Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2017/485 of 20 March 2017 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2017/485

of 20 March 2017

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 gravity of the situation in Syria, four 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 date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 20 March 2017.

For the Council

The President

L. GRECH

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

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ANNEX

The following persons are added to the list set out in section A (Persons) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP:

Name

‘235.

Ahmad Ballul

(a.k.a. Ahmad

Muhammad

Ballul; Ahmed

Balol)

236.

Saji' Darwish

(a.k.a. Saji Jamil

Darwish; Sajee

Darwish; Sjaa

Darwis)

237.

Muhammed

Ibrahim

Identifying information

Date of birth:

10 October 1954

Rank: Major General;

Commander of the

Syrian Arab Air Force

and Air Defence Forces

Date of birth:

11 January 1957

Rank: Major General,

Syrian Arab Air Force

Reasons

Date of listing

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and Commander of the Syrian Arab Air

and Air Defence Forces, in post after

May 2011.

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Operates in the chemical weapons prolifera­

tion sector and, as a senior ranking officer of

the Syrian Arab Air Force, is responsible for

the violent repression against the civilian

population, including the use of chemical

weapons attacks by the Syrian regime identi­

fied in the report of the Joint Investigative

Mechanism.

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and Commander of the 22nd Division of

the Syrian Arab Air Force, in post after

May 2011.

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Operates in the chemical weapons prolifera­

tion sector and is responsible for the violent

repression against the civilian population: as

a senior ranking officer of the Syrian Arab

Air Force and Commander of the 22nd Divi­

sion he holds responsibility for the use of

chemical weapons by aircraft operating from

airbases under the control of the 22nd Divi­

sion, including the attack on Talmenes that

the Joint Investigative Mechanism reported

was conducted by Hama airfield-based regime

helicopters.

Date of birth: 5 August

1964

Rank: Brigadier General;

Deputy Commander of

Syrian Arab Air Force

63rd Brigade at Hama

airfield

Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior

officer and Deputy Commander of the Syrian

Arab Air Force 63rd Brigade, in post after

May 2011.

Operates in the chemical weapons prolifera­

tion sector and, as a senior ranking officer

of the Syrian Arab Air Force during the

period investigated by the Joint Investigative

Mechanism and Deputy Commander of the

63rd brigade from March to December 2015,

is responsible for the violent repression

against the civilian population through

the use of chemical weapons by the 63rd Bri­

gade in Talmenes (21 April 2014), Qmenas

(16 March 2015) and Sarmin (16 March

2015).

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Name

238.

Badi' Mu'alla

Official Journal of the European Union

Identifying information

Date of birth: 1961

Place of birth: Bistuwir,

Jablah, Syria

Rank: Brigadier General;

Commander of Syrian

Arab Air Force

63rd Brigade

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Reasons

Date of listing

Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior

officer and Commander of 63rd Brigade of

the Syrian Arab Air Force, in post after

May 2011.

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Operates in the chemical weapons prolifera­

tion sector and, as Commander of the

63rd Brigade during the period investigated

by the Joint Investigative Mechanism, is

responsible for the violent repression against

the civilian population through the use of

chemical weapons by the 63rd Brigade in

Talmenes (21 April 2014), Qmenas (16 March

2015) and Sarmin (16 March 2015).

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة أربعة ضباط إلى عقوبات سورية بسبب استخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية، منهم: ساجي درويش، بديع معلا.