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REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 36/2012
of 18 January 2012
concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria and repealing Regulation (EU) No
442/2011
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(3)
In view of the continued brutal repression and violation
of human rights by the Government of Syria, Council
Decision 2011/782/CFSP provides for additional
measures, namely a prohibition on the export of tele
communications monitoring equipment for use by the
Syrian regime, a prohibition on the participation in
certain infrastructure projects and investment in such
projects, and additional restrictions on the transfers of
funds and the provision of financial services.
(4)
It should be clarified that submitting and forwarding the
necessary documents to a bank for the purpose of their
final transfer to a person, entity or body that is not listed,
to trigger payments allowed under Article 20, does not
constitute making funds available within the meaning of
Article 14.
(5)
The power to amend the list in Annex II and IIa to this
Regulation should be exercised by the Council, in view of
the serious political situation in Syria, and to ensure
consistency with the process for amending and
reviewing the Annex to Decision 2011/782/CFSP.
(6)
The procedure for amending the lists in Annex II and IIa
to this Regulation should include providing designated
natural or legal persons, entities or bodies with the
grounds for listing, so as to give them an opportunity
to submit observations. Where observations are
submitted, or substantial new evidence is presented, the
Council should review its decision in light of those obser
vations and inform the person, entity or body concerned
accordingly.
(7)
For the implementation of this Regulation, and in order
to create maximum legal certainty within the Union, the
names and other relevant data concerning natural and
legal persons, entities and bodies whose funds and
economic resources must be frozen in accordance with
this Regulation, must be made public.Any processing of
personal data should comply with Regulation (EC) No
45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of
individuals with regard to the processing of personal
data by the Community institutions and bodies and on
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP of
1 December 2011 concerning restrictive measures against
Syria (1),
Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Represen
tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU)
No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of
the situation in Syria (2).
(2)
The Council expanded the scope of its measures against
Syria by way of Council Regulations on 2 September,
23 September, 13 October and 14 November 2011 (3),
as well as making amendments and additions to the list
of targeted persons and entities through successive
Council Implementing Regulations (4). Further measures,
which do not fall within the scope of Union law, are set
out in the corresponding CFSP Decisions of the
Council (5).
(1) OJ L 319, 2.12.2011, p. 56.
(2) OJ L 121, 10.5.2011, p. 1.
(3) Council Regulations (EU) No 878/2011 (OJ L 228, 3.9.2011, p. 1),
(EU) No 950/2011 (OJ L 247, 24.9.2011, p. 3), (EU) No 1011/2011
(OJ L 269, 14.10.2011, p. 18), (EU) No 1150/2011 (OJ L 296,
15.11.2011, p. 1).
(4) Council Implementing Regulations (EU) No 504/2011 (OJ L 136,
24.5.2011, p. 45), (EU) No 611/2011 (OJ L 164, 24.6.2011, p. 1),
(EU) No 755/2011 (OJ L 199, 2.8.2011, p. 33), (EU) No 843/2011
(OJ L 218, 24.8.2011, p. 1), (EU) No 1151/2011 (OJ L 296,
15.11.2011, p. 3).
(5) Council Implementing Decision 2011/302/CFSP (OJ L 136,
24.5.2011, p. 91), Council Implementing Decision 2011/367/CFSP
(OJ L 164, 24.6.2011, p. 14), Council Implementing Decision
2011/488/CFSP (OJ L 199, 2.8.2011, p. 74), Council Implementing
Decision 2011/515/CFSP (OJ L 218, 24.8.2011, p. 20), Council
Decision 2011/522/CFSP (OJ L 228, 3.9.2011, p. 16), Council
Decision 2011/628/CFSP (OJ L 247, 24.9.2011, p. 17), Council
Decision 2011/684/CFSP (OJ L 269, 14.10.2011, p. 33), Council
Decision 2011/735/CFSP (OJ L 296, 15.11.2011, p. 53), Council
Implementing Decision 2011/736/CFSP (OJ L 296, 15.11.2011,
p. 55).
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financial guarantee or financial indemnity, and credit,
whether legally independent or not, as well as any related
provision arising under, or in connection with, the trans
action;
the free movement of such data (1) and Directive
95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of indi
viduals with regard to the processing of personal data
and on the free movement of such data (2).
(8)
(9)
(10)
These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union and, therefore,
notably with a view to ensuring its uniform application
by economic operators in all Member States, regulatory
action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to
implement them.
In view of the extent of the amendments introduced,
taken together with the various measures already
adopted in relation to Syria, it is appropriate to
consolidate all the measures into a new regulation
which repeals and replaces Regulation (EU) No
442/2011.
In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this
Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into
force immediately,
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(d) 'credit institution' means a credit institution as defined in
Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/48/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating
to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit
institutions (3), including its branches inside or outside
the Union;
(e) 'crude oil and petroleum products' means the products
listed in Annex IV;
(f)
'economic resources' means assets of every kind, whether
tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are
not funds, but which may be used to obtain funds, goods
or services;
(g) 'financial institution' means:
(i) an undertaking, other than a credit institution, which
carries out one or more of the operations included in
points 2 to 12 and points 14 and 15 of Annex I to
Directive 2006/48/EC, including the activities of
currency exchange offices (bureaux de change);
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DEFINITIONS
Article 1
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a) 'branch' of a financial or credit institution means a place of
business which forms a legally dependent part of a financial
or credit institution and which carries out directly all or
some of the transactions inherent in the business of
financial or credit institutions;
(b) 'brokering services' means:
(i) the negotiation or arrangement of transactions for the
purchase, sale or supply of goods and technology from
a third country to any other third country, or
(ii) the selling or buying of goods and technology that are
located in third countries for their transfer to another
third country;
(c) 'contract or transaction' means any transaction of whatever
form and whatever the applicable law, whether comprising
one or more contracts or similar obligations made between
the same or different parties; for this purpose 'contract'
includes a bond, guarantee or indemnity, particularly a
(1) OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
(ii) an insurance company duly authorised in accordance
with Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 5 November 2002 concerning
life assurance (4), insofar as it carries out activities
covered by that Directive;
(iii) an investment firm as defined in point 1 of Article 4(1)
of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in
financial instruments (5);
(iv) a collective investment undertaking marketing its units
or shares; or
(v) an insurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(5) of
Directive 2002/92/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 9 December 2002 on insurance
mediation (6), with the exception of intermediaries
referred to in Article 2(7) of that Directive, when
they act in respect of life insurance and other
investment related services;
including its branches, whether inside or outside the Union;
(h) 'freezing of economic resources' means preventing their use
to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including,
but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them;
(3) OJ L 177, 30.6.2006, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 345, 19.12.2002, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 145, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 9, 15.1.2003, p. 3.
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'freezing of funds' means preventing any move, transfer,
alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any
way that would result in any change in their volume,
amount, location, ownership, possession, character, desti
nation or other change that would enable the funds to
be used, including portfolio management;
(iv) any credit or financial institution that is not domiciled
in Syria but is controlled by one or more persons or
entities domiciled in Syria;
(o) 'Syrian person, entity or body' means:
'funds' means financial assets and benefits of every kind,
including but not limited to:
(i) the State of Syria or any public authority thereof;
(ii) any natural person in, or resident in, Syria;
(i) cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders
and other payment instruments;
(iii) any legal person, entity or body having its registered
office in Syria;
(ii) deposits with financial institutions or other entities,
balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;
(iii) publicly- and privately-traded securities and debt
instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates
representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants,
debentures and derivatives contracts;
(iv) interest, dividends or other income on or value
accruing from or generated by assets;
(v) credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds
or other financial commitments;
(vi) letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;
(vii) documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial
resources;
(iv) any legal person, entity or body, inside or outside
Syria, owned or controlled directly or indirectly by
one or more of the above-mentioned persons or
bodies;
(p) 'technical assistance' means any technical support related to
repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, main
tenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms
such as instruction, advice, training, the transmission of
working knowledge or skills or consulting services;
including verbal forms of assistance;
(q) 'territory of the Union' means the territories of the Member
States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the
conditions laid down in the Treaty, including their airspace.
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(k) 'goods' includes items, materials and equipment;
(l)
'insurance' means an undertaking or commitment whereby
one or more natural or legal persons are obliged, in return
for payment, to provide one or more other persons, in the
event of materialisation of a risk, with an indemnity or a
benefit as determined by the undertaking or commitment;
(m) 'reinsurance' means the activity consisting in accepting risks
ceded by an insurance undertaking or by another rein
surance undertaking or, in the case of the association of
underwriters known as Lloyd's, the activity consisting in
accepting risks, ceded by any member of Lloyd's, by an
insurance or reinsurance undertaking other than the
association of underwriters known as Lloyd's;
(n) 'Syrian credit or financial institution' means:
(i) any credit or financial institution domiciled in Syria,
including the Central Bank of Syria;
(ii) any branch or subsidiary, where it falls within the
scope of Article 35, of a credit or financial institution
domiciled in Syria;
(iii) any branch or subsidiary, where it does not fall within
the scope of Article 35, of a credit or financial insti
tution domiciled in Syria;
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EXPORT AND IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
Article 2
1.
It shall be prohibited:
(a) to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly,
equipment which might be used for internal repression as
listed in Annex I, whether or not originating in the Union,
to any person, entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria;
(b) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the
object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions
referred to in point (a).
2.
Paragraph 1 shall not apply to protective clothing,
including flak jackets and helmets, temporarily exported to
Syria by United Nations (UN) personnel, personnel of the
Union or its Member States, representatives of the media or
humanitarian and development workers and associated
persons exclusively for their personal use.
3.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent
authorities in the Member States as listed in Annex III may
authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment
which might be used for internal repression, under such
conditions as they deem appropriate, if they determine that
such equipment is intended solely for humanitarian or
protective use.
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Article 3
1.
It shall be prohibited:
(a) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance related
to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military
List of the European Union (1) ('Common Military List') or
related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use
of goods included in that list, to any person, entity or body
in Syria or for use in Syria;
(b) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or
brokering services related to equipment which might be
used for internal repression as listed in Annex I, to any
person, entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria;
(c) to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial
assistance related to the goods and technology listed in
the Common Military List or in Annex I, including in
particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for
any sale, supply, transfer or export of such items, or for
any provision of related technical assistance to any person,
entity or body in Syria or for use in Syria;
(d) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the
object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions
referred to in points (a) to (c).
2.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the prohibitions
referred to therein shall not apply to the provision of technical
assistance, financing and financial assistance related to:
— technical assistance intended solely for the support of the
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF);
— non-lethal military equipment, or equipment which might
be used for internal repression, intended solely for humani
tarian purposes or protective use or for institution building
programmes of the UN and the Union, or for Union or UN
crisis management operations; or
— non-combat vehicles fitted with materials to provide ballistic
protection, intended solely for the protective use of
personnel of the Union and its Member States in Syria;
provided that such provision shall first have been approved by
the competent authority of a Member State, as identified on the
websites listed in Annex III.
Article 4
1.
It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export,
directly or indirectly, equipment, technology or software
identified in Annex V, whether or not originating in the
(1) OJ C 86, 18.3.2011, p. 1.
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Union, to any person, entity or body in Syria or for use in
Syria, unless the competent authority of the relevant Member
State, as identified in the websites referred to in Annex III, has
given prior authorisation.
2.
The competent authorities of the Member States, as
identified in the websites referred to in Annex III, shall not
grant any authorisation under paragraph 1 if they have
reasonable grounds to determine that the equipment, tech
nology or software in question would be used for monitoring
or interception, by the Syrian regime or on its behalf, of
internet or telephone communications in Syria.
3.
Annex V shall include equipment, technology or software
which may be used for the monitoring or interception of
internet or telephone communications.
4.
The Member State concerned shall inform the other
Member States and the Commission of any authorisation
granted under this Article, within four weeks following the
authorisation.
Article 5
1.
It shall be prohibited:
(a) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or
brokering services related to the equipment, technology
and software identified in Annex V, or related to the
provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of the
equipment and technology identified in Annex V or to
the provision, installation, operation or updating of any
software identified in Annex V, to any person, entity or
body in Syria or for use in Syria;
(b) to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial
assistance related to the equipment, technology and
software identified in Annex V, to any person, entity or
body in Syria or for use in Syria;
(c) to provide any telecommunication or internet monitoring
or interception services of any kind to, or for the direct or
indirect benefit of, the State of Syria, its Government, its
public bodies, corporations and agencies or any person or
entity acting on their behalf or at their direction; and
(d) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in any activity
the object or effect of which is to circumvent the
prohibitions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) above;
unless the competent authority of the relevant Member State, as
identified in the websites referred to in Annex III, has given
prior authorisation, on the basis set out in Article 4(2).
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2.
For the purposes of paragraph 1(c), 'telecommunication or
internet monitoring or interception services' means those
services that provide, in particular using equipment, technology
or software as identified in Annex V, access to and delivery of a
subject's incoming and outgoing telecommunications and callassociated data for the purpose of its extraction, decoding,
recording, processing, analysis and storing or any other
related activity.
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(b) production of crude oil and natural gas;
(c) refining;
(d) liquefaction of natural gas.
3.
Annex VI shall not include items included in the Common
Military List.
It shall be prohibited:
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(a) to import crude oil or petroleum products into the Union if
they:
(i) originate in Syria; or
(ii) have been exported from Syria;
(b) to purchase crude oil or petroleum products which are
located in or which originated in Syria;
(c) to transport crude oil or petroleum products if they
originate in Syria, or are being exported from Syria to
any other country;
(d) to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial
assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as
insurance and re-insurance, related to the prohibitions set
out in points (a), (b) and (c); and
(e) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities
whose object or effect is, directly or indirectly, to
circumvent the prohibitions in point (a), (b), (c) or (d).
Article 7
The prohibitions in Article 6 shall not apply to:
(a) the execution, on or prior to 15 November 2011, of an
obligation arising from a contract concluded before
2 September 2011, provided that the natural or legal
person, entity or body seeking to perform the obligation
concerned has notified, at least seven working days in
advance, the activity or transaction to the competent
authority of the Member State in which it is established,
as identified on the websites listed in Annex III; or
(b) the purchase of crude oil or petroleum products which had
been exported from Syria prior to 2 September 2011, or,
where the export was made pursuant to point (a), on or
prior to 15 November 2011.
Article 8
1.
It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export the
equipment or technology listed in Annex VI, directly or
indirectly, to any Syrian person, entity or body, or for use in
Syria.
2.
Annex VI shall include key equipment and technology for
the following sectors of the oil and gas industry in Syria:
(a) exploration of crude oil and natural gas;
It shall be prohibited:
(a) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or
brokering services related to the equipment and technology
listed in Annex VI, or related to the provision, manufacture,
maintenance and use of goods listed in Annex VI, to any
Syrian person, entity or body, or for use in Syria;
(b) to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial
assistance related to the equipment and technology listed
in Annex VI, to any Syrian person, entity or body; or for
use in Syria, and
(c) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in any activity
the object or effect of which is to circumvent the
prohibitions referred to in point (a) or (b).
Article 10
1.
The prohibitions in Articles 8 and 9 shall not apply to the
performance of an obligation required by a contract which was
awarded or concluded prior to 19 January 2012, provided that
the person or entity seeking to rely on this Article has notified,
at least 21 calendar days in advance, the competent authority of
the Member State in which they are established, as identified on
the websites listed in Annex III.
2.
For the purposes of this Article, a contract shall have been
'awarded' to a person or entity if express written confirmation
of the award of the contract to that person or entity has been
sent by the other contracting party, following the conclusion of
a formal tender process.
Article 11
It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly
or indirectly, new Syrian denominated banknotes and coinage,
printed or minted in the Union, to the Central Bank of Syria.
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RESTRICTIONS ON PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS
Article 12
1.
It shall be prohibited:
(a) to sell, supply, transfer or export equipment or technology
to be used in the construction or installation in Syria of
new power plants for electricity production, as listed in
Annex VII;
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(ii) the construction or installation of new power plants for
electricity production concluded prior to 19 January
2012;
(b) to provide, directly or indirectly, financial or technical
assistance in relation to any project referred to in point (a).
2.
This prohibition shall not apply to the performance of an
obligation required by a contract or agreement which was
concluded prior to 19 January 2012, provided that the
person or entity seeking to rely on this Article has notified,
at least 21 calendar days in advance, the competent authority
of the Member State in which they are established, as identified
on the websites listed in Annex III.
(b) shall not prevent the extension of a participation relating to:
(i) the exploration, production or refining of crude oil, if
such extension is an obligation under an agreement
concluded before 23 September 2011;
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(ii) the construction or installation of new power plants for
electricity production if such extension is an obligation
under an agreement concluded prior to 19 January
2012.
RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCING CERTAIN ENTERPRISES
Article 13
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The following shall be prohibited:
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(a) the granting of any financial loan or credit to any Syrian
person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 2;
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(b) the acquisition or extension of a participation in any Syrian
person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 2;
(c) the creation of any joint venture with any Syrian person,
entity or body referred to in paragraph 2;
(d) the participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities
the object or effect of which is to circumvent the
prohibitions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c).
2.
The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall apply to any Syrian
person, entity or body engaged in:
1.
All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned,
held or controlled by the natural or legal persons, entities and
bodies listed in Annex II and IIa shall be frozen.
2.
No funds or economic resources shall be made available,
directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of the natural or legal
persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex II and IIa.
3.
The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in
activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly,
to circumvent the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2
shall be prohibited.
(a) the exploration, production or refining of crude oil; or
(b) the construction or installation of new power plants for
electricity production.
3.
For the purposes of paragraph 2 only, the following defi
nitions shall apply:
(a) 'exploration of crude oil' includes the exploration for, pros
pecting for and management of crude oil reserves, as well as
the provision of geological services in relation to such
reserves;
(b) 'refining of crude oil' means the processing, conditioning or
preparation of oil for the ultimately final sale of fuels.
Article 15
1.
Annexes II and IIa shall consist of the following:
(a) Annex II shall consist of a list of natural or legal persons,
entities and bodies who, in accordance with Article 19(1) of
Decision 2011/782/CFSP, have been identified by the
Council as being persons or entities responsible for the
violent repression against the civilian population in Syria,
persons and entities benefiting from or supporting the
regime, and natural or legal persons and entities associated
with them, and to whom Article 21 of this Regulation shall
not apply;
(a) shall be without prejudice to the execution of an obligation
arising from contracts or agreements relating to:
(b) Annex IIa shall consist of a list of entities which, in
accordance with Article 19(1) of Decision 2011/782/CFSP,
have been identified by the Council as being entities
associated with the persons or entities responsible for the
violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, or
with persons and entities benefiting from or supporting the
regime, and to which Article 21 of this Regulation shall
apply.
(i) the exploration, production or refining of crude oil,
concluded before 23 September 2011;
2.
Annexes II and IIa shall include the grounds for the listing
of listed persons, entities and bodies concerned.
4.
The prohibitions in paragraph 1:
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3.
Annexes II and IIa shall also include, where available,
information necessary to identify the natural or legal persons,
entities and bodies concerned. With regard to natural persons,
such information may include names including aliases, date and
place of birth, nationality, passport and ID card numbers,
gender, address, if known, and function or profession. With
regard to legal persons, entities and bodies, such information
may include names, place and date of registration, registration
number and place of business.
Article 16
By way of derogation from Article 14, the competent
authorities in the Member States as identified on the websites
listed in Annex III may authorise the release of certain frozen
funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain
funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they
deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or
economic resources are:
(a) necessary to satisfy the basic needs of persons listed in
Annexes II and IIa and their dependent family members,
including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage,
medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance
premiums, and public utility charges;
(b) intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional
fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated
with the provision of legal services;
(c) intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges
for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or
economic resources;
(d) necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the
relevant competent authority has notified the grounds on
which it considers that a specific authorisation should be
granted to the competent authorities of the other Member
States and to the Commission at least two weeks before the
authorisation;
(e) to be paid into or from an account of a diplomatic or
consular mission or an international organisation enjoying
immunities in accordance with international law, insofar as
such payments are intended to be used for official purposes
of the diplomatic or consular mission or international
organisation;
(f) necessary for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or
facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical
supplies, food, humanitarian workers and related assistance,
or evacuations from Syria.
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The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member
States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under
this Article within four weeks following the authorisation.
Article 17
By way of derogation from Article 14, the competent
authorities in the Member States as identified on the websites
listed in Annex III may authorise the release of certain frozen
funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain
funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they
deem appropriate, after having determined that the provision
of such funds or economic resources are necessary for the
essential energy needs of the civilian population in Syria,
provided that the relevant competent authority has notified
for each delivery contract the grounds on which it considers
that a specific authorisation should be granted to the competent
authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission
at least four weeks before the authorisation.
Article 18
By way of derogation from Article 14, the competent
authorities in the Member States as listed in Annex III may
authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic
resources, if the following conditions are met:
(a) the funds or economic resources in question are the subject
of a judicial, administrative or arbitral lien established prior
to the date on which the person, entity or body referred to
in Article 14 was included in Annex II or IIa, or of a
judicial, administrative or arbitral judgment rendered prior
to that date;
(b) the funds or economic resources in question will be used
exclusively to satisfy claims secured by such a lien or
recognised as valid in such a judgment, within the limits
set by applicable laws and regulations governing the rights
of persons having such claims;
(c) the lien or judgment is not for the benefit of a person,
entity or body listed in Annex II or IIa; and
(d) recognising the lien or judgment is not contrary to public
policy in the Member State concerned.
The relevant Member State shall inform the other Member
States and the Commission of any authorisation granted
under this Article.
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Article 19
1.
Article 14(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen
accounts of:
(a) interest or other earnings on those accounts; or
(b) payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations
that were concluded or arose before the date on which
the account became subject to this Regulation,
provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments
are frozen in accordance with Article 14(1).
2.
Article 14(2) shall not prevent financial or credit insti
tutions in the Union from crediting frozen accounts where
they receive funds transferred to the account of a listed
natural or legal person, entity or body, provided that any
additions to such accounts will also be frozen. The financial
or credit institution shall inform the relevant competent
authority about any such transaction without delay.
Article 20
By way of derogation from Article 14 and provided that a
payment by a person, entity or body listed in Annex II or IIa
is due under a contract or agreement that was concluded by, or
an obligation that arose for the person, entity or body
concerned before, the date on which that person, entity or
body had been designated, the competent authorities of the
Member States, as indicated on the websites listed in Annex
III, may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appro
priate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic
resources, provided that the payment is not directly or indirectly
received by a person or entity referred to in Article 14.
Article 21
By way of derogation from Article 14(1), an entity listed in
Annex IIa may, for a period of two months from the date on
which it was designated, make a payment from frozen funds or
economic resources which were received by that entity after the
date on which it was designated, provided that:
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implementing it, or its directors or employees, unless it is
proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen or
withheld as a result of negligence.
CHAPTER VI
RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCIAL SERVICES
Article 23
The European Investment Bank (EIB) shall:
(a) be prohibited from making any disbursement or payment
under or in connection with any existing loan agreements
entered into between the State of Syria or any public
authority thereof and the EIB; and
(b) suspend all existing Technical Assistance Service Contracts
relating to projects financed under the loan agreements
referred to in point (a), and which are intended for the
direct or indirect benefit of the State of Syria or any
public authority thereof to be performed in Syria.
Article 24
It shall be prohibited:
(a) to sell or purchase Syrian public or public-guaranteed bonds
issued after 19 January 2012, directly or indirectly, to or
from any of the following:
(i) the State of Syria or its Government, and its public
bodies, corporations and agencies;
(ii) any Syrian credit or financial institution;
(iii) a natural person or a legal person, entity or body acting
on behalf or at the direction of a legal person, entity or
body referred to in (i) or (ii);
(iv) a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by a
person, entity or body referred to in (i), (ii) or (iii);
(a) such payment is due under a trade contract; and
(b) to provide brokering services with regard to Syrian public or
public-guaranteed bonds issued after 19 January 2012, to a
person, entity or body referred to in point (a);
(b) the competent authority of the relevant Member State has
determined that the payment will not directly or indirectly
be received by a person or entity listed in Annex II or
Annex IIa.
(c) to assist a person, entity or body referred to in point (a) in
order to issue Syrian public or public-guaranteed bonds, by
providing brokering services, advertising or any other
service with regard to such bonds.
Article 22
The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal to
make funds or economic resources available, carried out in
good faith on the basis that such action is in accordance with
this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the
part of the natural or legal person or entity or body
Article 25
1.
It shall be prohibited for credit and financial institutions
falling within the scope of Article 35 to:
(a) open a new bank account with any Syrian credit or financial
institution;
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(b) to establish a new correspondent banking relationship with
any Syrian credit or financial institution;
(c) to open a new representative office in Syria or to establish a
new branch or subsidiary in Syria;
(d) to establish a new joint venture with any Syrian credit or
financial institution.
2.
It shall be prohibited:
(a) to authorise the opening of a representative office or the
establishment of a branch or subsidiary in the Union of any
Syrian credit or financial institution;
(b) to conclude agreements for, or on behalf of, any Syrian
credit or financial institution, pertaining to the opening of
a representative office or the establishment of a branch or
subsidiary in the Union;
(c) to grant an authorisation for taking up and pursuing the
business of a credit or financial institution or for any other
business requiring prior authorisation, by a representative
office, branch or subsidiary of any Syrian credit or
financial institution, if the representative office, branch or
subsidiary was not operational before 19 January 2012;
(d) to acquire or to extend a participation, or to acquire any
other ownership interest in a credit or financial institution
falling within the scope of Article 35 by any Syrian credit or
financial institution.
Article 26
1.
It shall be prohibited:
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Point (ii) of paragraph 1(a) shall not prevent the provision of
insurance or re-insurance to the owner of a vessel, aircraft or
vehicle chartered by a person, entity or body referred to in
point (i) of paragraph 1(a) and which is not listed in Annex
II or IIa.
For the purpose of point (ii) of paragraph 1(a), a person, entity
or body shall not be considered to act at the direction of a
person, entity or body referred to in point (i) of paragraph 1(a)
where that direction is for the purposes of docking, loading,
unloading or safe transit of a vessel or aircraft temporarily in
Syrian waters or airspace.
4.
This Article prohibits the extension or renewal of
insurance and re-insurance agreements concluded before
19 January 2012 (save where there is a prior contractual obli
gation on the part of the insurer or re-insurer to accept an
extension or renewal of a policy), but, without prejudice to
Article 14(2), it does not prohibit compliance with agreements
concluded before that date.
CHAPTER VII
GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 27
No claims, including for compensation or indemnification or
any other claim of this kind, such as a claim of set-off, fines or
claims under a guarantee, claims for extension or payment of a
bond, financial guarantee, including claims arising from letters
of credit and similar instruments in connection with any
contract or transaction the performance of which was
affected, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the
measures imposed by this Regulation, should be granted to
the Government of Syria, its public bodies, corporations and
agencies, or to any person or entity claiming through it or for
its benefit.
(a) to provide insurance or re-insurance to:
(i) the State of Syria, its Government, its public bodies,
corporations or agencies; or
(ii) any natural or legal person, entity or body when acting
on behalf or at the direction of a legal person, entity or
body referred to in (i);
(b) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities, the
object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions
in point (a).
2.
Paragraph 1(a) shall not apply to the provision of
compulsory or third party insurance to Syrian persons,
entities or bodies based in the Union or to the provision of
insurance for Syrian diplomatic or consular missions in the
Union.
3.
Point (ii) of paragraph 1(a) shall not apply to the
provision of insurance, including health and travel insurance,
to individuals acting in their private capacity, and re-insurance
relating thereto.
Article 28
The prohibitions set out in this Regulation shall not give rise to
any liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal
person, entity or body concerned if they did not know, and
had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would
infringe the prohibition in question.
Article 29
1.
Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning
reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy, natural and
legal persons, entities and bodies shall:
(a) supply immediately any information which would facilitate
compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and
amounts frozen in accordance with Article 14, to the
competent authority in the Member State where they are
resident or located, as indicated on the websites listed in
Annex III, and shall transmit such information, either
directly or through the Member States, to the Commission;
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(b) cooperate with that competent authority in any verification
of this information.
2.
Any information provided or received in accordance with
this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was
provided or received.
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and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are
implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective,
proportionate and dissuasive.
2.
Member States shall notify the Commission of those rules
without delay after 19 January 2012 and shall notify it of any
subsequent amendment.
Member States and the Commission shall immediately inform
each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and
shall supply each other with any other relevant information at
their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular
information in respect of violation and enforcement problems
and judgments handed down by national courts.
Where there is, in this Regulation, a requirement to notify,
inform or otherwise communicate with the Commission, the
address and other contact details to be used for such communi
cation shall be those indicated in Annex III.
Article 31
Article 35
The Commission shall be empowered to amend Annex III on
the basis of information supplied by Member States.
Article 34
This Regulation shall apply:
Article 32
(a) within the territory of the Union, including its airspace;
1.
Where the Council decides to subject a natural or legal
person, entity or body to the measures referred to in Article 14,
it shall amend Annex II or Annex IIa accordingly.
(b) on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of
a Member State;
2.
The Council shall communicate its decision, including the
grounds for listing, to the natural or legal person, entity or body
referred to in paragraph 1, either directly, if the address is
known, or through the publication of a notice, providing
such natural or legal person, entity or body with an opportunity
to present observations.
3.
Where observations are submitted, or where substantial
new evidence is presented, the Council shall review its
decision and inform the natural or legal person, entity or
body accordingly.
4.
The lists in Annexes II and IIa shall be reviewed at regular
intervals and at least every 12 months.
(c) to any person inside or outside the territory of the Union
who is a national of a Member State;
(d) to any legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or
constituted under the law of a Member State;
(e) to any legal person, entity or body in respect of any
business done in whole or in part within the Union.
Article 36
Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 is repealed.
Article 33
Article 37
1.
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties
applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi
cation 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, 18 January 2012.
For the Council
The President
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ANNEX I
LIST OF EQUIPMENT WHICH MIGHT BE USED FOR INTERNAL REPRESSION AS REFERRED TO IN
ARTICLE 2 AND ARTICLE 3
1. Fire-arms, ammunition and related accessories therefor, as follows:
1.1 Firearms not controlled by ML 1 and ML 2 of the Common Military List;
1.2 Ammunition specially designed for the firearms listed in item 1.1 and specially designed components therefor;
1.3 Weapon-sights not controlled by the Common Military List.
2. Bombs and grenades not controlled by the Common Military List.
3. Vehicles as follows:
3.1 Vehicles equipped with a water cannon, specially designed or modified for the purpose of riot control;
3.2 Vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel borders;
3.3 Vehicles specially designed or modified to remove barricades, including construction equipment with ballistic
protection;
3.4 Vehicles specially designed for the transport or transfer of prisoners and/or detainees;
3.5 Vehicles specially designed to deploy mobile barriers;
3.6 Components for the vehicles specified in items 3.1 to 3.5 specially designed for the purposes of riot control.
Note 1 This item does not control vehicles specially designed for the purposes of fire-fighting.
Note 2 For the purposes of item 3.5 the term "vehicles" includes trailers.
4. Explosive substances and related equipment as follows:
4.1 Equipment and devices specially designed to initiate explosions by electrical or non-electrical means, including
firing sets, detonators, igniters, boosters and detonating cord, and specially designed components therefor; except
those specially designed for a specific commercial use consisting of the actuation or operation by explosive
means of other equipment or devices the function of which is not the creation of explosions (e.g., car air-bag
inflaters, electric-surge arresters of fire sprinkler actuators);
4.2 Linear cutting explosive charges not controlled by the Common Military List;
4.3 Other explosives not controlled by the Common Military List and related substances as follows:
(a) amatol;
(b) nitrocellulose (containing more than 12,5 % nitrogen);
(c) nitroglycol;
(d) pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN);
(e) picryl chloride;
(f) 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).
5. Protective equipment not controlled by ML 13 of the Common Military List as follows:
5.1 Body armour providing ballistic and/or stabbing protection;
5.2 Helmets providing ballistic and/or fragmentation protection, anti-riot helmets, antiriot shields and ballistic
shields.
Note: This item does not control:
— equipment specially designed for sports activities;
— equipment specially designed for safety of work requirements.
6. Simulators, other than those controlled by ML 14 of the Common Military List, for training in the use of firearms,
and specially designed software therefor.
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7. Night vision, thermal imaging equipment and image intensifier tubes, other than those controlled by the Common
Military List.
8. Razor barbed wire.
9. Military knives, combat knives and bayonets with blade lengths in excess of 10 cm.
10. Production equipment specially designed for the items specified in this list.
11. Specific technology for the development, production or use of the items specified in this list.
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ANNEX II
LIST OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS, ENTITIES OR BODIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 14 AND
15(1)(A)
A. Persons
Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
1.
Bashar Al-Assad
Born on 11 September 1965 in
Damascus; diplomatic passport No
D1903
President of the Republic; person authorising and supervising
the crackdown on demonstrators.
23.05.2011
2.
Maher (a.k.a. Mahir)
Al-Assad
Born on 8 December 1967;
diplomatic passport No 4138
Commander of the Army's 4th Armoured Division, member of
Ba'ath Party Central Command, strongman of the Republican
Guard; brother of President Bashar Al-Assad; principal overseer
of violence against demonstrators.
09.05.2011
3.
Ali Mamluk (a.k.a.
Mamlouk)
Born on 19 February 1946 in
Damascus; diplomatic passport No
983
Head of Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID); involved
in violence against demonstrators.
09.05.2011
4.
Muhammad Ibrahim
Al-Sha'ar (a.k.a.
Mohammad Ibrahim
Al-Chaar)
Minister of Interior; involved in violence against demonstrators.
09.05.2011
5.
Atej (a.k.a. Atef, Atif)
Najib
Former Head of the Political Security Directorate in Dara'a;
cousin of President Bashar Al-Assad; involved in violence
against demonstrators.
09.05.2011
6.
Hafiz Makhluf (a.k.a.
Hafez Makhlouf)
Born on 2 April 1971 in
Damascus; diplomatic passport No
2246
Colonel and Head of Unit in General Intelligence Directorate,
Damascus Branch; cousin of President Bashar Al-Assad; close to
Maher Al-Assad; involved in violence against demonstrators.
09.05.2011
7.
Muhammad Dib
Zaytun (a.k.a.
Mohammed Dib
Zeitoun)
Born on 20 May 1951 in
Damascus; diplomatic passport No
D000001300
Head of Political Security Directorate; involved in violence
against demonstrators.
09.05.2011
8.
Amjad Al-Abbas
Head of Political Security in Banyas, involved in violence against
demonstrators in Baida.
09.05.2011
9.
Rami Makhlouf
Born on 10 July 1969 in
Damascus, passport No 454224
Syrian businessman; associate of Maher Al-Assad; cousin of
President Bashar Al-Assad; provides funding to the regime
allowing violence against demonstrators.
09.05.2011
10.
Abd Al-Fatah Qudsiyah
Born in 1953 in Hama; diplomatic
passport No D0005788
Head of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI); involved in violence
against the civilian population.
09.05.2011
11.
Jamil Hassan
Head of Syrian Air Force Intelligence; involved in violence
against the civilian population.
09.05.2011
12.
Rustum Ghazali
Born on 3 May 1953 in Dara'a;
diplomatic passport No
D000000887
Head of Syrian Military Intelligence, Damascus Countryside
Branch; involved in violence against the civilian population.
09.05.2011
13.
Fawwaz Al-Assad
Born on 18 June 1962 in Kerdala;
passport No 88238
Involved in violence against the civilian population as part of
the Shabiha militia.
09.05.2011
14.
Munzir Al-Assad
Born on 1 March 1961 in Latakia;
passport No 86449 and No
842781
Involved in violence against the civilian population as part of
the Shabiha militia.
09.05.2011
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
15.
Asif Shawkat
Born on 15 January 1950 in
Al-Madehleh, Tartus
Deputy Chief of Staff for Security and Reconnaissance; involved
in violence against the civilian population.
23.05.2011
16.
Hisham Ikhtiyar
Born in 1941
Head of Syrian National Security Bureau; involved in violence
against the civilian population.
23.05.2011
17.
Faruq Al Shar'
Born on 10 December 1938
Vice-President of Syria; involved in violence against the civilian
population.
23.05.2011
18.
Muhammad Nasif
Khayrbik
Born on 10 April 1937 (or 20 May
1937) in Hama, diplomatic
passport No 0002250
Deputy Vice-President of Syria for National Security Affairs;
involved in violence against the civilian population.
23.05.2011
19.
Mohamed Hamcho
Born on 20 May 1966; passport
No 002954347
Brother-in-law of Maher Al-Assad; businessman and local agent
for several foreign companies; provides funding to the regime
allowing violence against demonstrators.
23.05.2011
20.
Iyad (a.k.a. Eyad)
Makhlouf
Born on 21 January 1973 in
Damascus; passport No
N001820740
Brother of Rami Makhlouf and GID Officer involved in violence
against the civilian population.
23.05.2011
21.
Bassam Al Hassan
Presidential Advisor for Strategic Affairs; involved in violence
against the civilian population.
23.05.2011
22.
Dawud Rajiha
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces responsible for the military
involvement in violence against peaceful protesters.
23.05.2011
23.
Ihab (a.k.a. Ehab, Iehab)
Makhlouf
Born on 21 January 1973 in
Damascus; passport No
N002848852
Vice-President of SyriaTel and caretaker for Rami Makhlouf's US
company; provides funding to the regime allowing violence
against demonstrators.
23.05.2011
24.
Zoulhima Chaliche
(Dhu al-Himma Shalish)
Born in 1951 or 1946 in Kerdaha.
Head of presidential security; involved in violence against
demonstrators; first cousin of President Bashar Al-Assad.
23.6.2011
25.
Riyad Chaliche (Riyad
Shalish)
Director of Military Housing Establishment; provides funding to
the regime; first cousin of President Bashar Al-Assad.
23.6.2011
26.
Brigadier Commander
Mohammad Ali Jafari
(a.k.a. Ja'fari, Aziz; a.k.a.
Jafari, Ali; a.k.a. Jafari,
Mohammad Ali; a.k.a.
Ja'fari, Mohammad Ali;
a.k.a. Jafari-Najafabadi,
Mohammad Ali)
General Commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps,
involved in providing equipment and support to help the
Syrian regime suppress protests in Syria.
23.6.2011
27.
Major General Qasem
Soleimani (a.k.a. Qasim
Soleimany)
Commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC Qods, involved in providing equipment and support to help
the Syrian regime suppress protests in Syria.
23.6.2011
28.
Hossein Taeb (a.k.a.
Taeb, Hassan; a.k.a.
Taeb, Hosein; a.k.a.
Taeb, Hossein; a.k.a.
Taeb, Hussayn; a.k.a.
Hojjatoleslam Hossein
Ta'eb)
Deputy Commander for Intelligence of Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps, involved in providing equipment and support
to help the Syrian regime suppress protests in Syria.
23.6.2011
29.
Khalid Qaddur
Business associate of Maher Al-Assad; provides funding to the
regime.
23.6.2011
Born on 1 Sep 1957 in Yazd, Iran.
Born in 1963 in Tehran, Iran.
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30.
Ra'if Al-Quwatli (a.k.a.
Ri'af Al-Quwatli)
Business associate of Maher Al-Assad; provides funding to the
regime.
23.6.2011
31.
Mohammad Mufleh
Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in the town of Hama,
involved in the crackdown on demonstrators.
1.8.2011
32.
Major General Tawfiq
Younes
Head of the Department for Internal Security of the General
Intelligence Directorate; involved in violence against the civilian
population.
1.8.2011
33.
Mohammed Makhlouf
(a.k.a. Abu Rami)
Born on 19 October 1932 in
Latakia, Syria
Close associate and maternal uncle of Bashar and Mahir alAssad. Business associate and father of Rami, Ihab and Iyad
Makhlouf.
1.8.2011
34.
Ayman Jabir
Born in Latakia
Associate of Mahir al-Assad for the Shabiha militia. Directly
involved in repression and violence against the civilian popu
lation and coordination of Shabiha militia groups.
1.8.2011
35.
General Ali Habib
Mahmoud
Born in 1939, in Tartous.
Appointed Minister for Defence
on 3 June 2009
Minister for Defence. Responsible for conduct and operations of
Syrian Armed Forces involved in repression and violence
against the civilian population.
1.8.2011
36.
Hayel Al-Assad
Assistant to Maher Al-Assad, Head of the military police unit of
the army's 4th Division, involved in repression.
23.8.2011
37.
Ali Al-Salim
Director of the supplies office of the Syrian Ministry of Defence,
entry point for all arms acquisitions by the Syrian army.
23.8.2011
38.
Nizar Al-Assad
(
)
Very close to key government officials. Financing Shabiha in the
region of Latakia.
23.8.2011
39.
Brigadier-General Rafiq
Shahadah
Head of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) Branch 293 (Internal
Affairs) in Damascus. Directly involved in repression and
violence against the civilian population in Damascus. Advisor
to President Bashar Al-Assad for strategic questions and military
intelligence.
23.8.2011
40.
Brigadier-General Jamea
Jamea (Jami Jami)
Branch Chief for Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) in Dayr azZor. Directly involved in repression and violence against the
civilian population in Dayr az-Zor and Alboukamal.
23.8.2011
41.
Hassan Bin-Ali
Al-Turkmani
Deputy Vice Minister, former Minister for Defence, Special
Envoy of President Bashar Al-Assad.
23.8.2011
42.
Muhammad Said
Bukhaytan
Assistant Regional Secretary of Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party since
2005, 2000-2005 Director for the national security of the
regional Ba'ath party. Former Governor of Hama (19982000). Close associate of President Bashar Al-Assad and
Maher Al-Assad. Senior decision-maker in the regime on
repression of civilian population.
23.8.2011
43.
Ali Douba
Responsible for killings in Hama in 1980, has been called back
to Damascus as special advisor to President Bashar Al-Assad.
23.8.2011
Cousin of Bashar Al-Assad;
previously head of the 'Nizar
Oilfield Supplies' company.
Born in 1935 in Aleppo
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Reasons
Date of listing
44.
Brigadier-General
Nawful Al-Husayn
Idlib Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) Branch Chief. Directly
involved in repression and violence against the civilian popu
lation in Idlib province.
23.8.2011
45.
Brigadier Husam
Sukkar
Presidential Adviser on Security Affairs. Presidential Adviser for
security agencies' repression and violence against the civilian
population.
23.8.2011
46.
Brigadier-General
Muhammed Zamrini
Branch Chief for Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) in Homs.
Directly involved in repression and violence against the
civilian population in Homs.
23.8.2011
47.
Lieutenant-General
Munir Adanov (Adnuf)
Deputy Chief of General Staff, Operations and Training for
Syrian Army. Directly involved in repression and violence
against the civilian population in Syria.
23.8.2011
48.
Brigadier-General
Ghassan Khalil
Head of General Intelligence Directorate's (GID) Information
Branch. Directly involved in repression and violence against
the civilian population in Syria.
23.8.2011
49.
Mohammed Jabir
Shabiha militia. Associate of Maher Al-Assad for the Shabiha
militia. Directly involved in repression and violence against the
civilian population and coordination of Shabiha militia groups.
23.8.2011
50.
Samir Hassan
Close business associate of Maher Al-Assad. Known for
supporting the Syrian regime financially.
23.8.2011
51.
Fares Chehabi (Fares
Shihabi)
President of Aleppo Chamber of Industry. Provides financial
support to the Syrian regime.
2.09.2011
52.
Emad Ghraiwati
Born in March 1959 in Damascus,
Syria
President of the Damascus Chamber of Industry (Zuhair
Ghraiwati Sons). Provides financial support to the Syrian
regime.
2.9.2011
53.
Tarif Akhras
Born in 1949 in Homs, Syria
Founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing
and logistics), Homs. Provides financial support to the Syrian
regime.
2.9.2011
54.
Issam Anbouba
Born in 1949 in Latakia, Syria
President of Issam Anbouba Est. for agro-industry. Provides
financial support to the Syrian regime.
2.9.2011
55.
Tayseer Qala Awwad
Born in 1943 in Damascus
Minister of Justice. Associated with the Syrian regime, including
by supporting its policies and practices of arbitrary arrest and
detention.
23.09.2011
56.
Dr Adnan Hassan
Mahmoud
Born in 1966 in Tartous
Minister of Information. Associated with the Syrian regime,
including by supporting and promoting its information policy.
23.09.2011
57.
Major General Jumah
Al-Ahmad
Commander Special Forces. Responsible for the use of violence
against protestors across Syria.
14.11.2011
58.
Colonel Lu'ai al-Ali
Head of Syrian Military Intelligence, Dara'a Branch. Responsible
for the violence against protesters in Dara'a.
14.11.2011
Born in Latakia
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Date of listing
59.
Lt. General Ali
Abdullah Ayyub
Deputy Chief of General Staff (Personnel and Manpower).
Responsible for the use of violence against protestors across
Syria.
14.11.2011
60.
Lt. General Jasim
al-Furayj
Chief of General staff. Responsible for the use of violence
against protestors across Syria.
14.11.2011
61.
General Aous (Aws)
Aslan
Head of Battalion in the Republican Guard. Close to Maher AlAssad and President Al-Assad. Involved in the crackdown on
the civilian population across Syria.
14.11.2011
62.
General Ghassan Belal
General in command of the 4th Division reserve bureau.
Adviser to Maher Al-Assad and coordinator of security
operations. Responsible for the crackdown on the civilian
population across Syria.
14.11.2011
63.
Abdullah Berri
Head of Berri family militia. In charge of pro-government
militia involved in the crackdown on the civilian population
in Aleppo.
14.11.2011
64.
George Chaoui
Member of Syrian electronic army. Involved in the violent
crackdown and call for violence against the civilian population
across Syria.
14.11.2011
65.
Major General Zuhair
Hamad
Deputy Head of General Intelligence Directorate. Responsible
for the use of violence across Syria and for intimidation and
torture of protestors.
14.11.2011
66.
Amar Ismael
Civilian - Head of Syrian electronic army (territorial army intel
ligence service). Involved in the violent crackdown and call for
violence against the civilian population across Syria.
14.11.2011
67.
Mujahed Ismail
Member of Syrian electronic army. Involved in the violent
crackdown and call for violence against the civilian population
across Syria.
14.11.2011
68.
Saqr Khayr Bek
Deputy Minister for the Interior. Responsible for the use of
violence against the civilian population in Syria.
14.11.2011
69.
Major General Nazih
Deputy Director of General Intelligence Directorate. Responsible
for the use of violence across Syria and intimidation and torture
of protestors.
14.11.2011
70.
Kifah Moulhem
Batallion Commander in the 4th Division. Responsible for the
crackdown on the civilian population in Deir el-Zor.
14.11.2011
71.
Major General Wajih
Mahmud
Commander 18th Armoured Division. Responsible for the
violence against protestors in Homs.
14.11.2011
Born in 1958
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Date of listing
Born on 24 August 1959 in
Damascus. Address: Kasaa, Anwar
al Attar Street, al Midani building,
Damascus. Syrian passport No
004326765 issued 2 November
2008, valid until November 2014.
Member of the Paris Bar.
Head of Sabbagh & Associates law firm (Damascus). Legal and
financial adviser and manages affairs of Rami Makhlouf and
Khaldoun Makhlouf. Involved with Bashar al-Assad in funding
a real estate project in Latakia. Provides financial support for
the regime.
14.11.2011
72.
Bassam Sabbagh
73.
Lt. General Mustafa
Tlass
Deputy Chief of General Staff (Logistics and supplies).
Responsible for the use of violence against protestors across
Syria.
14.11.2011
74.
Major General Fu'ad
Tawil
Deputy head Syrian Air Force Intelligence. Responsible for the
use of violence across Syria and intimidation and torture of
protestors.
14.11.2011
75.
Mohammad Al-Jleilati
Born in 1945 in Damascus
Minister of Finance. Responsible for the Syrian economy.
1.12.2011
76.
Dr. Mohammad Nidal
Al-Shaar
Born in 1956 in Aleppo
Minister of Economy and Trade. Responsible for the Syrian
economy.
1.12.2011
77.
Lt. General Fahid
Al-Jassim
Chief of Staff. Military official involved in the violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
78.
Major General Ibrahim
Al-Hassan
Deputy Chief of Staff. Military official involved in the violence
in Homs.
1.12.2011
79.
Brigadier Khalil
Zghraybih
14th Division. Military official involved in the violence in
Homs.
1.12.2011
80.
Brigadier Ali Barakat
103rd Brigade of the Republican Guard Division. Military
official involved in the violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
81.
Brigadier Talal Makhluf
103rd Brigade of the Republican Guard Division. Military
official involved in the violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
82.
Brigadier Nazih Hassun
Syrian Air Force Intelligence. Military official involved in the
violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
83.
Captain Maan Jdiid
Presidential Guard. Military official involved in the violence in
Homs.
1.12.2011
84.
Muahmamd Al-Shaar
Political Security Division. Military official involved in the
violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
85.
Khald Al-Taweel
Political Security Division. Military official involved in the
violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
86.
Ghiath Fayad
Political Security Division. Military official involved in the
violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
Reasons
Date of listing
Controlled by Rami Makhlouf; provides funding to the regime.
23.6.2011
Controlled by Rami Makhlouf; provides funding to the regime.
23.6.2011
B. Entities
Name
1.
Bena Properties
2.
Al Mashreq Investment
Fund (AMIF) (alias
Sunduq Al Mashrek
Al Istithmari)
Identifying information
P.O. Box 108, Damascus
Tel.: 963 112110059 /
963 112110043
Fax: 963 933333149
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
3.
Hamcho International
(Hamsho International
Group)
Baghdad Street, P.O. Box 8254,
Damascus
Tel.: 963 112316675
Fax: 963 112318875
Website: www.hamshointl.com
E-mail: [email protected] and
Controlled by Mohammad Hamcho or Hamsho; provides
funding to the regime.
23.6.2011
4.
Military Housing
Establishment (alias
MILIHOUSE)
Public works company controlled by Riyad Shalish and Ministry
of Defence; provides funding to the regime.
23.6.2011
5.
Political Security
Directorate
Syrian government agency directly involved in repression.
23.8.2011
6.
General Intelligence
Directorate
Syrian government agency directly involved in repression.
23.8.2011
7.
Military Intelligence
Directorate
Syrian government agency directly involved in repression.
23.8.2011
8.
Air Force Intelligence
Agency
Syrian government agency directly involved in repression.
23.8.2011
9.
IRGC Qods Force
(Quds Force)
Teheran, Iran
The Qods (or Quds) Force is a specialist arm of the Iranian
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Qods Force is
involved in providing equipment and support to help the Syria
regime suppress protests in Syria. IRGC Qods Force has
provided technical assistance, equipment and support to the
Syrian security services to repress civilian protest movements.
23.8.2011
10.
Mada Transport
Subsidiary of Cham Holding
(Sehanya Dara'a Highway,
P.O. Box 9525
Tel.: 00 963 11 99 62)
Economic entity financing the regime.
2.09.2011
11.
Cham Investment
Group
Subsidiary of Cham Holding
(Sehanya Dara'a Highway,
P.O. Box 9525
Tel.: 00 963 11 99 62)
Economic entity financing the regime.
2.09.2011
12.
Real Estate Bank
Insurance Bldg- Yousef Al-Azmeh
Square, Damascus P.O. Box: 2337
Damascus Syrian Arab Republic
Tel.: (+963) 11 2456777 and
2218602
Fax: (+963) 11 2237938 and
2211186
Bank's e-mail:
Website: www.reb.sy
State-owned bank providing financial support for the regime.
2.09.2011
13.
Addounia TV (a.k.a.
Dounia TV)
Tel.: +963-11-5667274,
+963-11-5667271,
Fax: +963-11-5667272
Website: http://www.addounia.tv
Addounia TV has incited violence against the civilian popu
lation in Syria.
23.09.2011
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Reasons
Date of listing
14.
Cham Holding
Cham Holding Building Daraa
Highway - Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Rif
Dimashq – Syria P.O. Box 9525
Tel.: +963 (11) 9962,
+963 (11) 668 14000,
+963 (11) 673 1044
Fax: +963 (11) 673 1274
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:www.chamholding.sy
Controlled by Rami Makhlouf; largest holding company in
Syria, benefiting from and supporting the regime.
23.09.2011
15.
El-Tel Co. (El-Tel
Middle East Company)
Address: Dair Ali Jordan Highway,
P.O. Box 13052, Damascus – Syria
Tel.: +963-11-2212345
Fax: +963-11-44694450
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.eltelme.com
Manufacturing and supplying telecommunication equipment for
the Army.
23.09.2011
16.
Ramak Constructions
Co.
Address: Dara'a Highway,
Damascus, Syria
Tel.: +963-11-6858111
Mobile: +963-933-240231
Construction of military barracks, border post barracks and
other buildings for Army needs.
23.09.2011
17.
Souruh Company (a.k.a.
SOROH Al Cham
Company)
Address: Adra Free Zone Area
Damascus, Syria
Tel.: +963-11-5327266
Mobile: +963-933-526812,
+963-932-878282
Fax: +963-11-5316396
E-mail: [email protected]
Website:
http://sites.google.com/
site/sorohco
Investment in local military industrial projects, manufacturing
weapons parts and related items. 100 % of the company is
owned by Rami Makhlouf.
23.09.2011
18.
Syriatel
Thawra Street, Ste Building 6th
Floor, BP 2900
Tel.: +963 11 61 26 270
Fax: +963 11 23 73 97 19
E-mail: [email protected];
Website: http://syriatel.sy/
Controlled by Rami Makhlouf; provides financial support to the
regime: through its licensing contract it pays 50 % of its profits
to the Government.
23.09.2011
19.
Cham Press TV
Al Qudsi building, 2nd Floor Baramkeh - Damascus
Tel.: +963 - 11- 2260805
Fax: +963 - 11 - 2260806
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.champress.net
Television channel which participates in campaigns to spread
disinformation and incite violence against demonstrators.
1.12.2011
20.
Al Watan
Al Watan Newspaper - Damascus –
Duty Free Zone
Tel.: 00963 11 2137400
Fax: 00963 11 2139928
Daily newspaper which participates in campaigns to spread
disinformation and incite violence against demonstrators.
1.12.2011
21.
Centre d'études et de
recherches syrien
(CERS) (CERS, Centre
d'Etude et de Recherche
Scientifique; SSRC,
Scientific Studies and
Research Center; Centre
de Recherche de
Kaboun
Barzeh Street, P.O. Box 4470,
Damascus
Provides support to the Syrian army for the acquisition of
equipment used directly for the surveillance and repression of
demonstrators.
1.12.2011
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Date of listing
22.
Business Lab
Maysat Square, Al Rasafi Street
Bldg. 9, P.O. Box 7155, Damascus
Tel.: 963112725499
Fax: 963112725399
Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by
the CERS.
1.12.2011
23.
Industrial Solutions
Baghdad Street 5, P.O. Box 6394,
Damascus
Tel./fax: 963114471080
Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by
the CERS.
1.12.2011
24.
Mechanical
Construction Factory
(MCF)
P.O. Box 35202, Industrial Zone,
Al-Qadam Road, Damascus
Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by
the CERS.
1.12.2011
25.
Syronics – Syrian Arab
Co. for Electronic
Industries
Kaboon Street, P.O. Box 5966,
Damascus
Tel.-No.: +963-11-5111352
Fax: +963-11-5110117
Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by
the CERS.
1.12.2011
26.
Handasieh –
Organization for
Engineering Industries
P.O. Box 5966, Abou Bakr
Al-Seddeq St., Damascus
and P.O. Box 2849 Al-Moutanabi
Street, Damascus
and P.O. Box 21120 Baramkeh,
Damascus
Tel.: 963112121816 –
963112121834 –
963112214650 –
963112212743 963115110117
Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by
the CERS.
1.12.2011
27.
Syria Trading Oil
Company (Sytrol)
Prime Minister Building, 17 Street
Nissan, Damascus, Syria.
State-owned company responsible for all oil exports from Syria.
Provides financial support to the regime.
1.12.2011
28.
General Petroleum
Corporation (GPC)
New Sham - Building of Syrian Oil
Company, P.O. Box 60694,
Damascus, Syria
Tel.: 963113141635
Fax: 963113141634
E-mail: [email protected]
State-owned oil company. Provides financial support to the
regime.
1.12.2011
29.
Al Furat Petroleum
Company
Dummar - New Sham - Western
Dummer 1st. Island -Property
2299- AFPC Building
P.O. Box 7660 Damascus – Syria.
Tel.: 00963-11- (6183333),
00963-11- (31913333)
Fax: 00963-11- (6184444),
00963-11- (31914444)
Joint venture 50 % owned by GPC. Provides financial support
to the regime.
1.12.2011
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ANNEX IIa
LIST OF ENTITIES OR BODIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 14 AND 15(1)(b)
Entities
1.
Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
Commercial Bank of Syria
— Damascus Branch, P.O. Box 2231,
Moawiya St., Damascus, Syria;- P.O.
Box 933, Yousef Azmeh Square,
Damascus, Syria;
— Aleppo Branch, P.O. Box 2, Kastel
Hajjarin St., Aleppo, Syria; SWIFT/BIC
CMSY SY DA; all offices worldwide
[NPWMD]
State-owned bank providing
financial support to the regime.
13.10.2011
Website: http://cbs-bank.sy/En-index.php
Tel.: +963 11 2218890
Fax: +963 11 2216975
general managment: [email protected]
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ANNEX III
LIST OF COMPETENT AUTHORITIES IN THE MEMBER STATES AND ADDRESS FOR NOTIFICATIONS TO
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
A. Competent authorities in each Member State:
BELGIUM
http://www.diplomatie.be/eusanctions
BULGARIA
http://www.mfa.bg/en/pages/view/5519
CZECH REPUBLIC
http://www.mfcr.cz/mezinarodnisankce
DENMARK
http://www.um.dk/da/menu/Udenrigspolitik/FredSikkerhedOgInternationalRetsorden/Sanktioner/
GERMANY
http://www.bmwi.de/BMWi/Navigation/Aussenwirtschaft/Aussenwirtschaftsrecht/embargos.html
ESTONIA
http://www.vm.ee/est/kat_622/
IRELAND
http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=28519
GREECE
http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Multilateral+Diplomacy/Global+Issues/International+Sanctions/
SPAIN
http://www.maec.es/es/MenuPpal/Asuntos/Sanciones%20Internacionales/Paginas/Sanciones_%20Internacionales.aspx
FRANCE
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/autorites-sanctions/
ITALY
http://www.esteri.it/MAE/IT/Politica_Europea/Deroghe.htm
CYPRUS
http://www.mfa.gov.cy/sanctions
LATVIA
http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/security/4539
LITHUANIA
http://www.urm.lt/sanctions
LUXEMBOURG
http://www.mae.lu/sanctions
HUNGARY
http://www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/kum/hu/bal/Kulpolitikank/nemzetkozi_szankciok/
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MALTA
http://www.doi.gov.mt/EN/bodies/boards/sanctions_monitoring.asp
NETHERLANDS
http://www.minbuza.nl/sancties
AUSTRIA
http://www.bmeia.gv.at/view.php3?f_id=12750&LNG=en&version=
POLAND
http://www.msz.gov.pl
PORTUGAL
http://www.min-nestrangeiros.pt
ROMANIA
http://www.mae.ro/node/1548
SLOVENIA
http://www.mzz.gov.si/si/zunanja_politika/mednarodna_varnost/omejevalni_ukrepi/
SLOVAKIA
http://www.foreign.gov.sk
FINLAND
http://formin.finland.fi/kvyhteistyo/pakotteet
SWEDEN
http://www.ud.se/sanktioner
UNITED KINGDOM
www.fco.gov.uk/competentauthorities
B. Address for communication with the European Commission:
European Commission
Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
CHAR 12/106
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
Belgium
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel.: +(32 2) 295 55 85
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ANNEX IV
LIST OF ‘CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS’ REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
HS Code
Description
2709 00
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude.
2710
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere
specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils (save that the
purchase, in Syria, of kerosene jet fuel of CN code 2710 19 21 is not prohibited provided that it is
intended and used solely for the purpose of the continuation of the flight operation of the aircraft into
which it is loaded).
2712
Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat
wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or
not coloured.
2713
Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
bituminous minerals.
2714
Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil-shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks.
2715 00 00
Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral
tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs).
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ANNEX V
EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4
General Note
Notwithstanding the contents of this Annex, it shall not apply to :
(a) equipment, technology or software which are specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) 428/2009 (1) or the
Common Military List; or
(b) software which is designed for installation by the user without further substantial support by the supplier and which
is generally available to the public by being sold from stock at retail selling points, without restriction, by means of:
(i) over the counter transactions;
(ii) mail order transactions;
(iii) electronic transactions; or
(iv) telephone order transactions; or
(c) software which is in the public domain.
The categories A, B, C, D and E refer to the categories referred to in Regulation (EC) No 428/2009.
The 'equipment, technology and software' referred to in Article 4 is:
A. List of equipment
— Deep Packet Inspection equipment
— Network Interception equipment including Interception Management Equipment (IMS) and Data Retention Link
Intelligence equipment
— Radio Frequency monitoring equipment
— Network and Satellite jamming equipment
— Remote Infection equipment
— Speaker recognition/processing equipment
— IMSI (2), MSISDN (3), IMEI (4), TMSI (5) interception and monitoring equipment
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering
and transit of dual-use items (OJ L 134, 29.5.2009, p. 1).
(2) IMSI stands for International Mobile Subscriber Identity. It is a unique identification code for each mobile telephony device, integrated
in the SIM card and which allows identification of such SIM via GSM and UMTS networks.
(3) MSISDN stands for Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number. It is a number uniquely identifying a subscription
in a GSM or a UMTS mobile network. Simply put, it is the telephone number to the SIM card in a mobile phone and therefore it
identifies a mobile subscriber as well as IMSI, but to route calls through him.
4
( ) IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity. It is a number, usually unique to identify GSM, WCDMA and IDEN mobile
phones as well as some satellite phones. It is usually found printed inside the battery compartment of the phone. interception
(wiretapping) can be specified by its IMEI number as well as IMSI and MSISDN.
5
( ) TMSI stands for Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity. It is the identity that is most commonly sent between the mobile and the
network.
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— Tactical SMS (1)/GSM (2)/GPS (3)/GPRS (4)/UMTS (5)/CDMA (6)/PSTN (7) interception and monitoring equipment
— DHCP (8)/SMTP (9),GTP (10) information interception and monitoring equipment
— Pattern Recognition and Pattern Profiling equipment
— Remote Forensics equipment
— Semantic Processing Engine equipment
— WEP and WPA code breaking equipment
— Interception equipment for VoIP proprietary and standard protocol
B. Not used
C. Not used
D. "Software" for the "development", "production" or "use" of the equipment specified in A above.
E. "Technology" for the "development", "production" or "use" of the equipment specified in A above.
Equipment, technology and software falling within these categories is within the scope of this Annex only to the extent
that it falls within the general description 'internet, telephone and satellite communications interception and monitoring
systems'.
For the purpose of this Annex 'monitoring' means acquisition, extraction, decoding, recording, processing, analysis and
archiving call content or network data.
(1) SMS stands for Short Message System.
(2) GSM stands for Global System for Mobile Communications.
(3) GPS stands for Global Positioning System.
(4) GPRS stands for General Package Radio Service.
(5) UMTS stands for Universal Mobile Telecommunication System.
(6) CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access.
(7) PSTN stands for Public Switch Telephone Networks.
(8) DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
(9) SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
(10) GTP stands for GPRS Tunnelling Protocol.
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ANNEX VI
LIST OF KEY EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8
General notes
1. The object of the prohibitions contained in this Annex should not be defeated by the export of any non-prohibited
goods (including plant) containing one or more prohibited components when the prohibited component or
components are the principal element of the goods and can feasibly be removed or used for other purposes.
N.B.: In judging whether the prohibited component or components are to be considered the principal element, it is
necessary to weigh the factors of quantity, value and technological know-how involved and other special
circumstances which might establish the prohibited component or components as the principal element of
the goods being procured.
2. The goods specified in this Annex include both new and used goods.
3. Definitions of terms between 'single quotation marks' are given in a technical note to the relevant item.
4. Definitions of terms between "double quotation marks" can be found in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 428/2009.
General Technology Note (GTN)
1. The "technology" "required" for the "development", "production" or "use" of prohibited goods remains under
prohibition even when applicable to non-prohibited goods.
2. Prohibitions do not apply to that "technology" which is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation,
maintenance (checking) and repair of those goods which are not prohibited or the export of which has been
authorised in accordance with this Regulation.
3. Prohibitions on "technology" transfer do not apply to information "in the public domain", to "basic scientific
research" or to the minimum necessary information for patent applications.
Exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas
1.A Equipment
1. Geophysical survey equipment, vehicles, vessels and aircraft specially designed or adapted to acquire data for oil and
gas exploration and specially designed components therefor.
2. Sensors specially designed for downhole well operations in oil and gas wells, including sensors used for measurement
whilst drilling and the associated equipment specially designed to acquire and store data from such sensors.
3. Drilling equipment designed to drill rock formations, specifically for the purpose of exploring for, or producing oil,
gas and other naturally occurring, hydrocarbon materials.
4. Drill bits, drill pipes, drill collars, centralisers and other equipment, specially designed for use in and with oil and gas
well drilling equipment.
5. Drilling wellheads, 'blowout preventers' and 'Christmas or production trees' and the specially designed components
thereof, meeting the 'API and ISO specifications' for use with oil and gas wells.
Technical Notes:
a. A 'blowout preventer' is a device typically used at ground level (or if drilling underwater, at the seabed) during drilling to
prevent the uncontrolled escape of oil and/or gas from the well.
b. A 'Christmas tree or production tree' is a device typically used to control flow of fluids from the well when it is complete and
oil and/or gas production has started.
c. For the purpose of this item, 'API and ISO specifications' refers to the American Petroleum Institute specifications 6A, 16A,
17D and 11IW and/or the International Standards Organisation specifications 10423 and 13533 for blowout preventers,
wellhead and Christmas trees for use on oil and/or gas wells.
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6. Drilling and production platforms for crude oil and natural gas.
7. Vessels and barges incorporating drilling and/or petroleum processing equipment used for producing oil, gas and
other naturally occurring flammable materials.
8. Liquid/gas separators meeting API specification 12J, specially designed to process the production from an oil or gas
well, to separate the petroleum liquids from any water and any gas from the liquids.
9. Gas compressor with a design pressure of 40 bar (PN 40 and/or ANSI 300) or more and having a suction volume
capacity of 300 000 Nm3/h or more, for the initial processing and transmission of natural gas, excluded gas
compressors for CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) filling stations, and specially designed components therefor.
10. Subsea production control equipment and the components thereof meeting 'API and ISO specifications' for use with
oil and gas wells.
Technical Note:
For the purposes of this entry, 'API and ISO specifications' refers to the American Petroleum Institute specification 17 F and/or
the International Standards Organisation specification 13268 for subsea production control systems.
11. Pumps, typically high capacity and/or high pressure (in excess of 0,3 m3 per minute and/or 40 bar), specially
designed to pump drilling muds and/or cement into oil and gas wells.
1.B Test and inspection equipment
1. Equipment specially designed for sampling, testing and analysing the properties of drilling mud, oil well cements and
other materials specially designed and/or formulated for use in oil and gas wells.
2. Equipment specially designed for sampling, testing and analysing the properties of rock samples, liquid and gaseous
samples and other materials taken from an oil and/or gas well either during or after drilling, or from the initial
processing facilities attached thereto.
3. Equipment specially designed for collecting and interpreting information about the physical and mechanical condition
of an oil and/or gas well, and for determining the in situ properties of the rock and reservoir formation.
1.C Materials
1. Drilling mud, drilling mud additives and the components thereof, specially formulated to stabilise oil and gas wells
during drilling, to recover drill cuttings to the surface and to lubricate and cool the drilling equipment in the well.
2. Cements and other materials meeting the 'API and ISO specifications' for use in oil and gas wells.
Technical Note:
'API and ISO specification' refers to the American Petroleum Institute specification 10A or the International Standards
Organisation specification 10426 for oil well cements and other materials specially formulated for use in the cementing of
oil and gas wells.
3. Corrosion inhibiting, emulsion treatment, defoaming agents and other chemicals specially formulated to be used in
the drilling for, and the initial processing of, petroleum produced from an oil and/or gas well.
1.D Software
1. "Software" specially designed to collect and interpret data acquired from seismic, electromagnetic, magnetic or gravity
surveys for the purpose of establishing oil or gas prospectivity.
2. "Software" specially designed for storing, analysing and interpreting information acquired during drilling and
production to assess the physical characteristics and behaviour of oil or gas reservoirs.
3. "Software" specially designed for the "use" of petroleum production and processing facilities or specific sub-units of
such facilities.
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1.E Technology
1. "Technology" "required" for the "development", "production" and "use" of equipment specified in 1.A.01 – 1.A.11.
Refining of crude oil and liquefaction of natural gas
2.A Equipment
1. Heat exchangers as follows and specially designed components therefor:
a. Plate-fin heat exchangers with a surface/volume ratio greater than 500 m2/m3, specially designed for pre-cooling
of natural gas;
b. Coil-wound heat exchangers specially designed for liquefaction or sub-cooling of natural gas.
2. Cryogenic pumps for the transport of media at a temperature below – 120 °C having a transport capacity of more
than 500 m3/h and specially designed components therefor.
3. 'Coldbox' and 'coldbox' equipment not specified by 2.A.1.
Technical Note:
'Coldbox' equipment’ refers to a specially designed construction, which is specific for LNG plants and incorporates the process stage
of liquefaction. The 'coldbox' comprises heat exchangers, piping, other instrumentation and thermal insulators. The temperature
inside the 'coldbox' is below – 120 °C (conditions for condensation of natural gas). The function of the 'coldbox' is the thermal
insulation of the above described equipment.
4. Equipment for shipping terminals of liquefied gases having a temperature below – 120 °C and specially designed
components therefor.
5. Flexible and non-flexible transfer line having a diameter greater than 50 mm for the transport of media below
– 120 °C.
6. Maritime vessels specially designed for the transport of LNG.
7. Electrostatic desalters specially designed to remove contaminants such as salts, solids and water from crude oil and
specially designed components therefor.
8. All crackers, including hydrocrackers, and cokers, specially designed for conversion of vacuum gas oils or vacuum
residuum, and specially designed components therefor.
9. Hydrotreaters specially designed for desulphurisation of gasoline, diesel cuts and kerosene and specially designed
components therefor.
10. Catalytic reformers specially designed for conversion of desulphurised gasoline into high-octane gasoline, and
specially designed components therefor.
11. Refinery units for C5-C6 cuts isomerisation, and refinery units for alkylation of light olefins, to improve the octane
index of the hydrocarbon cuts.
12. Pumps specially designed for the transport of crude oil and fuels, having a capacity of 50 m3/h or more and specially
designed components therefor.
13. Tubes with an outer diameter of 0,2 m or more and made from any of the following materials:
a. Stainless steels with 23 % chromium or more by weight;
b. Stainless steels and nickel bases alloys with a 'Pitting resistance equivalent' number higher than 33.
Technical Note:
'Pitting resistance equivalent' (PRE) number characterises the corrosion resistance of stainless steels and nickel alloys to pitting or
crevice corrosion. The pitting resistance of stainless steels and nickel alloys is primarily determined by their compositions, primarily:
chromium, molybdenum, and nitrogen. The formula to calculate the PRE number is:
PRE = Cr + 3,3 % Mo + 30 % N
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14. 'Pigs' (Pipeline Inspection Gauge(s)) and specially designed components therefor.
Technical Note:
'Pig' is a device typically used for cleaning or inspection of a pipeline from inside (corrosion state or crack formation) and is
propelled by the pressure of the product in the pipeline.
15. Pig launchers and pig catchers for the integration or removing of pigs.
16. Tanks for the storage of crude oil and fuels with a volume greater than 1 000 m3 (1 000 000 litres) as follows, and
specially designed components therefor:
a. fixed roof tanks;
b. floating roof tanks.
17. Subsea flexible pipes specially designed for the transportation of hydrocarbons and injection fluids, water or gas,
having a diameter greater than 50 mm.
18. Flexible pipes used for high pressure for topside and subsea application.
19. Isomeration equipment specially designed for production of high-octane gasoline based on light hydrocarbons as
feed, and specially designed components therefor.
2.B Test and inspection equipment
1. Equipment specially designed for testing and analysing of quality (properties) of crude oil and fuels.
2. Interface control systems specially designed for controlling and optimising of the desalting process.
2.C Materials
1. Diethyleneglycol (CAS 111-46-6), Triethylene glycol (CAS 112-27-6).
2. N-Methylpyrrolidon (CAS 872-50-4), Sulfolane (CAS 126-33-0).
3. Zeolites, of natural or synthetic origin, specially designed for fluid catalytic cracking or for the purification and/or
dehydration of gases, including natural gases.
4. Catalysts for the cracking and conversion of hydrocarbons as follows:
a. Single metal (platinum group) on alumina type or on zeolite, specially designed for catalytic reforming process;
b. Mixed metal species (platinum in combination with other noble metals) on alumina type or on zeolite, specially
designed for catalytic reforming process;
c. Cobalt and nickel catalysts doped with molybdenum on alumina type or on zeolite, specially designed for catalytic
desulphurisation process;
d. Palladium, nickel, chromium and tungsten catalysts on alumina type or on zeolite, specially designed for catalytic
hydrocracking process.
5. Gasoline additives specially formulated for increasing the octane number of gasoline.
Note:
This entry includes Ethyl tertiary butyl ether(ETBE) (CAS 637-92-3) and Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)
CAS 1634-04-4).
2.D Software
1. "Software" specially designed for the "use" of LNG plants or specific sub-units of such plants.
2. "Software" specially designed for the "development", "production" or "use" of plants (including their sub-units) for oil
refining.
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2.E Technology
1. "Technology" for the conditioning and purification of raw natural gas (dehydration, sweetening, removal of
impurities).
2. "Technology" for the liquefaction of natural gas, including "technology" required for the "development", "production"
or "use" of LNG plants.
3. "Technology" for the shipment of liquefied natural gas.
4. "Technology" "required" for the "development", "production" or "use" of maritime vessels specially designed for the
transport of liquefied natural gas.
5. "Technology" for storage of crude oil and fuels.
6. "Technology" "required" for the "development", "production" or "use" of a refinery plant, such as:
6.1. "Technology" for conversion of light olefin to gasoline;
6.2. Catalytic reforming and isomerisation technology;
6.3. Catalytic and thermal cracking technology.
ANNEX VII
Equipment and technology referred to in Article 12
8406 81
Steam turbines of an output exceeding 40 MW.
8411 82
Gas turbines of an output exceeding 5 000 kW.
ex 8501
All electric motors and generators of an output exceeding 3 MW or 5 000 kVA.
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لائحة من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي تجمع العقوبات على سورية في لائحة جديدة (36/2012) تحل محل اللائحة 442/2011، وتشمل حظر السلاح ومعدات القمع والنفط والقيود المالية وقائمة الأشخاص والكيانات المعاقبين.
المعلومات الأساسية
تاريخ الصدور
البلد المستهدف
رقم الوثيقة
مصدر الوثيقة
المجموعات
نوع المصدر
نوع الوثيقة
العنوان الأصلي للوثيقة
التصنيف الفرعي
اللغة
كود الذاكرة السورية
الجهة المصدرة
وثائق أخرى للجهة المصدرة
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain third countries concerning restrictive measures against Syria
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/02/16
Syrian foreign affairs minister added to EU sanctions list
نوع الوثيقة:
قرار
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/01/15
New EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process appointed
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/04/29
Syria: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the 10 years of the conflict
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/03/14
Report by President Charles Michel to the European Parliament plenary session
نوع الوثيقة:
تقرير
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/04/26
Syria: Council extends sanctions against the regime for another year
نوع الوثيقة:
قرار
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/05/27
EU imposes restrictive measures against the Wagner Group
نوع الوثيقة:
قرار
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/12/13
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against Syria
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2022/01/12
Syria: four new ministers added to EU sanctions list
نوع الوثيقة:
قرار
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/11/15
Joint press release by the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission following their video conference with President Erdoğan
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/03/19
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إدارة المخابرات الجوية
إدارة المخابرات العامة / أمن الدولة
شعبة المخابرات العسكرية - الأمن العسكري
الحرس الجمهوري
الفرقة الرابعة دبابات (مدرعات) - نظام
شركة شام القابضة
شركة سيريتل
مركز الدراسات والبحوث العلمية في سوريا - الإدارة العامة
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي
الأمم المتحدة
البنك المركزي السوري - المصرف المركزي السوري
المصرف العقاري السوري
شركة الفرات للنفط
غرفة صناعة حلب
غرفة صناعة دمشق
قناة الدنيا الفضائية
مجموعة حمشو الدولية
بنك الاستثمار الأوروبي
المفوضية الأوروبية
البرلمان الأوروبي
وزارة الدفاع - نظام الأسد
الجيش العربي السوري - نظام
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