Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 9th August, 2011.

I, RICHARD BRUTON, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise 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 further effect to Council Regulation (EU) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002¹ as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 640/2011 of 30 June 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) (No. 2) Regulations 2011.

2. Regulation 2 (amended by 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 ( S.I. No. 71 of 2011 )) of 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 ) is amended by-

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

(b) in paragraph (cxlii) by substituting "18 January 2011¹⁴⁵ , " for "18 January 2011¹⁴⁵ .", and

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

"(cxliii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 98/2011 of 3 February 2011¹⁴⁶ ,

(cxliv) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 178/2011 of 24 February 2011¹⁴⁷ ,

(cxlv) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 260/2011 of 16 March 2011¹⁴⁸ ,

(cxlvi) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 317/2011 of 31 March 2011¹⁴⁹ ,

(cxlvii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 480/2011 of 18 May 2011¹⁵⁰ ,

(cxlviii) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 577/2011 of 16 June 2011¹⁵¹ ,

(cxlix) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 597/2011 of 21 June 2011¹⁵² ,

(cl) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 621/2011 of 24 June 2011¹⁵³ , and

(cli) Commission Regulation (EU) No. 640/2011 of 30 June 2011¹⁵⁴ .".

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

2 August 2011.

RICHARD BRUTON,

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise 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 Regulation 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.

1 OJ L139, 29.05.2002, p.9.

2 OJ L173, 1.7.2011, p.1.

145OJ L14, 19.1.2011, p.11.

145OJ L14, 19.1.2011, p.11.

146 OJ No. L30, 4.2.2011, p. 29.

147 OJ No. L51, 25.2.2011, p.10.

148 OJ No. L70, 17.3.2011, p. 33.

149 OJ No. L86, 1.4.2011, p. 63.

150 OJ No. L132, 19.5.2011, p. 6.

151 OJ No. L159, 17.6.2011, p.69.

152 OJ No. L162, 22.6.2011, p. 3.

153 OJ No. L166, 25.06.2011, p.18.

154 OJ No. L173, 1.7.2011, p. 1.