Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/383 of 6 March 2015 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2015/383

of 6 March 2015

implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1),

and in particular Article 30(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(2)

In view of the gravity of the situation, seven persons and six entities should be added to the list of natural and

legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(3)

Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP shall be amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 6 March 2015.

For the Council

The President

K. GERHARDS

(1) OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.

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ANNEX

The following persons and entities are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies set out in Sections

A and B of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP:

A. Persons

199.

Name

Identifying information

Bayan Bitar

Address: PO Box 11037

Damascus, Syria

(a.k.a. Dr Bayan

Al-Bitar)

Reasons

Date of listing

Managing Director of the Organisation for Technologi­

cal Industries (OTI), and the Syrian Company for

Information Technology (SCIT), which are both subsi­

diaries of the Syrian Ministry of Defence, which has

been designated by the Council.

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OTI assists in the production of chemical weapons for

the Syrian regime.

As Managing Director of OTI and the SCIT Bayan

Bitar provides support to the Syrian regime. Due to

his role in the production of chemical weapons, he

also shares responsibility for the violent repression

against the Syrian population.

In view of his senior position in these entities, he is

also associated with the designated entities OTI and

SCIT.

200.

Brigadier General

Ghassan Abbas

Address: CERS, Centre

d'Etude et de Recherche

Scientifique;

Manager of the branch of the designated Syrian Scien­

tific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC/CERS) near

Jumraya/Jmraiya.

(a.k.a. SSRC, Scientific Stu­

dies and Research Centre;

Centre de Recherche de

Kaboun Barzeh Street, PO

Box 4470, Damascus)

He has been involved in the proliferation of chemical

weapons and the organisation of chemical weapons

attacks, including in Ghouta in August 2013. He

therefore shares responsibility for the violent repres­

sion against the Syrian population.

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As manager of the SSRC/CERS branch near Jumraya/

Jmraiya, Ghassan Abbas provides support to the

Syrian regime.

As a result of his senior position in the SSRC, he is

also associated with the designated entity SSRC.

201.

Wael Abdulkarim

(a.k.a. Wael Al

Karim)

Address: Pangates Interna­

tional Corp Ltd, PO Box

Sharjah Airport Interna­

tional Free Zone, United

Arab Emirates

Managing Director of the designated entity Pangates

International Corp Ltd which acts as an intermediary

in the supply of oil to the Syrian regime.

As Managing Director of Pangates, Wael Abdulkarim

provides support to, and benefits from, the Syrian

Al Karim for Trade and regime. He also holds a senior position in the desig­

Industry, PO Box 111, nated entity Al Karim Group, which is Pangates' par­

ent company.

5797 Damascus, Syria

Morgan Additives Office As a result of his senior positions in Pangates and Al

No 2206, 22nd Floor, Jafza Karim Group, he is also associated with these desig­

View 19, Besides Jafza nated entities.

View 18, Sheikh Zayed

Road, Jebel Ali Free Zone

Authority, Dubai, UAE

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Ahmad Barqawi

Address: Pangates Interna­

tional Corp Ltd, PO Box

Sharjah Airport Interna­

tional Free Zone, United

Arab Emirates. Al Karim

for Trade and Industry, PO

Box 111, 5797 Damascus,

Syria.

General Manager of Pangates International Corp Ltd,

which acts as an intermediary in the supply of oil to

the Syrian regime, and manager of Al Karim Group.

Both Pangates International and Al Karim Group have

been designated by the Council.

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(a.k.a. Ahmed

Barqawi)

Morgan Additives Office

No 2206, 22nd Floor, Jafza

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View 18, Sheikh Zayed

Road, Jebel Ali Free Zone

Authority, Dubai, UAE

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George Haswani

(a.k.a. Heswani;

Hasawani; Al

Hasawani)

Address: Damascus Pro­

vince, Yabroud, Al Jalaa St,

Syria

As General Manager of Pangates and a manager of

Pangates' parent company, Al Karim Group, Ahmad

Barqawi provides support to, and benefits from the

Syrian regime. Given his senior position in Pangates

and Al Karim Group, he is also associated with the

designated entities Pangates International and Al

Karim Group.

Prominent Syrian businessman, co-owner of HESCO

Engineering and Construction Company, a major

engineering and construction company in Syria. He

has close ties to the Syrian regime.

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George Haswani provides support and benefits from

the regime through his role as a middleman in deals

for the purchase of oil from ISIL by the Syrian regime.

He also benefits from the regime through favourable

treatment including the award of a contract (as a sub­

contractor) with Stroytransgaz, a major Russian oil

company.

204.

205.

Emad Hamsho

Hamsho Building

(a.k.a. Imad

Hmisho;

Hamchu;

Hamcho;

Hamisho;

Hmeisho;

Hemasho)

31 Baghdad Street

Samir Hamsho

Hamsho Building

(a.k.a. Samer;

Sameer; Hmisho;

Hamchu;

Hamcho;

Hamisho;

Hmeisho;

Hemasho)

31 Baghdad Street

Damascus,

Syria

Occupies a senior management position in Hamsho

Trading.

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As a result of his senior position in Hamsho Trading,

a subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been

designated by the Council, he provides support to the

Syrian regime. He is also associated with a designated

entity, Hamsho International.

Emad Hamsho funds Shabiha militias who in turn

collect steel from the areas destroyed by the Syrian

regime armed forces and militias and melt it down

in local Syria Steel (Hmisho Steel) factories. He is also

vice-president of the Syrian Council of Iron and Steel

alongside designated regime businessmen such

as Ayman Jaber. He is also an associate of Bashar

Al-Assad.

Damascus,

Syria

Samir Hamsho is a prominent Syrian businessman

benefiting from and supporting the regime. He is the

owner and chairman of Al Buroj and Syria Steel/

Hmisho Steel, subsidiaries of Hamsho Trading, a sub­

sidiary of Hamsho International, which has been

designated by the Council.

Appointed to the Homs Chamber of Commerce

in March 2014 by the Minister of Industry.

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Identifying information

Reasons

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Date of listing

Therefore, he provides support to the Syrian regime

and benefits from his connections with the regime.

He is also associated with the designated entities

Hamsho International, Syria Steel SA and Al Buroj

Trading.

B. Entities

Name

65.

Organisation for

Technological

Industries

Identifying information

Address: PO Box 11037

Damascus, Syria

Reasons

Date of listing

Subsidiary of the Syrian Ministry of Defence, which

has been designated by the Council.

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OTI is involved in the production of chemical weap­

ons for the Syrian regime.

(a.k.a. Technical

Industries

Corporation

(TIC))

It is therefore responsible for the violent repression

against the Syrian population.

As a subsidiary of the Ministry of Defence, it is also

associated with a designated entity.

66.

Syrian Company

for Information

Technology

(SCIT)

Address: PO Box 11037

Damascus, Syria

Subsidiary of the Organisation for Technological

Industries (OTI) and therefore the Syrian Ministry of

Defence, which have been designated by the Council.

It also works with the Central Bank of Syria which has

been designated by the Council.

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As a subsidiary of OTI and the Ministry of Defence,

SCIT is associated with these designated entities.

67.

Hamsho Trading

Hamsho Building

31 Baghdad Street

(a.k.a. Hamsho

Group; Hmisho

Damascus,

Trading Group;

Hmisho

Syria

Economic Group)

68.

69.

Syria Steel SA

Hamsho Building

(a.k.a. Syria Steel

Co; Syria Steel

Rolling Mill;

Hmisho Steel)

31 Baghdad Street

Al Buroj Trading

Hamsho Building

(a.k.a. Borouj

Trading

Company)

31 Baghdad Street

Damascus,

Syria

Damascus,

Syria

Subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been

designated by the Council.

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As such, Hamsho Trading is associated with a desig­

nated entity, Hamsho International.

Supports the Syrian regime through its subsidiaries,

including Syria Steel. Through its subsidiaries it is

associated with groups such as the pro-regime Shabiha

militias.

Subsidiary of Hamsho Trading and therefore ultimately

a subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been

designated by the Council. As such, Syria Steel SA is

associated with a designated entity. Syria Steel also

supports the Syrian regime through its work with

Shabiha militias and producing armaments.

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Subsidiary of Hamsho Trading and therefore ultimately

of Hamsho International, which has been designated

by the Council.

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As such, Al Buroj Trading is associated with a desig­

nated entity, Hamsho International.

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Name

70.

DK Group

(a.k.a. DK Group

SARL DK Middle

East & Africa

Regional Office)

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Addresses: DK Middle East

& Africa Regional Office,

Peres Lazaristes Centre,

No 3, 5th Floor, Emir

Bachir Street, Beirut Central

District, Bachoura Sector,

Beirut, Lebanon.

DK Group supplies new banknotes to the Central

Bank of Syria.

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Azarieh Building —

Block 03, 5th Floor

Azarieh Street — Solidere

— Downtown, PO Box

11-503, Beirut, Lebanon

DK Group therefore provides support to the regime.

Due to this supply relationship, it is also associated

with a designated entity, the Central Bank of Syria.

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة أشخاص وكيانات إلى عقوبات سورية، منهم: وائل عبد الكريم، عماد حمشو، وشركات حمشو للتجارة وسورية للحديد ومجموعة دي كي.