UK HM Treasury lifts asset freeze on Libyan govt agency ODAC (Organisation for Development of Administrative Centres)

Financial Sanctions Notice

                                                                                            23/01/2013

Libya

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 50/2013

This notice is issued in respect of the asset freezing measures relating to Libya.

1. With the publication of  Council  Implementing Regulation  (EU) No  50/2013 of  22 January

2013 in the Official Journal of the European Union (O.J. L20,  23.01.2013, p.29) on  23

January 2013, the Council of the European Union has amended Annexes II and III to Council 

Regulation (EU) No 204/2011 [“Regulation 204/2011”], with effect from 23 January 2013.

2. Those persons, groups and entities listed in Annexes II and III are subject to the freezing of 

funds and economic resources provisions contained in Regulation 204/2011.

3. Annex II to Regulation 204/2011 lists the persons, groups and entities identified in United 

Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 or designated by the competent UN Sanctions 

Committee.

4. Annex III to Regulation  204/2011  lists the persons, groups and entities identified by the 

Council of the European Union.

5. The amendments take the form of the removal of one entity from Annex III and amendments 

to the identifying information of a number of existing entries in Annexes II and III.

6. The entity removed from Annex III is no longer subject to the asset freeze imposed by 

Regulation 204/2011.

7. Details of the changes are set out in the Annex to this notice.

8. The Treasury’s Consolidated List of persons subject to financial sanctions in effect in the UK, 

which is maintained on the Treasury website, has been updated to reflect the removal and 

amendments.2

Reporting requirements 

9. Relevant institutions and other persons are requested to check whether they maintain any 

accounts or otherwise hold any funds or economic resources for the persons set out in the 

Annex to this notice whose details have been amended. If so, they must freeze such accounts 

or other funds and, unless licensed by the Treasury, refrain from dealing with the funds or 

making them available to such persons. 

10.Relevant institutions must report their findings to the Treasury, together with any additional 

information that would facilitate compliance with Regulation 204/2011. 

11. Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or 

economic resources held frozen for designated persons, they are not required to report these 

details again.

Other information

12. A copy of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 50/2013 can be obtained from the 

Official Journal of the European Union website at:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:020:0029:0032:EN:PDF

13. Copies of relevant Releases, certain EU Regulations, UNSC Resolutions and UK legislation can 

be obtained from the Libya regime page on the  Financial  Sanctions pages of the Treasury 

website:  http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/fin_sanctions_libya.htm.

Enquiries

14. Non-media enquiries, reports and licence applications should be addressed to:

Sanctions and Illicit Finance

Asset Freezing Unit
HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road
London SW1A 2HQ
E-mail: AFU@hmtreasury.gsi.gov.uk

15.Media enquiries should be addressed to the Treasury Press Office on 020 7270 5238.
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ANNEX

FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: LIBYA
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) NO 50/2013
AMENDING ANNEXES II AND III TO COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) NO 204/2011
DELETION

Entity

1. ORGANISATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRES (ODAC)
Other Information: EU listing. Not UN. Entity acting on behalf of or at the direction of the
Qadhafi Regime and a potential source of funding for the regime. ODAC has facilitated
thousands of government funded infrastructure projects. www.odac-libya.com
Group ID: 12034.
AMENDMENTS
Individuals

1. AL KUNI, Amid, Husain
Title: Colonel  
Position: Governor of Ghat (South Libya)
Other Information: EU listing. Not UN. Directly involved in recruiting mercenaries.
Believed to be in South Libya

2. AL-BAGHDADI, Abdulqader, Mohammed
Title: Dr
DOB: 01/07/1950
Passport Details: B010574
Position: Head of the Liaison Office of the Revolutionary Committees
Other Information: EU listing. Not UN. Revolutionary Committees involved in violence
against demonstrators.
Group ID: 11773.
Believed to be in jail in Tunisia

3. AL-BARASSI, Safia, Farkash
DOB: --/--/1952
POB: Al Bayda, Libya
Other Information: UN listing. Wife of Muammar Qadhafi
Group ID: 11655.
since 1970. Closeness of
association with regime. Significant personal wealth. Believed to be in Algeria. Her sister
Fatima Farkash is married to Abdallah Sanussi.

4. JABIR, Abu Bakr, Yunis
Title: Major General
Group ID: 11642. 2
DOB: --/--/1952
POB: Jalo, Libya
Position: Defence Minister
Other Information: UN listing. Believed deceased

5. MATUQ, Matuq, Mohammed
DOB: --/--/1956
POB: Khoms, Libya
Position: Secretary for Utilities
Other Information: UN listing.
Group ID: 11658.
Status/location unknown, believed captured

6. QADHAFI, Aisha, Muammar
DOB: --/--/1978
POB: Tripoli, Libya
Other Information: UN listing. Daughter of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association
with regime.
Group ID: 11659.
Believed to be in Algeria

7. QADHAFI, Hannibal, Muammar
DOB: 20/09/1975
POB: Tripoli, Libya
Passport Details: B/002210
Other Information: UN listing. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with
regime.
Group ID: 11635
Believed to be in Algeria

8. QADHAFI, Khamis, Muammar
DOB: --/--/1978
POB: Tripoli, Libya
Other Information: UN listing. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with
regime. Command of military units involved in repression of demonstrations.
Group ID: 11636.
Believed
deceased.

9. QADHAFI, Mohammed, Muammar
DOB: --/--/1970
POB: Tripoli, Libya
Other Information: UN listing. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with
regime.
Group ID: 11637.
Believed to be in Algeria

10. QADHAFI, Muammar, Mohammed, Abu Minyar
DOB: --/--/1942
POB: Sirte, Libya
Position: Leader of the Revolution. Supreme Commander of Armed Forces
Other Information: UN listing. Responsibility for ordering repression of demonstrations,
human rights abuses.
Group ID: 11647.
Believed deceased.
Group ID: 11638. 3

11. QADHAFI, Mutassim
DOB: --/--/1976
POB: Tripoli, Libya
Position: National Security Adviser
Other Information: UN listing. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with
regime. Believed deceased.

12. QADHAFI, Saadi
DOB:
Group ID: 11639.
(1) 27/05/1973
          (2) 01/01/1975
POB: Tripoli, Libya
Passport Details: (1) 014797
                             (2) 524521
Position: Commander Special Forces
Other Information: UN listing. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with
regime. Command of military units involved in repression of demonstrations. Believed to
be in Niger

13. QADHAFI, Saif, Al-Arab
DOB: --/--/1982
POB: Tripoli, Libya
Other Information: UN listing. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with
regime.
Group ID: 11648.
Believed deceased

14. QADHAFI, Saif Al-Islam
DOB: 25/06/1972
POB: Tripoli, Libya
Passport Details: B014995
Position: Director Qadhafi Foundation
Other Information: UN listing. Son of Muammar Qadhafi. Closeness of association with
regime. Inflammatory public statements encouraging violence against demonstrators.
Group ID: 11649.
Believed in custody in Libya
Group ID: 11640.

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