Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 578/2014 of 28 May 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 578/2014

of 28 May 2014

implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 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 36/2012 of 18 January 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of

the situation in Syria (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 18 January 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

(2)

Two persons and one entity should no longer be kept on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive

measures in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

(3)

The information relating to certain persons and entities listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should

be updated.

(4)

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication 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, 28 May 2014.

For the Council

The President

E. VENIZELOS

(1) OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

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I. The persons and entities listed below, as well as the related entries, are hereby deleted from the list set out in Annex II

to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012:

A. Persons

No 14. Asif Shawkat

No 178. Sulieman Maarouf

B. Entities

No 45. Syria International Islamic Bank.

II. The entries concerning the persons listed below, as set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, are replaced

by the following entries.

Identifying

information

Name

Reasons

Date of listing

Date of birth:

24.10.1960

Sister of Bashar Al-Assad and widow of Asif

Shawkat, Deputy Chief of Staff for Security and

Reconnaissance. Given the close personal relation­

ship and intrinsic financial relationship to the

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, she benefits

from and is associated with the Syrian regime.

23.3.2012

Born: 1945;

Place of birth:

Damascus

Former Minister of Finance. As a former Govern­

ment Minister shares responsibility for the regi­

me's violent repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

1.12.2011

71.

Bushra (

) Al-Assad (

(a.k.a. Bushra Shawkat)

108.

Dr. Mohammad (

) (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammed) Al-Jleilati

(

)

152.

Dr. Qadri (

) (a.k.a. Kadri)

Jamil (

) (a.k.a. Jameel)

Former Vice Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs

and Expatriates. As a former Government Minister

shares responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian population.

16.10.2012

156.

Eng. Hala (

) Mohammad

(

) (a.k.a. Mohamed,

Muhammad, Mohammed) Al

Nasser (

)

Former Minister of Tourism. As a former Govern­

ment Minister shares responsibility for the regi­

me's violent repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

16.10.2012

158.

Eng. Subhi (

) Ahmad

(

) Al Abdallah (

) (a.k.

a. Al-Abdullah)

Former Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian

Reform. As a former Government Minister shares

responsibility for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population.

16.10.2012

159.

Dr. Mohammad (

) (a.k.a.

Muhammad, Mohamed,

Mohammed) Yahiya (

) (a.k.a.

Yehya, Yahya, Yihya, Yihia, Yahia)

Moalla (

) (a.k.a. Mu'la, Ma'la,

Muala, Maala, Mala)

Former Minister of Higher Education. As a former

Government Minister shares responsibility for the

regime's violent repression against the civilian

population.

16.10.2012

161.

Dr. Mohamad (

) (a.k.a.

Muhammad, Mohamed,

Mohammed, Mohammad) Zafer

(

) (a.k.a. Dhafer) Mohabak

(

) (a.k.a. Mohabbak,

Muhabak, Muhabbak)

Former Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade.

As a former Government Minister shares respon­

sibility for the regime's violent repression against

the civilian population.

16.10.2012

)

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Name

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Reasons

Date of listing

Former Minister of Housing and Urban Develop­

ment. As a former Government Minister shares

responsibility for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population.

16.10.2012

163.

Dr. Safwan (

(

)

164.

Eng. Yasser (

) (a.k.a. Yaser) Al

Siba'ii (

) (a.k.a. Al-Sibai,

Al-Siba'i, Al Sibaei)

Former Minister of Public Works. As a former

Government Minister shares responsibility for the

regime's violent repression against the civilian

population.

16.10.2012

165.

Eng Sa'iid (

) (a.k.a. Sa'id,

Sa'eed, Saeed) Ma'thi (

)

(a.k.a. Mu'zi, Mu'dhi, Ma'dhi,

Ma'zi, Maazi) Hneidi (

)

Former Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources. As

a former Government Minister shares responsi­

bility for the regime's violent repression against

the civilian population.

16.10.2012

167.

Dr. Jassem (

) (a.k.a. Jasem)

Mohammad (

) (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammed) Zakaria (

)

Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. As

a former Government Minister shares responsi­

bility for the regime's violent repression against

the civilian population.

16.10.2012

169.

Dr. Adnan (

) Abdo (

)

(a.k.a. Abdou) Al Sikhny (

)

(a.k.a. Al-Sikhni, Al-Sekhny, AlSekhni)

Former Minister of Industry. As a former Govern­

ment Minister shares responsibility for the regi­

me's violent repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

16.10.2012

174.

Mohammed (

Al Sayed (

)

Former Minister of Industry. As a former Govern­

ment Minister shares responsibility for the regi­

me's violent repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

16.10.2012

175.

Najm-eddin (

) (a.k.a.

Nejm-eddin, Nejm-eddeen, Najmeddeen, Nejm-addin, Nejmaddeen, Najm-addeen, Najmaddin) Khreit (

) (a.k.a.

Khrait)

Former State Minister. As a former Government

Minister shares responsibility for the regime's

violent repression against the civilian population.

16.10.2012

) Al Assaf

) Turki (

Born 1968

)

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتحديث بيانات المشمولين بعقوبات سورية، منهم بشرى الأسد ومحمد نضال الشعار وقدري جميل وهالة الناصر.