Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1117/2012 of 29 November 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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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1117/2012

of 29 November 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,

Whereas:

(1)

On 18 January 2012, the Council adopted Regulation

(EU) No 36/2012.

(2)

In accordance with Council Decision 2012/739/CFSP of

29 November 2012 concerning restrictive measures

against Syria (2), the list of persons, entities and bodies

subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex II to

Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated

accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 shall be amended as

set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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 Brussels, 29 November 2012.

For the Council

The President

N. SYLIKIOTIS

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

(2) See page 21 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

I. The entries for the persons in the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies set out in Annex II to Regulation

(EU) No 36/2012 listed below shall be replaced by the following entries.

A. Persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Fares Chehabi (a.k.a.

Fares Shihabi; Fares

Chihabi)

Son of Ahmad Chehabi.

President of Aleppo Chamber of Industry.

Vice-chairman of Cham Holding.

Provides economic support to the

Syrian regime.

2.9.2011

2.

Nasser Al-Ali (a.k.a.

Brigadier General

Nasr al-Ali)

Head of Deraa Regional

Branch (Political

Security Directorate)

As Head of the Deraa Regional Branch

of the Political Security Directorate,

responsible for detention and torture of

detainees. Since April 2012 Head of the

Deraa site of the Political Security Direc­

torate (ex-head of the Homs branch).

23.1.2012

3.

Sulieman Maarouf

(a.k.a. Suleiman

Maarouf, Sulayman

Mahmud Ma’ruf,

Sleiman Maarouf,

Mahmoud Soleiman

Maarouf; Sulaiman

Maarouf)

Passport: in possession

of a UK passport

Businessman close to President Al-Assad’s

family. Owns shares in the listed TV

station

Dounya

TV.

Close

to

Muhammad Nasif Khayrbik, who has

been designated. Supports the Syrian

regime.

16.10.2012

4.

Razan Othman

Wife of Rami Makhlouf,

daughter of Walif

Othman.

She has close personal and financial

relations with Rami Makhlouf, cousin of

president Bashar Al-Assad and principal

financer of the regime, who has been

designated. As such, associated with the

Syrian regime, and benefiting from it.

16.10.2012

1.

Date of birth: 7 May

1972

Date of birth:

31 January 1977;

Place of birth:

governorate of Latakia;

ID No: 06090034007

B. Entities

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Centre d’études et de

recherches syrien

(CERS) (a.k.a. Centre

d’Etude et de

Recherche

Scientifique (CERS);

Scientific Studies and

Research Centre

(SSRC); Centre de

Recherche de

Kaboun)

Barzeh Street, P.O. Box

4470, Damas

Provides support to the Syrian army for

the acquisition of equipment used directly

for the surveillance and repression of

demonstrators.

1.12.2011

2.

Megatrade

Address: Aleppo Street,

P.O. Box 5966,

Damascus, Syria;

Acts as a proxy for the Scientific Studies

and Research Centre (SSRC), which is

listed. Involved in trade in dual use

goods prohibited by EU sanctions for

the Syrian government.

16.10.2012

Fax: 963114471081

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3.

Expert Partners

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Address: Rukn Addin,

Saladin Street, Building

5, P.O. Box 7006,

Damascus, Syria

Acts as a proxy for the Scientific Studies

and Research Centre (SSRC), which is

listed. Involved in trade in dual use

goods prohibited by EU sanctions for

the Syrian government.

16.10.2012

II. The person listed below shall be removed from the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies set out in Annex

II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

Brigadier General Nasr al-Ali

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة أشخاص وكيانات إلى عقوبات سورية، منهم: ناصر العلي، سليمان معروف، رزان عثمان، وشركتا ميغاتريد وإكسبرت بارتنرز.