Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1013/2014 of 26 September 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

27.9.2014

Official Journal of the European Union

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1013/2014

of 26 September 2014

implementing 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 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 18 January 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

(2)

By its judgment of 16 July 2014 in Case T-572/11, the Court of Justice of the European Union annulled the

Council's decision to include Samir Hassan on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set

out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

(3)

Samir Hassan should be included again on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out

in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, on the basis of a new statement of reasons.

(4)

Furthermore, the information relating to two entities listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be

updated.

(5)

Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This 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, 26 September 2014.

For the Council

The President

S. GOZI

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

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ANNEX

1. The following person is inserted in the list of natural and legal persons set out in Section A of Annex II to Regulation

(EU) No 36/2012:

Name

‘48.

Samir (

(

)

Identifying information

) Hassan

Reasons

Date of listing

Samir Hassan is a prominent busi­

nessman, close to key figures of the

Syrian regime, such as Rami Makhlouf

and Issam Anbouba; since March 2014,

he has held the position of Vice

Chairman for Russia of the Bilateral

Business Councils following his

appointment by Minister of Economy,

Khodr Orfali. Additionally, he supports

the regime's war effort with cash dona­

tions. Accordingly, Samir Hassan is

associated with persons benefitting

from or supporting the regime and

provides support to and benefits from

the Syrian regime.

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2. The entries concerning the entities listed below, as set out in Section B of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012,

are replaced by the following entries:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘54.

Overseas Petroleum Trading

a.k.a. “Overseas Petroleum

Trading SAL (Off-Shore)”

a.k.a. “Overseas Petroleum

Company”

Dunant Street,

Snoubra Sector,

Beirut, Lebanon.

Providing support to the Syrian regime

and benefitting from the regime by

organising covert shipments of oil to

the Syrian regime.

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55.

Tri Ocean Trading a.k.a.

Tri-Ocean Energy

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 benefitting from the regime by

organising covert shipments of oil to

the Syrian regime.

23.7.2014’

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتحديث بيانات شركة تراي أوشن في قائمة عقوبات سورية.