REPORT ON REGISTRATION CONDITIONS pursuant REPORT ON REGISTRATION CONDITIONSOF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS ON THE EUROPEAN UNION TERROR LIST*I. ON THE CONDITIONS FOR PLACING A PERSON, ORGANISATION OR ENTITY ON THE EUROPEAN LIST OF TERRORIST ORGANISATIONSFollowing the attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York City on 11 September 2001, the international community expressed its intention to take all necessary measures to actively fight against international terrorism. The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1373 (1.). In order to facilitate its application on European territory, the European Union adopted Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (2.), the implementation of which involved the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 (3.), which is regularly updated.1. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)On 28 September 2001, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1373 (2001), setting out strategies to combat terrorism by all means, and in particular its financing.Point 1(c) of the resolution provides, inter alia, that all States shall:"Freeze without delay funds and other financial assets or economic resources of persons who commit, or attempt to commit, terrorist acts or participate in or facilitate the commission of terrorist acts, of entities owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such persons, and of persons and entities acting on behalf of or at the direction of such persons and entities, including funds derived from property owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such persons and associated persons and entities;"The resolution does not provide a list of names of persons to whom these restrictive measures are to be applied, but by its terms calls on all states to comply.2. Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorismAt the level of the European Union, the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) led the Council of the European Union to adopt Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism.The provisions of Article 1(1), (3), (4) and (6) of this Common Position state:" 1. This Common Position applies in accordance with the provisions of the following Articles to persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts and listed in the Annex.[...]3. For the purposes of this Common Position, "terrorist act" shall mean any of the following intentional acts, which given its nature or its context may seriously damage a country or an international organisation, as defined as an offence under national law, where committed with the aim of:i. seriously intimidating a population, orii. unduly compelling a Government or an international organisation to perform orabstain from performing any act, oriii. seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional,economic or social structures of a country or an international organisation:a) attacks upon a person’s life, which may cause death;b) attacks upon the physical integrity of a person;c) kidnapping or hostage taking
d) causing extensive destruction to a Governmental or public facility, a transport system, an infrastructure facility, including an information system, a fixed :Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of décember 27th 2001 and Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of décember 27th 2001