Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 755/2011 of 1 August 2011 implementing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

2.8.2011

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 199/33

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 755/2011

of 1 August 2011

implementing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the

situation in Syria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European

Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 of

9 May 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the

situation in Syria (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,

Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures

against Syria (2), additional persons should be added to

the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies

subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex II to

Regulation (EU) No 442/2011,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU)

No 442/2011.

(2)

In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria and in

accordance with Council Implementing Decision

2011/488/CFSP of 1 August 2011 implementing

The persons listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be

added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or

bodies set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 442/2011.

Article 2

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, 1 August 2011.

For the Council

The President

M. DOWGIELEWICZ

(1) OJ L 121, 10.5.2011, p. 1.

(2) See page 74 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

Persons referred to in Article 1

A. Persons

Name

Identifying information (date

of birth, place of birth…)

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Mr Mohammad Mufleh

Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in

the town of Hama, involved in the

crackdown on demonstrators.

1.8.2011

2.

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

3.

Mr Mohammed Makhlouf

(a.k.a. Abu Rami)

Born in Latakia, Syria,

19.10.1932

Close associate and maternal uncle of

Bashar and Mahir al-Assad. Business

associate and father of Rami, Ihab

and Iyad Makhlouf.

1.8.2011

4.

Ayman Jabir

Born Latakia

Associate of Mahir al-Assad for the

Shabiha militia. Directly involved in

repression and violence against the

civilian population and co-ordination

of Shabiha militia groups

1.8.2011

5.

General Ali Habib

Mahmoud

Born Tartous, 1939.

Appointed Minister of

Defence 3 June 2009

Minister of Defence. Responsible for

conduct and operations of Syrian

Armed Forces involved in repression

and violence against the civilian popu­

lation

1.8.2011

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة خمسة أشخاص إلى عقوبات سورية، هم: علي حبيب، محمد مفلح، توفيق يونس، محمد مخلوف، أيمن جابر.