{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-735/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-735/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/735",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 735/2014 of 4 July 2014 amending for the 216th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al Qaida network",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-735",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
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  "text": "Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:\n(1) The following entry shall be added under the heading ‘Natural persons’:\n‘Shekau Mohammed Abubakar (alias (a) Abubakar Shekau; (b) Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammed; (c) Abu Muhammed Abubakar bi Mohammed; (d) Shekau; (e) Shehu; (f) Shayku; (g) Imam Darul Tauhid; (h) Imam Darul Tawheed). Title: Imam. Function: Leader of Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram). Date of birth: 1969. Place of birth: Shekau Village, Yobe State, Nigeria. Nationality: Nigerian. Address: Nigeria. Other information: (a) Physical description: eye colour: black; hair colour: black; (b) Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 26.6.2014.’\n(2) The following entry shall be added under the heading ‘Legal persons, groups and entities’:\n‘Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (alias: (a) Ansaru; (b) Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan; (c) Jama'atu Ansaril Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan (JAMBS); (d) Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis-Sudan (JAMBS); (e) Jamma'atu Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis-Sudan (JAMBS); (f) Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa; (g) Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa). Address: Nigeria. Other information: (a) Group established in 2012; (b) Operates in Nigeria. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 26.6.2014.’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/735/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:28.488450+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}