Council Decision 2011/628/CFSP of 23 September 2011 amending Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL DECISION 2011/628/CFSP

of 23 September 2011

amending 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 29 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2) The following Articles are added:

On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Decision

2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against

Syria. (1)

(2)

In light of the seriousness of the situation in Syria, the

Union has decided to adopt additional restrictive

measures against the Syrian regime.

(3)

Investment in key sectors in the oil industry in Syria

should be prohibited.

(4)

The delivery of Syrian denominated banknotes and

coinage to the Central Bank of Syria should be

prohibited.

(5)

Additional persons and entities should be subject to the

restrictive measures set out in Decision 2011/273/CFSP.

(6)

The information relating to certain persons on the list in

the Annex to that Decision should be updated.

(7)

(c) the creation of any joint venture with enterprises in

Syria that are engaged in the Syrian oil industry

sectors of exploration, production or refining and with

any subsidiary or affiliate under their control.’;

Decision

2011/273/CFSP

accordingly,

should

be

amended

‘Article 2c

1.

The prohibitions in Article 2a shall be without

prejudice to the execution, until 15 November 2011, of

obligations provided for in contracts concluded before

2 September 2011.

2.

The prohibitions in Article 2b(a) and (b) respectively:

(i) shall be without prejudice to the execution of an obli­

gation arising from contracts or agreements concluded

before 23 September 2011;

(ii) shall not prevent the extension of a participation, if such

extension is an obligation under an agreement

concluded before 23 September 2011.

Article 2d

The delivery of Syrian denominated banknotes and coinage

to the Central Bank of Syria shall be prohibited.’;

(3) Article 4(3)(e) is replaced by the following:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2011/273/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

‘(e) necessary for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering

or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including

medical supplies, food, humanitarian workers and

related assistance, or evacuations from Syria;’.

(1) Article 2b is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2b

The following shall be prohibited:

(a) the granting of any financial loan or credit to enter­

prises in Syria that are engaged in the Syrian oil

industry sectors of exploration, production or refining,

or to Syrian or Syrian-owned enterprises engaged in

those sectors outside Syria;

(b) the acquisition or extension of a participation in enter­

prises in Syria that are engaged in the Syrian oil industry

sectors of exploration, production or refining, or in

Syrian or Syrian-owned enterprises engaged in those

sectors outside Syria, including the acquisition in full

of such enterprises and the acquisition of shares or

securities of a participating nature;

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

Article 2

The persons and entities listed in Annex I to this Decision shall

be added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision

2011/273/CFSP.

Article 3

In the Annex to Decision 2011/273/CFSP, the entries for the

following persons:

(1) Emad GHRAIWATI;

(2) Tarif AKHRAS;

(3) Issam ANBOUBA,

shall be replaced by the entries set out in Annex II to this

Decision.

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Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 23 September 2011.

For the Council

The President

M. DOWGIELEWICZ

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ANNEX I

Persons and entities referred to in Article 2

Persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Tayseer Qala Awwad

DoB: 1943; PoB Damascus

Minister of Justice. Associated with

the Syrian regime, including by

supporting its

policies and

practices of arbitrary arrest and

detention.

23.09.2011

2.

Dr. Adnan Hassan

Mahmoud

DoB: 1966; PoB Tartous

Minister of Information. Associated

with the Syrian regime, including

by supporting and promoting its

information policy.

23.09.2011

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Entities

Name

1.

Addounia TV (a.k.a.

Dounia TV)

Telephone: +963-11-5667274,

+963-11-5667271,

Fax: +963-11-5667272

Website: http://www.addounia.tv

Addounia TV has incited violence

against the civilian population in

Syria.

23.09.2011

2.

Cham Holding

Cham Holding Building Daraa

Highway - Ashrafiyat Sahnaya

Rif Dimashq – Syria P.O Box

9525

Tel +963 (11) 9962 +963 (11)

668 14000 +963 (11) 673 1044

Fax +963 (11) 673 1274

Email [email protected]

www.chamholding.sy

Controlled by Rami Makhlouf;

largest holding company in Syria,

benefiting from and supporting

the regime.

23.09.2011

3.

El-Tel Co. (a.k.a. El-Tel

Middle East Company)

Address:

Dair

Ali

Jordan

Highway,

P.O.Box

13052,

Damascus – Syria

Telephone: +963-11-2212345

Fax: +963-11-44694450

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.eltelme.com

Manufacturing and supplying tele­

communication equipment for the

Army.

23.09.2011

4.

Ramak Constructions Co.

Address:

Daa'ra

Highway,

Damascus, Syria

Telephone: +963-11-6858111

Mobile: +963-933-240231

Construction of military barracks,

border post barracks and other

buildings for Army needs.

23.09.2011

5.

Souruh Company (a.k.a.

SOROH Al Cham

Company)

Address: Adra Free Zone Area

Damascus – Syria

Telephone: +963-11-5327266

Mobile: +963-933-526812

+963-932-878282

Fax:+963-11-5316396

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://sites.google.com/

site/sorohco

Investment in local military

industrial projects, manufacturing

weapons parts and related items.

100 % of the company is owned

by Rami Makhlouf.

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Name

6.

Syriatel

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Thawra Street, Ste Building 6ème

étage, BP 2900

Tel: +963 11 61 26 270

Fax: +963 11 23 73 97 19

Email: [email protected];

Website: http://syriatel.sy/

Controlled by Rami Makhlouf;

provides financial support to the

regime: through its licensing

contract it pays 50 % of its

profits to the Government.

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ANNEX II

Persons referred to in Article 3

Name

Identifying information (date of

birth, place of birth …)

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Emad GHRAIWATI

DoB: March 1959; PoB:

Damascus, Syria

President of the Damascus Chamber of

Industry (Zuhair Ghraiwati Sons).

Provides economic support to the

Syrian regime.

2.9.2011

2.

Tarif AKHRAS

DoB: 1949; PoB: Homs,

Syria

Founder of the Akhras Group

(commodities, trading, processing and

logistics), Homs. Provides economic

support to the Syrian regime.

2.9.2011

3.

Issam ANBOUBA

DoB: 1949; PoB: Lattakia,

Syria

President of Issam Anbouba Est. for

agro-industry.

Provides

economic

support to the Syrian regime.

2.9.2011

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