Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/117 of 26 January 2015 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2015/117

of 26 January 2015

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)

By its judgments of 13 November 2014 in Cases T-653/11, T-654/11 and T-43/12, the General Court of the

European Union annulled the Council's decision to include Aiman Jaber, Khaled Kaddour, Mohammed Hamcho

and Hamcho International on the list of persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures set out in Annex I

to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(3)

Aiman Jaber, Khaled Kaddour, Mohammed Hamcho and Hamcho International should be included again on the

list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures, on the basis of new statements of reasons.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP shall be 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 Brussels, 26 January 2015.

For the Council

The President

E. RINKĒVIČS

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

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ANNEX

The following persons and entity shall be inserted in the list of persons and entities set out in Annex I to Decision

2013/255/CFSP.

I. LIST OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS, ENTITIES OR BODIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 27 AND 28

A. PERSONS

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Date of birth: 20 May

1966

Passport

No 002954347

Prominent Syrian businessman, owner of

Hamcho International, close to key fig­

ures of the Syrian regime, including Presi­

dent Bashar al-Assad and Maher al-Assad.

Since March 2014, he has held the pos­

ition of Chairman for China of the Bilat­

eral Business Councils following his ap­

pointment by the Minister of Economy,

Khodr Orfali.

Mohammed Hamcho benefits from and

provides support to the Syrian regime

and is associated with persons benefiting

from and supporting the regime.

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18.

Mohammed (

)

Hamcho (

)

28.

Khalid (

) (a.k.a.

Khaled) Qaddur (

)

(a.k.a. Qadour, Qaddour,

Kaddour)

Prominent Syrian businessman, close to

Maher al-Assad, a key figure of the Syrian

regime.

Khalid Qaddur benefits from and pro­

vides support to the Syrian regime and is

associated with persons benefiting from

and supporting the regime.

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33.

Place of birth: Latakia

Ayman (

) Jabir

(

) (a.k.a. Aiman Ja­

ber)

Prominent Syrian businessman, close to

key figures of the Syrian regime such as

Maher al-Assad and Rami Makhlouf.

He has also provided support to the re­

gime by facilitating the importation of oil

from Overseas Petroleum Trading to Syria

through his company El Jazireh.

Ayman Jabir benefits from and provides

support to the regime and is associated

with persons benefiting from and sup­

porting the regime.

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B. ENTITIES

3.

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Hamcho International

(a.k.a. Hamsho Interna­

tional Group)

Baghdad Street,

PO Box 8254

Damascus

Tel. +963 112316675

Fax +963 112318875

Website:

www.hamshointl.com

E-mail:

[email protected]

and hamshogroup@

yahoo.com

Hamcho International is a large Syrian

holding company owned by Mohammed

Hamcho.

Hamcho International benefits from and

provides support to the regime and is as­

sociated with a person benefiting from

and supporting the regime.

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قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتحديث بيانات عدد من المشمولين بعقوبات سورية.