Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/837 of 28 May 2015 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2015/837

of 28 May 2015

amending 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 29 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP (1).

(2)

On 28 May 2014, the Council adopted Decision 2014/309/CFSP (2), extending the restrictive measures set out in

Decision 2013/255/CFSP until 1 June 2015.

(3)

On the basis of a review of Decision 2013/255/CFSP, the restrictive measures should be further extended

until 1 June 2016.

(4)

In view of the gravity of the situation, one person should be added to the list of natural and legal persons,

entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(5)

One person should no longer be kept on the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to

restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(6)

The information relating to certain persons listed in Section A of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be

updated.

(7)

Following the judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2014 in joined cases T-329/12 and T-74/13, Mazen

Al-Tabbaa v Council (3), and the judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2015 in case T-652/11, Bassam

Sabbagh v Council (3), Mazen Al-Tabbaa and Bassam Sabbagh are not included on the list of natural and legal

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

(8)

In addition, on 12 February 2015, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2199 (2015),

paragraph 17 of which prohibits the trade in Syrian cultural property and other items of archaeological,

historical, cultural, rare scientific, and religious importance illegally removed from Syria since 15 March 2011.

(9)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows:

(1) Article 13a is replaced by the following:

‘Article 13a

It shall be prohibited to import, export, transfer or provide related brokering services for cultural property and other

items of archaeological, historical, cultural, rare scientific and religious importance which have been illegally

removed from Syria, or where reasonable suspicion exists that they have been illegally removed from Syria, on or

after 15 March 2011. The prohibition shall not apply if it is shown that the cultural items are being safely returned

to their legitimate owners in Syria.

The Union shall take the necessary measures in order to determine the relevant items to be covered by this Article.’.

(2) Article 34 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 34

This Decision shall apply until 1 June 2016. It shall be kept under constant review. It may be renewed, or amended

as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’.

(1) Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14).

(2) Council Decision 2014/309/CFSP of 28 May 2014 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

(OJ L 160, 29.5.2014, p. 37).

(3) Not yet published.

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Article 2

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as set out in the Annex 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, 28 May 2015.

For the Council

The President

E. RINKĒVIČS

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ANNEX

I.

The following person is added to the list of persons set out in Section A of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP:

Identifying informa­

tion

Name

206.

General Muhamad (

) (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad) Mahalla

(

) (a.k.a. Mahla, Mualla,

Maalla, Muhalla)

Born in Jableh/

Lattakia Province.

Reasons

Date of listing

Head of the Syrian Military Intelli­

gence (SMI), Branch 293 (Internal

Affairs), since April 2015. Responsi­

ble for repression and violence

against the civilian population in

Damascus/ Damascus countryside.

29.5.2015

Former Deputy Head of Political Se­

curity (2012), Officer of the Syrian

Republican Guard and Vice-Director

of the Political Security Directorate.

Head of Military Police, Member of

the National Security Bureau.

II. The entry concerning the following person is deleted from the list of persons set out in Section A of Annex I to

Decision 2013/255/CFSP:

No 11. Rustum (

) Ghazali (

)

III. The entries concerning the persons listed below, as set out in Section A of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, are

replaced by the following entries:

Identifying informa­

tion

Name

3.

Ali (

) Mamluk (

Mamlouk)

) (a.k.a.

Date of birth:

19 February

1946;

Place of birth:

Damascus;

Reasons

Date of listing

Director of the National Security

Bureau. Former Head of Syrian Intel­

ligence Directorate (GID) involved in

violence against demonstrators.

9.5.2011

Head of General Security Directo­

rate; involved in violence against de­

monstrators.

9.5.2011

Former Vice-President of Syria; in­

volved in violence against the civi­

lian population

23.5.2011

Former Head of Syrian Military In­

telligence (SMI) Branch 293 (Internal

Affairs) in Damascus. Directly in­

volved in repression and violence

against the civilian population in

Damascus. Advisor to President

Bashar Al-Assad for strategic ques­

tions and military intelligence.

23.8.2011

Diplomatic pass­

port No 983

6.

Muhammad (

) Dib (

)

Zaytun (

) (a.k.a. Mohammed

Dib Zeitoun; a.k.a. Mohamed Dib

Zeitun)

Date of birth:

20 May 1951;

Place of birth:

Damascus;

Diplomatic

passport

No D000001300

16.

Faruq (

) (a.k.a. Farouq,

Farouk) Al Shar' (

) (a.k.a.

Al Char', Al Shara', Al Shara)

37.

Brigadier-General Rafiq (

)

(a.k.a. Rafeeq) Shahadah (

)

(a.k.a. Shahada, Shahade,

Shahadeh, Chahada, Chahade,

Chahadeh, Chahada)

Date of birth:

10 Decem­

ber 1938

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Identifying informa­

tion

Name

42.

Brigadier-General Nawful (

(a.k.a. Nawfal, Nofal, Nawfel)

Al-Husayn (

) (a.k.a.

Al-Hussain, Al-Hussein)

44.

Brigadier-General Muhammed

(

) (a.k.a. Muhamad) Zamrini

(

) (a.k.a. Zamreni)

53.

Adib (

) Mayaleh (

a. André Mayard)

)

) (a.k.

Born:

15 May 1955

Place of birth:

Bassir

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Reasons

Date of listing

Idlib Syrian Military Intelligence

(SMI) Branch Chief. Directly involved

in repression and violence against

the civilian population in Idlib pro­

vince.

23.8.2011

Branch Chief for Syrian Military In­

telligence (SMI) in Homs. Directly in­

volved in repression and violence

against the civilian population in

Homs.

23.8.2011

Adib Mayaleh is responsible for pro­

viding economic and financial sup­

port to the Syrian regime through

his functions as the Governor of the

Central Bank of Syria.

15.5.2012

55.

Colonel Lu'ai (

Loai) al-Ali (

) (a.k.a. Louay,

)

Head of Syrian Military Intelligence,

Dara'a Branch. Responsible for the

violence against protesters in Dara'a.

14.11.2011

80.

Brigadier Nazih (

Nazeeh) Hassun (

Hassoun)

) (a.k.a.

) (a.k.a.

Head of Syrian Military Intelligence,

Damascus Countryside/Rif Dimashq

Branch, former Syrian Air Force In­

telligence. Military official involved

in the violence in Homs.

1.12.2011

137

Brigadier General Ibrahim

(

) Ma'ala (

) (a.k.a.

Maala, Maale, Ma'la)

Head of branch 285 (Damascus) of

the General Intelligence Directorate

(replaced Brig. Gen. Hussam Fendi at

end 2011). Responsible for the tor­

ture of opponents in custody.

24.7.2012

قرار من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتمديد العقوبات على سورية حتى 1 حزيران/ يونيو 2016، وحظر تجارة الممتلكات الثقافية السورية تنفيذًا لقرار مجلس الأمن 2199، وتحديث القائمة.