Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2016/1985 of 14 November 2016 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2016/1985

of 14 November 2016

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,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)

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

(2)

In view of the deteriorating situation in Syria, eighteen persons 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 is 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, 14 November 2016.

For the Council

The President

F. MOGHERINI

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

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ANNEX

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

2013/255/CFSP:

List of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Articles 27 and 28

A. Persons

Name

‘217.

Atef Naddaf

Identifying information

Date of birth: 1956

Reasons

Higher Education Minister.

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Place of birth: Damascus Coun­ Appointed in July 2016.

tryside

218.

Hussein Makhlouf

(a.k.a. Makhluf)

Date of birth: 1964

Local Administration Minister.

Place of birth: Lattakia

Appointed in July 2016.

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Former Governor of Damascus Cousin of Rami Makhlouf.

Governorate

219.

Ali Al-Zafir (a.k.a.

al-Dafeer)

Date of birth: 1962

Place of birth: Tartous

Communications and Technol­

ogy Minister.

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Appointed in July 2016.

220.

Ali Ghanem

Date of birth: 1963

Place of birth: Damascus

Minister for Petroleum and

Mineral Resources.

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Appointed in July 2016.

221.

222.

223.

224.

225.

226.

227.

228.

Mohammed (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammad) Ramez

Tourjman

(a.k.a Tourjuman)

Date of birth: 1966

Information Minister.

Place of birth: Damascus

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1961

Culture Minister.

Place of birth: Lattakia

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1964

Transport Minister.

Place of birth: Tartous

Appointed in July 2016.

Mohammed Zuhair

(a.k.a. Zahir) Kharboutli

Place of birth: Damascus

Electricity Minister.

Maamoun Hamdan

Date of birth: 1958

Finance Minister.

Place of birth: Damascus

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1963

Minister of Water Resources.

Place of birth: Aleppo

Appointed in July 2016.

Ahmad al-Hamu

(a.k.a. al-Hamo)

Date of birth: 1947

Minister for Industry.

Abdullah al-Gharbi

(a.k.a. al-Qirbi)

Date of birth: 1962

Mohammed (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammad) al-Ahmed

(a.k.a. al-Ahmad)

Ali Hamoud (a.k.a.

Hammoud)

Nabil al-Hasan (a.k.a.

al-Hassan)

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Appointed in July 2016.

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Appointed in July 2016.

Place of birth: Damascus

Minister of Internal Trade and

Consumer Protection.

Appointed in July 2016.

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Name

229.

Abdullah Abdullah

Identifying information

Date of birth: 1956

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Reasons

State Minister.

Date of listing

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Appointed in July 2016.

230.

231.

232.

233.

234.

Salwa Abdullah

Rafe'a Abu Sa'ad (a.k.a.

Saad)

Wafiqa Hosni

Rima Al-Qadiri

(a.k.a. Al-Kadiri)

Duraid Durgham

Date of birth: 1953

State Minister.

Place of birth: Quneitra

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1954

State Minister.

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Place of birth: Habran village Appointed in July 2016.

(Sweida province)

Date of birth: 1952

State Minister.

Place of birth: Damascus

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1963

Minister for Social Affairs (since

August 2015).

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Governor of the Central Bank

of Syria.

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Place of birth: Damascus

Responsible for providing econ­

omic and financial support to

the Syrian regime through his

functions as the Governor of

the Central Bank of Syria,

which is also listed.

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قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة وزراء إلى عقوبات سورية، منهم: حسين مخلوف، علي الظفير، علي غانم، عبد الله عبد الله، سلوى عبد الله.