and by disseminating terrorist propaganda around the world.
When did the EU first impose sanctions on ISIL and Al-Qaeda?
The EU first assumed restrictive measures against individuals and entities engaged in terrorist acts in December 2001, in the wake of the terrorist raids on 11 September of that year. On 20 September 2016, the EU Council first adopted restrictive measures against ISIL/Da’esh, Al-Qaeda and legal and natural persons, parties, undertakings and entities connected with them. The EU has been able to autonomously adopt restrictive actions against ISIL/Da’esh, Al-Qaeda and associated persons, groups, undertakings and entities since September 2016.
