Council Implementing Decision 2014/488/CFSP of 22 July 2014 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

23.7.2014

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

L 217/49

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2014/488/CFSP

of 22 July 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, three persons and nine entities should be added to the list of persons and

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

(3)

Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision

2013/255/CFSP.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2014.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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

L 217/50

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

23.7.2014

ANNEX

List of persons and entities referred to in Article 1

A. Persons

Name

Reasons

Date of listing

Prominent businessman,

chairman of the Akkad Group

of companies that operate in

multiple sectors of the Syrian

economy, including oil and gas.

Provides support to and benefits

from the Syrian regime.

23.7.2014

Military commander for the

Syrian regime, responsible for

violent repression of the civilian

population; supports the regime.

23.7.2014

d.o.b. 7 February 1944.

Director General of the Syrian

Scientific Studies and Research

Centre (SSRC), responsible for

providing support to the Syrian

army for the acquisition of

equipment used directly for the

surveillance and repression of

demonstrators.

Responsible for the violent

repression of the civilian popula­

tion; supports the regime.

23.7.2014

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

54.

Oceans Petroleum Trading. a.k.a.

Overseas Petroleum Tradeing

(SAL), Overseas Petroleum

Company.

Dunant Street, Snoubra

Sector, Beirut, Lebanon.

Providing support to the Syrian

regime and benefiting from the

regime by organising covert

shipments of oil to the Syrian

regime.

23.7.2014

55.

Tri Oceans Trading

35b Saray El Maadi

Tower, Corniche El Nile,

Cairo, Egypt, Postal

Code 11431 P.O. Box:

1313 Maadi

Providing support to the Syrian

regime and benefiting from the

regime by organising covert

shipments of oil to the Syrian

regime.

23.7.2014

56.

The Baniyas Refinery Company

a.k.a. Banias, Banyas.

Banias Refinery

Building, 26 Latkia

Main Road, Tartous,

P.O. Box 26, Syria.

Subsidiary of the General

Corporation for Refining and

Distribution of Petroleum

Products (GCRDPP), a section of

the Ministry of Petroleum and

Mineral Resources. As such it

provides financial support to the

Syrian regime.

23.7.2014

180.

Hashim Anwar al-Aqqad a.k.a.

Hashem Aqqad, Hashem Akkad,

Hashim Akkad

181.

Colonel Suhayl Hasan a.k.a.

Colonel Suhayl al-Hasan,

‘al-Nimir’/‘The Tiger’, Sohail

Hassan, Sohail al-Hassan, Suhail

Hassan, Lieutenant Colonel

Suhayl Hassan, Brigadier General

Suhayl Hasan

182.

Amr Armanazi a.k.a. Amr

Muhammad Najib Al-Armanazi,

Amr Najib Armanazi, Amrou

Al-Armanazy

Identifying information

d.o.b. 1961

Mohagirine, Syria.

B. Entities

23.7.2014

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

L 217/51

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

57.

The Homs Refinery Company.

a.k.a Hims, General Company

for Homs Refinery.

General Company for

Homs Refinery Building,

352 Tripoli Street,

Homs, P.O. Box 352,

Syria.

Subsidiary of the General

Corporation for Refining and

Distribution of Petroleum

Products (GCRDPP), a section of

the Ministry of Petroleum and

Mineral Resources. As such is

provides financial support to the

Syrian regime.

23.7.2014

58.

Army Supply Bureau

PO Box 3361,

Damascus

Involved in the procurement of

military equipment in support

of the regime, and therefore

responsible for the violent

repression of the civilian popula­

tion in Syria. Branch of Syrian

Ministry of Defence.

23.7.2014

59.

Industrial Establishment of

Defence. a.k.a. Industrial Estab­

lishment of Defense (IED),

Industrial Establishment for

Defence, Defence Factories

Establishment, Establissements

Industriels de la Defense (EID),

Establissement Industrial de la

Defence (ETINDE), Coefficient

Defense Foundation.

Al Thawraa Street, P.O.

Box 2330 Damascas, or

Al-Hameh, Damascas

Countryside, P.O.

Box 2230.

Involved in the procurement of

military equipment for the

regime, and therefore respon­

sible for the violent repression

of the civilian population in

Syria. Branch of Syrian Ministry

of Defence.

23.7.2014

60.

Higher Institute for Applied

Sciences and Technology

(HISAT)

P.O. Box 31983, Barzeh

Affiliated to and a subsidiary of

the Syrian Scientific Studies and

Research Centre (SSRC) which is

already designated. It provides

training and support to the

SSRC and is therefore respon­

sible for the violent repression

of the civilian population.

23.7.2014

61.

National Standards & Calibration P.O. Box 4470

Laboratory (NSCL)

Damascus

Affiliated to and a subsidiary of

the Syrian Scientific Studies and

Research Centre (SSRC) which is

already designated. It provides

training and support to the

SSRC and is therefore respon­

sible for the violent repression

of the civilian population.

23.7.2014

62.

El Jazireh a.k.a. Al Jazerra

Owned or controlled by Ayman

Jaber, therefore associated with a

designated person.

23.7.2014

Shaheen Building,

2nd floor, Sami el Solh,

Beyrouth; sector of

hydrocarbons

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة ثلاثة أشخاص وتسعة كيانات إلى عقوبات سورية، منهم: سهيل الحسن، هاشم العقاد، عمرو أرمنازي، وشركات أوشنز بتروليوم وتراي أوشن ومكتب إمداد الجيش والمعهد العالي للعلوم التطبيقية.