Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 22nd February, 2011.

I, MARY HANAFIN, 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 last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 36/2011 of 18 January 2011² , 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 2011.

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 );

"Regulations of 2007" means 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 ( S.I. No. 729 of 2007 );

"Regulations of 2009" means the European Communities (Restrictive Measures against Certain Persons and Entities Associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida Network and the Taliban) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 169 of 2009 );

"Regulations of 2010" means 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 ( S.I. No. 456 of 2010 ).

3. Regulation 2 (as amended by the Regulations of 2007, the Regulations of 2009 and the Regulations of 2010) of the Principal Regulations is amended-

(a) in paragraph (cxxx) by deleting "and",

(b) in paragraph (cxxxi) by substituting "29 July 2010¹³⁴ ," for "29 July 2010¹³⁴.", and

(c) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (cxxxi):

"(cxxxii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 713/2010 of 9 August 2010¹³⁵ ,

(cxxxiii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 787/2010 of 3 September 2010¹³⁶ ,

(cxxxiv) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 835/2010 of 22 September 2010¹³⁷ ,

(cxxxv) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 851/2010 of 27 September 2010¹³⁸ ,

(cxxxvi) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 906/2010 of 11 October 2010¹³⁹ ,

(cxxxvii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1001/2010 of 5 November 2010¹⁴⁰ ,

(cxxxviii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1027/2010 of 11 November 2010¹⁴¹ ,

(cxxxix) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1138/2010 of 7 December 2010¹⁴² ,

(cxl) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1139/2010 of 7 December 2010¹⁴³ ,

(cxli) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1204/2010 of 16 December 2010¹⁴⁴ , and

(cxlii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 36/2011 of 18 January 2011¹⁴⁵ .".

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 February 2011.

MARY HANAFIN,

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.

¹OJ No. L139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.

² OJ No. L14, 19.1.2011, p. 11.

¹³⁴ .

¹³⁵ OJ No. L209, 10.8.2010, p. 14.

¹³⁶ OJ No. L234, 4.09.2010, p. 11.

¹³⁷ OJ No. L249, 23.09.2010, p. 1.

¹³⁸ OJ No. L253, 28.09.2010, p. 46.

¹³⁹ OJ No. L268, 12.10.2010, p. 21.

¹⁴⁰ OJ No. L290, 6.11.2010, p. 33.

¹⁴¹ OJ No. L296, 13.11.2010, p. 13.

¹⁴² OJ No. L322, 8.12.2010, p. 4.

¹⁴³ 143 OJ No. L322, 8.12.2010, p. 6.

¹⁴⁴ OJ No. L333, 17.12.2010, p. 45.

¹⁴⁵ OJ No. L14, 19.1.2011, p. 11.