Council Implementing Decision 2012/256/CFSP of 14 May 2012 implementing Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/256/CFSP

of 14 May 2012

implementing Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

Having regard to Decision 2011/782/CFSP (1), and in particular

Article 21(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 1 December 2011, the Council adopted Decision

2011/782/CFSP.

In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, additional

persons and entities should be included in the list of

persons and entities subject to restrictive measures as

set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/782/CFSP.

In addition, the information relating to three persons

listed in Annex I to Decision 2011/782/CFSP should

be updated, and the listing for one person should be

removed,

(1) OJ L 319, 2.12.2011, p. 56.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The persons and entities listed in Annex I to this Decision shall

be added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision

2011/782/CFSP.

Article 2

Annex I to Decision 2011/782/CFSP shall be amended as set

out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication

in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2012.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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ANNEX I

Persons and entities referred to in Article 1

Persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Adib Mayaleh

Born 1955, Daraa

Adib Mayaleh is responsible for providing

economic and financial support to the

Syrian regime through his functions as the

Governor of the Central Bank of Syria.

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2.

Salim Altoun, a.k.a.

Saleem Altoun, a.k.a.

Abu Shaker

Chairman and CEO of

Altoun Group

Provides financial support to the regime.

Involved in a scheme through Altoun

Group to export Syrian oil with the listed

company Sytrol in order to provide

revenue to the regime.

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Assistant to Salim Altoun

Provides financial support to the regime.

Assisted Salim Altoun in setting up a

scheme through Altoun Group to export

Syrian oil with the listed company Sytrol

in order to provide revenue to the regime.

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Born 1940 in Caracas,

Venzuela

He has Venezuelan citi­

zenship, identification

number 028173131

(probably in possession of

Venezuelan passport).

He has a Lebanese

residence and work

permit number:

1486/2011

3.

Youssef Klizli

Entities

Name

1.

General Organisation

of Tobacco

Salhieh Street 616,

Damascus, Syria

Provides financial support to the Syrian

regime. The General Organisation of

Tobacco is wholly owned by the Syrian

state. The profits that the organisation

makes, including through the sale of

licenses to market foreign brands of

tobacco and taxes levied on imports of

foreign brands of tobacco are transferred

to the Syrian state.

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2.

Altoun Group

Altoun Group

Maaraba Damascus

Countryside

North Circular Highway

Damascus

Syria

Provides financial support to the Syrian

regime. The entity is involved in a scheme

to export Syrian oil with the listed company

Sytrol in order to provide revenue to the

regime.

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tel.: 00963-11-5915685

Postal Box 30484

1987 US SIC Codes 6719

NACE Codes 7415

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ANNEX II

1. The entries in Annex I to Decision 2011/782/CFSP for the persons named below shall be replaced by the entries set

out below:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Manal Al Assad (a.k.a.

Manal Al Ahmad)

Born: 02.02.1970.

Place of Birth: Damascus

Passport number (Syrian):

0000000914

Maiden name: Al Jadaan

Spouse of Maher Al Assad, and as such

benefiting from and closely associated with

the regime.

23.3.2012

Issam Anbouba

President of Anbouba for

Agricultural Industries Co.

Born 1952 in Homs, Syria

Providing financial support for the repressive

apparatus and the paramilitary groups

exerting violence against the civil population

in Syria. Providing property (premises, ware­

houses) for improvised detention centers.

Financial relations with high Syrian officials.

2.9.2011

Mazen al-Tabba

Born: 01.01.1958

Place of Birth: Damascus

Passport number (Syrian):

004415063 expires

06.05.2015

Business partner of Ihab Makhlouf and Nizar

al-Assad (subjected to sanctions on

23/08/2011);

co-owner,

with

Rami

Makhlouf, of the Al-Diyar lil-Saraafa (a.k.a.

Diar Electronic Services) currency exchange

company, which supports the policy of the

Central Bank of Syria.

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2. The entry listed below shall be removed:

68. Saqr Khayr Bek.

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة ثلاثة أشخاص وكيانين إلى عقوبات سورية، هم: أديب ميالة، سليم ألطون، يوسف كلزلي، ومجموعة ألطون.