Council Implementing Regulation 2012/544/CFSP of 25 June 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION 2012/544/CFSP

of 25 June 2012

implementing Article 32(1) of 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,

measures against Syria (2), one additional person and

additional entities should be included in the list of

natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to

restrictive measures set out in Annex II to Regulation

(EU) No 36/2012,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

On 18 January 2012, the Council adopted Regulation

(EU) No 36/2012.

(2)

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

in accordance with Council Implementing Decision

2012/335/CFSP of 25 June 2012 implementing

Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive

The person and entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation

shall be added to the list set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU)

No 36/2012.

Article 2

The Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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 Luxembourg, 25 June 2012.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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

(2) See page 80 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

PERSON AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1

Persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Bouthaina Shaaban

(a.k.a. Buthaina

Shaaban)

Born 1953 in Homs, Syria

Political and Media Advisor to the President

since July 2008 and as such associated with

the violent crackdown on the population.

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Ministry of Defence

Address: Umayyad Square,

Damascus

Telephone:

+963-11-7770700

Syrian government branch directly involved

in repression.

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2.

Ministry of Interior

Address: Merjeh Square,

Damascus

Telephone:

+963-11-2219400,

+963-11-2219401,

+963-11-2220220,

+963-11-2210404

Syrian government branch directly involved

in repression.

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3.

Syrian National

Security Bureau

Syrian government branch and element of

the Syrian Ba'ath Party. Directly involved in

repression. It directed Syrian security forces

to use extreme force against demonstrators.

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4.

Syria International

Islamic Bank (SIIB)

SIIB has acted as a front for the Commercial

Bank of Syria, which has allowed that bank

to circumvent sanctions imposed on it by

the EU. From 2011 to 2012, SIIB surrepti­

tiously facilitated financing worth almost

$150 million on behalf of the Commercial

Bank of Syria. Financial arrangements that

were purportedly made by SIIB were

actually made by the Commercial Bank of

Syria.

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1.

Entities

(a.k.a.: Syrian Inter­

national Islamic

Bank; a.k.a. SIIB)

Location: Syria Inter­

national Islamic Bank

Building, Main Highway

Road, Al Mazzeh Area,

P.O. Box 35494,

Damascus, Syria

Alt. Location: P.O. Box

35494, Mezza'h Vellat

Sharqia'h, beside the

Consulate of Saudi Arabia,

Damascus, Syria

In addition to working with the Commercial

Bank of Syria to circumvent sanctions, in

2012, SIIB facilitated several substantial

payments for the Syrian Lebanese

Commercial Bank, another bank already

designated by the EU.

In these ways, SIIB has contributed to

providing financial support to the Syrian

regime.

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5.

Official Journal of the European Union

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

General Organisation

of Radio and TV

Address: Al Oumaween

Square, P.O. Box 250,

Damascus, Syria.

Telephone

(963 11) 223 4930

State-run agency subordinate to Syria’s

Ministry of Information and as such

supports and promotes its information

policy. It is responsible for operating

Syria’s state-owned television channels, two

terrestrial and one satellite, as well as

government radio stations. The GORT has

incited violence against the civilian popu­

lation in Syria, serving as a propaganda

instrument for the Assad regime and

spreading disinformation.

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Banias Industrial Area,

Latakia Entrance Way,

P.O. Box 13, Banias, Syria;

Website www.scot-syria.

com; Email [email protected]

Syrian state owned oil company. Provides

financial support to the regime.

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(a.k.a. Syrian Direc­

torate General of

Radio & Television

Est; a.k.a. General

Radio and Television

Corporation; a.k.a.

Radio and Television

Corporation; a.k.a.

GORT)

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Syrian Company for

Oil Transport

(a.k.a. Syrian Crude

Oil Transportation

Company; a.k.a.

“SCOT”; a.k.a.

“SCOTRACO”

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة شخص وستة كيانات إلى عقوبات سورية، منها وزارة الدفاع ووزارة الداخلية ومكتب الأمن الوطني والبنك السوري الدولي الإسلامي.