Council Implementing Decision 2011/488/CFSP of 1 August 2011 implementing Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2011

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/488/CFSP

of 1 August 2011

implementing Decision 2011/273/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 2011/273/CFSP of 9 May

2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1), and in

particular Article 5(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Decision

2011/273/CFSP.

(2)

In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, additional

persons should be added to the list of persons and

entities subject to restrictive measures set out in the

Annex to Decision 2011/273/CFSP,

(1) OJ L 121, 10.5.2011, p. 11.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added

to the list of persons and entities set out in the Annex to

Decision 2011/273/CFSP.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 1 August 2011.

For the Council

The President

M. DOWGIELEWICZ

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ANNEX

Persons referred to in Article 1

A. Persons

Identifying information

(date of birth, place of

birth…)

Name

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

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

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

Tawfiq

Habib

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة خمسة أشخاص إلى قائمة العقوبات على سورية، هم: وزير الدفاع علي حبيب، محمد مفلح، توفيق يونس، محمد مخلوف، أيمن جابر.