Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/480 of 20 March 2017 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/480

of 20 March 2017

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,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

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, four persons should be added to the list of natural and legal

persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

(3)

Annex II to 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, 20 March 2017.

For the Council

The President

L. GRECH

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

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ANNEX

The following persons are added to the list set out in Section A (Persons) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012:

Name

‘235.

Ahmad Ballul

(a.k.a. Ahmad

Muhammad

Ballul; Ahmed

Balol)

236.

Saji' Darwish

(a.k.a. Saji Jamil

Darwish; Sajee

Darwish; Sjaa

Darwis)

237.

Muhammed

Ibrahim

Identifying information

Date of birth:

10 October 1954

Rank: Major General;

Commander of the

Syrian Arab Air Force

and Air Defence Forces

Date of birth:

11 January 1957

Rank: Major General,

Syrian Arab Air Force

Reasons

Date of listing

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and Commander of the Syrian Arab Air

and Air Defence Forces, in post after

May 2011.

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Operates in the chemical weapons prolifera­

tion sector and, as a senior ranking officer of

the Syrian Arab Air Force, is responsible for

the violent repression against the civilian po­

pulation, including the use of chemical weap­

ons attacks by the Syrian regime identified in

the report of the Joint Investigative Mechan­

ism.

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and Commander of the 22nd Division of

the Syrian Arab Air Force, in post after

May 2011.

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Operates in the chemical weapons prolifera­

tion sector and is responsible for the violent

repression against the civilian population: as

a senior ranking officer of the Syrian Arab

Air Force and Commander of the 22nd Divis­

ion he holds responsibility for the use of

chemical weapons by aircraft operating from

airbases under the control of the 22nd Divis­

ion, including the attack on Talmenes that the

Joint Investigative Mechanism reported was

conducted by Hama airfield-based regime heli­

copters.

Date of birth: 5 August

1964

Rank: Brigadier General;

Deputy Commander of

Syrian Arab Air Force

63rd Brigade at Hama

airfield

Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior

officer and Deputy Commander of the Syrian

Arab Air Force 63rd Brigade, in post after

May 2011.

Operates in the chemical weapons prolifera­

tion sector and, as a senior ranking officer of

the Syrian Arab Air Force during the period

investigated by the Joint Investigative Mechan­

ism and Deputy Commander of the 63rd bri­

gade from March to December 2015, is re­

sponsible for the violent repression against

the civilian population through the use of

chemical weapons by the 63rd Brigade in Tal­

menes (21 April 2014), Qmenas (16 March

2015) and Sarmin (16 March 2015).

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Name

238.

Badi' Mu'alla

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Identifying information

Date of birth: 1961

Place of birth: Bistuwir,

Jablah, Syria

Rank: Brigadier General;

Commander of Syrian

Arab Air Force 63rd

Brigade

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Reasons

Date of listing

Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior

officer and Commander of 63rd Brigade of

the Syrian Arab Air Force, in post after May

2011.

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Operates in the chemical weapons prolifera­

tion sector and, as Commander of the 63rd

Brigade during the period investigated by the

Joint Investigative Mechanism, is responsible

for the violent repression against the civilian

population through the use of chemical

weapons by the 63rd Brigade in Tal­

menes (21 April 2014), Qmenas (16 March

2015) and Sarmin (16 March 2015).

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة أربعة ضباط إلى عقوبات سورية بسبب استخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية، منهم: ساجي درويش، بديع معلا.