News Release
Financial Sanctions: Liberia
10 September 2004
With the publication today of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2004 in the Official Journal of the European Union, the Commission of the European Communities has amended the list of those subject to the financial sanctions applicable to the former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, Jewell Howard Taylor and Charles Taylor Jr., other immediate family members, his former senior officials and other close allies and associates as designated by the Committee of the Security Council established pursuant to paragraph 21 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003). The list of targeted persons set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2004 amends the list of targeted persons in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1478/2004.
The Bank of England, on behalf of Her Majesty's Treasury, therefore announces that with effect from 10 September 2004 all funds and economic resources belonging to the persons listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2004, must be frozen. No funds or economic resources are to be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of the listed persons. Financial institutions and other bodies and persons in the UK must check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold any funds for the individuals named and, if so, they should freeze the accounts or other funds and report the accounts or other funds and amounts frozen to the Bank of England.
Copies of this Commission Regulation and previous Regulations, and the related Bank Notices, regarding the financial sanctions regime against Liberia are available from the Financial Sanctions pages.
The amendments made by the Commission of the European Communities, which take the form of three additions to the list of those persons subject to the Liberia financial sanctions regime and additional information in relation to an individual who was already subject to the Liberia financial sanctions regime, are set out below:
Individuals
- GEORGE, Martin
Other Information: Ambassador of Liberia to the
Federal Republic of Nigeria. - MINOR, Grace, Beatrice
DOB: 31 May 1942. - SNOWE, Edwin
Other Information: Managing Director of the Liberian Petroleum and Refining Corporation (LPRC).
Amendment
(Added information appears in italics).
- TAYLOR, Jewell, Howard
DOB: 17 January 1963
Passport Number: D/003835-04 (04/06/04 - 03/06/06)
Other Information: Wife of former President Charles Taylor.
Note to Editors
On 12 March 2004, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1532 (2004). On 29 April 2004, the Council of the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004, which, inter alia, had the effect of freezing the funds and economic resources of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor and certain individuals associated with him. All such targeted persons were listed in Annex I of that Regulation. Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and entered into force on 30 April 2004 (O.J. L162, p.32). The list of targeted persons in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 has subsequently been amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1149/2004 of 22 June 2004 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1478/2004 of 18 August 2004.
Key Resources
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Bank of England Notice 10 September 2004 Download PDF (80k) |
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2004 8 September 2004 Download PDF (34k) |
