Council Implementing Decision 2014/730/CFSP of 20 October 2014 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2014/730/CFSP

of 20 October 2014

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,

Whereas:

(1)

On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(2)

In view of the gravity of the situation, 16 persons and two entities should be added to the list of persons and

entities subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(3)

The information relating to three persons and one entity set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should

also be updated.

(4)

Following the judgment of 3 July 2014 of the General Court in Case T-203/12 (2), Mohamad Nedal Alchaar v

Council, Dr Mohammad Nidal Al-Shaar should be removed from the list of persons and entities subject to restric­

tive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(5)

Annex I to 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 day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 20 October 2014.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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

(2) Not yet published.

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ANNEX

I.

The following persons and entities are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies set out in

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

A. Persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Houmam Jaza'iri

(a.k.a. Humam alJazaeri)

Date of birth: 1977

Minister of Economy and Foreign

Trade since 27.8.2014. As Govern­

ment Minister shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population.

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2.

Mohamad Amer

Mardini

(a.k.a. Mohammad

Amer Mardini)

Date of birth: 1959.

Place of birth:

Damascus

Minister of Higher Education since

27.8.2014. As Government Minister

shares responsibility for the regime's

violent repression against the civilian

population.

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3.

Mohamad Ghazi Jalali

(a.k.a. Mohammad

Ghazi al-Jalali)

Date of birth: 1969

Place of birth:

Damascus

Minister of Communications and

Technology since 27.8.2014. As

Government Minister shares responsi­

bility for the regime's violent repres­

sion against the civilian population.

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4.

Kamal Cheikha

(a.k.a. Kamal al-Sheikha)

Date of birth: 1961.

Place of birth:

Damascus

Minister of Water Resources since

27.8.2014. As Government Minister

shares responsibility for the regime's

violent repression against the civilian

population.

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5.

Hassan Nouri

(a.k.a. Hassan al-Nouri)

Date of birth: 9.2.1960

Minister of Administrative Develop­

ment since 27.8.2014. As Govern­

ment Minister shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population.

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6.

Mohammad Walid

Ghazal

Date of birth: 1951.

Place of birth: Aleppo.

Minister of Housing and Urban

Development since 27.8.2014. As

Government Minister shares responsi­

bility for the regime's violent repres­

sion against the civilian population.

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7.

Date of birth: 1960.

Khalaf Souleymane

Abdallah

Place of birth: Deir

(a.k.a. Khalaf Sleiman al- Ezzor

Abdullah)

Minister of Labour since 27.8.2014.

As Government Minister shares

responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

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8.

Nizar Wahbeh Yazaji

(a.k.a. Nizar Wehbe

Yazigi)

Minister of Health since 27.8.2014.

As Government Minister shares

responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

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Date of birth: 1961

Place of birth:

Damascus

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

9.

Hassan Safiyeh

(a.k.a. Hassan Safiye)

Date of birth: 1949

Place of birth: Latakia

Minister of Internal Trade and

Consumer

Protection

since

27.8.2014. As Government Minister

shares responsibility for the regime's

violent repression against the civilian

population.

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10.

Issam Khalil

Date of birth: 1965

Place of birth: Banias

Minister of Culture since 27.8.2014.

As Government Minister shares

responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

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11.

Mohammad Mouti'

Mouayyad

(a.k.a. Mohammad

Muti'a Moayyad)

Date of birth: 1968

Place of birth: Ariha

(Idlib)

State Minister since 27.8.2014. As

Government Minister shares responsi­

bility for the regime's violent repres­

sion against the civilian population.

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12.

Ghazwan Kheir Bek

(a.k.a. Ghazqan Kheir

Bek)

Date of birth: 1961.

Place of birth: Latakia

Minister

of

transport

since

27.8.2014. As Government Minister

shares responsibility for the regime's

violent repression against the civilian

population.

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13.

Major General Ghassan

Ahmed Ghannan

(a.k.a. Major General

Ghassan Ghannan, a.k.a.

Brigadier General

Ghassan Ahmad

Ghanem)

As commander of the 155 Missile

Brigade, he is supporting the Syrian

regime and he is responsible for the

violent repression against the civilian

population. Responsible for firing at

least 25 Scud Missiles at various civi­

lian sites between January and March

2013. Associated with Maher alAssad.

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14.

Colonel Mohammed

Bilal

(a.k.a. Lieutenant

Colonel Muhammad

Bilal)

As a senior officer in the Air Force

Intelligence Service of Syria, he

supports the Syrian regime and he is

responsible for the violent repression

against the civilian population. He is

also associated with the listed Scien­

tific Studies Research Centre (SSRC).

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15.

Mohamed Farahat

(a.k.a. Muhammad

Farahat)

Vice-President of Finance and Admin­

istration at Tri-Ocean Energy, which

has been listed by the Council for

benefiting from and supporting the

Syrian regime, he is therefore asso­

ciated with a listed entity.

In view of his senior position in TriOcean Energy, he is responsible for

the activities of the entity in

supplying oil to the regime.

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Name

16.

Identifying information

Abdelhamid Khamis

Abdullah

(a.k.a. Abdulhamid

Khamis Abdullah

a.k.a. Hamid Khamis

a.k.a Abdelhamid

Khamis Ahmad Adballa)

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Reasons

Date of listing

Chairman of Overseas Petroleum

Trading Company (OPT) which has

been listed by the Council for bene­

fiting from and supporting the Syrian

regime. He coordinated shipments of

oil to the Syrian regime with listed

Syrian state oil company Sytrol.

Therefore, he is benefitting from and

providing support to the Syrian

regime.

In view of his position as the most

senior person in the entity he is

responsible for its activities

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B. Entities

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Pangates International

Corp Ltd

(a.k.a. Pangates)

PO Box 8177

Sharjah Airport Interna­

tional Free Zone

United Arab Emirates

Pangates acts as an intermediary in

the supply of oil to the Syrian regime.

Therefore, it is providing support to

and benefiting from the Syrian

regime. It is also associated with

listed Syrian oil company Sytrol.

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2.

Abdulkarim Group

(a.k.a. Al Karim for

Trade and Industry/Al

Karim Group)

5797 Damascus

Syria

Parent company of Pangates with op­

erational control of it. As such it is

providing support to and benefiting

from the Syrian regime. It is also

associated with listed Syrian oil

company Sytrol.

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II. The entries concerning the persons listed below, as set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, are replaced by

the following entries.

A. Persons

Name

6.

33.

Identifying information

Date of birth: 20 May

)

Zaytun 1951;

Place of birth:

Damascus;

(a.k.a. Mohammed Dib

diplomatic passport No

Zeitoun)

D000001300

Muhammad (

Dib (

)

(

)

Ayman (

(

)

(a.k.a. Jaber)

) Jabir

Place of birth: Latakia

Reasons

Date of listing

Head of General Security Directorate;

involved in violence against demon­

strators.

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Associate of Mahir al-Assad for the

Shabiha militia. Directly involved in

repression and violence against the

civilian population and coordination

of Shabiha militia groups. Also

providing financial support to the

regime.

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Name

50.

Tarif (

(

) Akhras

,

)

(a.k.a. Al Akhras)

Identifying information

Date of birth: 2 June

1951;

Place of birth: Homs,

Syria;

Syrian passport nr.

0000092405

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Reasons

Date of listing

Prominent businessman benefiting

from and supporting the regime.

Founder of the Akhras Group

(commodities, trading, processing and

logistics) and former Chairman of the

Homs Chamber of Commerce. Close

business relations with President AlAssad's family. Member of the Board

of the Federation of Syrian Chambers

of Commerce. Provided logistical

support for the regime (buses and

tank loaders).

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Reasons

Date of listing

B. Entities

Name

17.

Souruh Company

(a.k.a. SOROH Al Cham

Company)

Identifying information

Majority of the shares of the

Address: Adra Free

Zone Area Damascus — company are owned directly or indir­

Syria;

ectly by Rami Makhlouf.

Tel: +963-11-5327266;

Mobile: +963-933526812;

+963-932-878282;

Fax:+963-11-5316396

Email: sorohco@gmail.

com

Website: http://sites.

google.com/site/sorohco

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III. The person listed below is deleted from the list set out in Section A of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

118. Dr. Mohammad (

) (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed) Nidal (

(a.k.a. Al-Chaar, Al-Sha'ar, Al-Cha'ar).

) Al-Shaar (

)

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة 16 شخصًا وكيانين إلى عقوبات سورية، منهم: همام الجزائري، محمد غازي الجلالي، كمال الشيخة، حسان النوري، نزار يازجي، حسان صافية، عصام خليل، غزوان خير بك.