Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1751 of 25 September 2017 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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(Non-legislative acts)

REGULATIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1751

of 25 September 2017

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 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

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

Whereas:

(1)

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

(2)

The information relating to four persons and one entity set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012

should be updated.

(3)

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 following that 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, 25 September 2017.

For the Council

The President

M. MAASIKAS

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

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ANNEX

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as follows:

1. In Part A (‘Persons’), the following entries are replaced as follows:

‘236.

Saji' Darwish

Date of birth:

11 January 1957

(a.k.a. Saji Jamil Darwish;

Sajee Darwish; Sjaa Darwis)

(

247.

)

Jayyiz Rayyan Al-Musa

Date of birth: 1954

(a.k.a.: Jaez Sawada alHammoud al-Mousa; Jayez

al-Hammoud al-Moussa)

Place of birth: Hama,

Syria

(

248.

Rank: Major General

)

Mayzar 'Abdu Sawan

Date of birth: 1954

Rank: Major General

)

Governor of Hasaka, appointed by Bashar alAssad; he is associated with Bashar al-Assad.

18.7.2017

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and former Chief of Staff of the Syrian Air

Force.

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and Commander of the 20th Division of

the Syrian Air Force, in post after May 2011.

18.7.2017

As a senior officer in the Syrian air force he is

responsible for the violent repression against

the civilian population including attacks against

civilian areas by aircraft operating from airbases

under the control of the 20th Division.

Isam Zahr Al-Din

Date of birth: 1961

(a.k.a.: Isam Zuhair al-Din;

Isam Zohruddin; Issam

Zahruddin; Issam

Zahreddine; Essam

Zahruddin; Issam Zaher

Eldin; Issam Zaher al-Deen;

Nafed Assadllah)

Place of birth: Tarba,

As-Suwayda province,

Syria

(

21.3.2017

As a senior officer of the Syrian Air Force, he is

responsible for the violent repression against

the civilian population in Syria, including the

use of chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian

regime during his tenure as Chief of Staff of the

Syrian Air Force, as identified in the report of

the Joint Investigative Mechanism established

by the United Nations.

(a.k.a.: Meezar Sawan)

(

249.

Rank: Major General,

Syrian Arab Air Force

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and former Commander of the 22nd Divis­

ion of the Syrian Arab Air Force, in post after

May 2011. Operates in the chemical weapons

proliferation sector and is responsible for the

violent repression against the civilian popula­

tion: as a senior ranking officer of the Syrian

Arab Air Force and Commander of the

22nd Division until April 2017 he holds re­

sponsibility for the use of chemical weapons by

aircraft operating from airbases under the con­

trol of the 22nd Division, including the attack

on Talmenes that the Joint Investigative Mech­

anism reported was conducted by Hama air­

field-based regime helicopters.

)

Rank: Brigadier General

Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior of­

ficer in the Republican Guard, in post after May

2011. As a senior military officer he is respon­

sible for the violent repression against the civil­

ian population, including during the siege of

Baba Amr in February 2012.

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2. In Part B (‘Entities’), the following entry is replaced as follows:

‘21.

Centre d'études et de

recherches syrien (CERS)

(a.k.a. Centre d'Etude et de

Recherche Scientifique

(CERS); Scientific Studies and

Research Center (SSRC);

Centre de Recherche de

Kaboun)

Barzeh Street,

Po Box 4470,

Damascus

Provides support to the Syrian army for the ac­

quisition of equipment used for the surveillance

and repression of demonstrators.

Operating in the chemical weapon proliferation

sector, it is the government entity responsible

for developing and producing non-conventional

weapons, including chemical weapons, and the

missiles to deliver them.

1.12.2011’

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل قائمة عقوبات سورية.