L 328/66 Official Journal of the European Union 15.12.2009 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1220/2009 of 14 December 2009 amending for the 117th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty of the European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1), and in particular the first indent of Article 7(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation. (2 On 3 December 2009 the Sanctions Committee decided to remove one natural person from its list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. On 1 September, 23 September 2009 and 17 November the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend identifying data concerning several natural persons on that list. (3)  Annex I should therefore be updated accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 December 2009. () O] L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Jodo Vale DE ALMEIDA Director-General for External Relations