26.1.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 20/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 70/2010 of 25 January 2010 amending for the 119th 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 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, (') and in particular 7(1)(a) and 7a(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. (20 On 19 January 2010 the Sanctions Committee decided to add two natural persons and one legal person, group or entity to list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. (3)  Annex I should therefore be updated accordingly. (4)  In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately, 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 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, 25 January 2010. () OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9. (3 Article 7a was inserted by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2009 (O] L 346, 23.12.2009, p. 42). For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Jodo Vale DE ALMEIDA Director-General for External Relations