28 March 2012
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EU issues
updated list of "terrorist organisations and persons" (updated 17.3.05)
On 14 March
2005, the Council of the European Union issued updated lists
The Council of
the European Union (the 15 EU governments) decided on 14 March
2005 to update the European Union list of terrorist organisations
and persons linked to terrorist activities, which was first adopted
in December 2001 in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 11 September
2001.
The changes from the 2.4.04 versions are that:
1. "Terrorist organisations" and individuals inside the EU : EU groups and people (pdf)
Eleven., largely Italian, groups have been added to this list:
1. Al- Aqsa e.V.
2. Nuclei Territoriali Antimperialisti (Anti Imperialist Territorial
Units)
3. Cooperativa Artigiana Fuoco ed Affini – Occasionalmente
Spettacolare (Artisans' Cooperative Fire and Similar – Occasionally
Spectacular)
4. Nuclei Armati per il Comunismo (Armed Units for Communism)
5. CCCCC – Cellula Contro Capitale, Carcere i suoi Carcerieri
e le sue Celle (Cell Against Capital, Prison, Prison Warders
and Prison Cells)
6. Solidarietà Internazionale (International Solidarity)
7. Brigate Rosse per la Costruzione del Partito Comunista Combattente
(Red Brigades for the Construction of the Fighting Communist
Party)
8. Brigata XX Luglio (Twentieth of July Brigade)
9. Nucleo di Iniziativa Proletaria Rivoluzionaria (Unit for Revolutionary
Proletarian Initiative)
10. Nuclei di Iniziativa Proletaria (Units for Proletarian Initiative)
11. F.A.I. – Federazione Anarchica Informale (Unofficial
Anarchist Federation)
2. "Terrorist organisations" and individuals outside the EU : non-EU groups and people (pdf)
The only change is the addition of:
Al-Aqsa e.V.
On 2 April
2004, the Council of the European Union issued updated lists
a. On the organisations
and individuals inside the EU the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
has an added reference to: "(a.k.a. KADEK, a.k.a. KONGRA-GEL)"
b. On the organisations and individuals inside the EU the
"National Liberation Army (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional)"
has been added. The ELN is in Colombia.
c. The same changes have been made to the list of organisations
and individuals outside the EU.
1. "Terrorist organisations" and individuals inside the EU : EU groups and people (pdf)
2. "Terrorist organisations" and individuals outside the EU : non-EU groups and people (pdf)
On Christmas
Eve, 24 December 2003, the Council of the European Union issued
updated lists
The changes to the 1st list (inside EU) are that seven members of ETA have been removed from the list of individuals (18 members of ETA remain on the list) and Great Islamic Warriors Front (IBDA-C) in Turkey have been added to the organisations
The change to the 2nd list (non-EU) is the addition of: Great Islamic Warriors Front (IBDA-C) in Turkey.
1. "Terrorist organisations" and individuals inside the EU : EU groups and people (pdf)
2. "Terrorist organisations" and inidividuals outside the EU : non-EU groups and people (pdf)
On 12 September
2003, the Council of the European Union issued updated lists:
The Council
decided on 12 September - by written procedure - to update the
European Union list of terrorist organisations and persons linked
to terrorist activities, which was first adopted in December
2001 in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 11 September and
last updated on 27 June 2003.
This time the EU has agreed to put the Palestinian group Hamas on its list of outlawed terrorist organisations.
1. "Terrorist organisations" and individuals inside the EU : EU groups and people (pdf)
2. "Terrorist
organisations" and inidividuals outside the EU : non-EU
groups and people
(pdf)
On 27 June 2003, the Council of the European Union issued
updated lists of:
1. "Terrorist organisations"
and individuals inside the EU : EU groups and people (pdf)
2. "Terrorist
organisations" and inidividuals outside the EU : non-EU
groups and people
(pdf)
The EU resisted US and UK pressure to put the Palestinian group
Hamas on its list of outlawed terrorist organisations. Last year
the EU outlawed Hamas' military wing, the Izz al-Deen al-Qassam
Brigades.
12 December
2002, the Council of the European Union issued updated lists
of:
1. "Terrorist organisations"
and individuals inside the EU : EU groups and people (pdf)
2. "Terrorist organisations" and inidividuals outside the EU : non-EU groups and people (pdf)
30 October
2002, the Council of the European Union issued updated lists
of:
1. "Terrorist organisations"
and inidividuals inside the EU : EU groups and people (pdf)
2. "Terrorist
organisations" and inidividuals outside the EU : non-EU
groups and people
(pdf)
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