Brussels, 26 July 2024
The Council decided today to add the entity “The Base” to the EU Terrorist List. The Base is an organisation of right-wing extremists involved in terrorist acts, which was founded by Rinaldo Nazzaro in 2018.
The sanctions are effective as of today.
Following its listing, The Base is subject to the freezing of its funds and other financial assets or economic resources in EU member states. It is also prohibited for EU operators to make funds and economic resources available to the organisation.
The Council today also renewed the list of persons, groups and entities subject to restrictive measures with a view to combatting terrorism, delisting one deceased person and maintaining the rest unchaged.
As a consequence, there are currently 15 persons and 22 groups and entities subject to the restrictive measures in force.
The relevant legal acts have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Background
The EU Terrorist List, i.e. the sanctions regime set out in Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, is separate from the EU regime implementing UN Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) and targeting Al-Qaida and ISIL/Da’esh.
The EU may also apply restrictive measures autonomously to ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaida and persons and entities associated with or supporting them.
- Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2055 of 26 July 2024 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/329
- Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2056 of 26 July 2024 updating the list of persons, groups and entities covered by Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2024/332
- Consolidated text: Council Common Position of 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism (2001/931/CFSP): 21 February 2024
- EU terrorist list (background information)
Source – EU Council