Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1735 of 29 September 2016 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) 2016/1735

of 29 September 2016

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)

Two persons should no longer be kept on the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to

restrictive measures in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (‘the list’).

(3)

One duplicated entry on the list should be deleted.

(4)

The information relating to certain persons on the list 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 day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European

Union.

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

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2016.

For the Council

The President

P. ŽIGA

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ANNEX

Section A of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as follows:

(1) The entries concerning the following persons are deleted:

No 15 Hisham (

) Ikhtiyar (

No 74 Anisa (

) (a.k.a. Anissa, Aneesa, Aneessa) Al-Assad (

,

,

) (a.k.a. Al Ikhtiyar, Bikhtiyar, Bikhtyar, Bekhtyar, Bikhtiar, Bekhtyar)

) (a.k.a. Anisah Al-Assad).

(2) The following entry is deleted:

No 154 Major general Fahd (

) Jassem (

) Al Freij (

) (a.k.a. Al-Furayj).

(3) The entries concerning the persons listed below are replaced by the following entries:

‘Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Houmam Jaza'iri (a.k.a.

Humam al- Jazaeri,

Hammam al-Jazairi)

Born: 1977

Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade in power

after May 2011. As a Government Minister, shares

responsibility for the violent repression of the

Syrian people.

21.10.2014

2.

Maher ( ) (a.k.a.

Mahir) Al-Assad (

Date of birth:

8 December 1967

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of

‘colonel’ and the equivalent or higher in post after

May 2011; Major General of the 42nd Brigade and

former Brigadier Commander of the Army's 4th

Armoured Division. Member of the Assad family;

brother of President Bashar Al-Assad.

9.5.2011

)

Place of birth: Damascus

Diplomatic passport

No 4138

Major General of the

42nd Brigade and former

Brigadier Commander of

the Army's 4th Armoured

Division

4.

Atej (

) (a.k.a. Atef,

Atif) Najib (

) (a.k.a.

Najeeb)

Place of birth: Jablah,

Syria

Former Head of the Political Security Directorate in

Dara'a. Involved in violence against demonstrators.

Member of the Assad family; cousin of President

Bashar Al-Assad.

9.5.2011

5.

Hafiz (

) Makhlouf

(

) (a.k.a. Hafez

Makhlouf)

Date of birth: 2 April

1971

Former Colonel and Head of Unit in General

Intelligence Directorate, Damascus Branch in post

after May 2011. Member of the Makhlouf family;

Cousin of President Bashar Al-Assad.

9.5.2011

Officer of the rank of Major-General in the Syrian

Air Force in post after May 2011. Head of Syrian

Air Force Intelligence in post after May 2011.

Responsible for violent repression against the civil­

ian population in Syria.

9.5.2011

Place of birth: Damascus

Diplomatic passport

No 2246

10.

Jamil (

) (a.k.a.

Jameel) Hassan ( )

(a.k.a. al-Hassan)

Born: 1953

Place of birth: Homs,

Syria

Head of Syrian Air Force

Intelligence

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‘Name

13.

45.

Ghassan Ahmed

Ghannan (a.k.a. Major

General Ghassan

Ghannan, Brigadier

General Ghassan

Ahmad Ghanem)

Munir ( ) (a.k.a.

Mounir, Mouneer,

Monir, Moneer, Muneer)

Adanov (

) (a.k.a.

Adnuf, Adanof)

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Identifying information

Rank: Major General

Position: Commander of

the 155th Missile Brigade

Born: 1951

Place of birth: Homs,

Syria

Passport: 0000092405

Position: Deputy Chief of

General Staff, Operations

and Training, Syrian

Army

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Reasons

Date of listing

Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of

‘colonel’ and the equivalent or higher in post after

May 2011. Major General and commander of the

155th Missile Brigade. Associated with Maher

al-Assad through his role in the 155th Missile

Brigade. As commander of the 155th Missile

Brigade, he is supporting the Syrian regime and he

is responsible for the violent repression against the

civilian population. Responsible for firing Scud

Missiles at various civilian sites between January

and March 2013.

21.10.2014

Officer of the rank of Lieutenant General and

Deputy Chief of General Staff, Operations and

Training for the Syrian Army in post after May

2011. In his position as Deputy Chief of General

Staff he was directly involved in repression and vi­

olence against the civilian population in Syria.

23.8.2011

Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army

in post after May 2011. Chief of General Staff of

the Syrian Armed Forces. Person supporting the

Assad regime and responsible for repression and

violence against the civilian population in Syria.

14.11.2011

Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army.

Deputy Commander in Chief of the Syrian Armed

Forces. Minister of Defence. Responsible for the

repression and use of violence against the civilian

population in Syria.

14.11.2011

Officer of the rank of Major General in the Syrian

Armed Forces in post after May 2011. Deputy

Head of General Intelligence Directorate. Respon­

sible for repression, human rights abuses and viol­

ence against the civilian population in Syria.

14.11.2011

Rank: Lieutenant-General,

Syrian Arab Army

56.

Ali ( ) Abdullah (

)

(a.k.a. Abdallah) Ayyub

( ) (a.k.a. Ayyoub,

Ayub, Ayoub, Ayob)

Position: Chief of General

Staff of the Syrian Arab

Army and Armed Forces

since 18 July 2012

Rank: General in Syrian

Arab Army

57.

Fahd ( ) (a.k.a. Fahid,

Fahed) Jasim ( )

(a.k.a. Jasem, Jassim,

Jassem) al-Furayj (

)

(a.k.a. Al-Freij)

Date of birth: 1 January

1950

Place of birth: Hama,

Syria

Rank: Lt. General

Positions: Minister of

Defence, Deputy

Commander in Chief of

the Syrian Armed Forces

62.

Zuhair (

) (a.k.a.

Zouheir, Zuheir,

Zouhair) Hamad ( )

Place of birth: Damascus,

Syria

Rank: Major General

Current position: Deputy

Head of General

Intelligence Directorate

(a.k.a. General Security

Directorate) since July

2012

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‘Name

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Identifying information

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Reasons

Date of listing

71.

Bushra (

) Al-Assad

( ) (a.k.a. Bushra

Shawkat, Bouchra Al

Assad)

Date of birth: 24.10.1960 Member of the Assad family; sister of Bashar

Al-Assad. Given the close personal relationship

and intrinsic financial relationship to the Syrian

President Bashar Al-Assad, she benefits from and is

associated with the Syrian regime.

23.3.2012

72.

Asma (

) Al-Assad

( ) (a.k.a. Asma

Fawaz Al Akhras)

Date of birth: 11.8.1975

Member of the Assad family and closely connected

to key regime figures; wife of President Bashar

Al-Assad. Given the close personal relationship

and intrinsic financial relationship to the Syrian

President, Bashar Al-Assad, she benefits from and

is associated with the Syrian regime.

23.3.2012

Place of birth: London,

UK

Passport No 707512830,

expires 22.9.2020

Maiden name: Al Akhras

107.

Mohammad ( )

Born: 1956

(Mohamed, Muhammad, Place of birth: Aleppo

Mohammed) Ibrahim

(

) Al-Sha'ar (

)

(a.k.a. Al-Chaar, AlShaar) (a.k.a.

Mohammad Ibrahim

Al-Chaar)

Minister of the Interior in power after May 2011.

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for

the violent repression of the Syrian people.

1.12.2011

181.

Suleiman Al Abbas

Oil and Mineral Resources Minister in power after

May 2011. As a Government Minister, shares re­

sponsibility for the violent repression of the Syrian

people.

24.6.2014

185.

Ismael Ismael (a.k.a.

Ismail Ismail, or Isma'Il

Isma'il)

Born: 1955

Syrian Government Minister in power after May

2011; Finance Minister. As a Government Minister,

shares responsibility for the regime's violent repres­

sion against the civilian population.

24.6.2014

193.

Suhayl (a.k.a. Sohail,

Suhail, Suheil) Hassan

(a.k.a. Hasan, al-Hasan,

al-Hassan) known as

‘The Tiger’ (a.k.a.

al-Nimr)

Born: 1970

Officer of the rank of Major-General in the Syrian

Army after May 2011. Commander of army divis­

ion known as ‘Tiger Forces’. Responsible for violent

repression against the civilian population in Syria.

23.7.2014

Managing Director of the Organisation for Techno­

logical Industries (OTI), and the Syrian Company

for Information Technology (SCIT), which are both

subsidiaries of the Syrian Ministry of Defence,

which has been designated by the Council. OTI

assists in the production of chemical weapons for

the Syrian regime. As Managing Director of OTI

and the SCIT Bayan Bitar provides support to the

Syrian regime. Due to his role in the production of

chemical weapons, he also shares responsibility for

the violent repression against the Syrian popula­

tion. In view of his senior position in these entities,

he is also associated with the designated entities

OTI and SCIT.

7.3.2015

199.

Bayan Bitar (a.k.a. Dr

Bayan Al-Bitar)

Place of birth: Jableh

(Latakia Province, Syria)

Rank: Major-General

Position: Commander of

Qawat al-Nimr (Tiger

Forces)

Date of birth: 8.3.1947

Address: PO Box 11037

Damascus, Syria

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200.

Brigadier General

Ghassan Abbas

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Date of birth: 10.3.1960

Manager of the branch of the designated Syrian

Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC/CERS)

near Jumraya/Jmraiya. He has been involved in the

proliferation of chemical weapons and the organ­

isation of chemical weapons attacks, including in

Ghouta in August 2013. He therefore shares re­

sponsibility for the violent repression against the

Syrian population. As manager of the SSRC/CERS

branch near Jumraya/Jmraiya, Ghassan Abbas pro­

vides support to the Syrian regime. As a result of

his senior position in the SSRC, he is also asso­

ciated with the designated entity SSRC.

7.3.2015

Leading businessperson operating in Syria in the

oil, chemicals and manufacturing industries. Specif­

ically, he represents Abdulkarim Group, a.k.a Al

Karim Group/Alkarim for Trade and Industry/Al

Karim Trading and Industry/Al Karim for Trade

and Industry. Abdulkarim Group is a leading man­

ufacturer of lubricants, greases and industrial

chemicals in Syria.

7.3.2015

General Manager of Pangates International Corp

Ltd, which acts as an intermediary in the supply of

oil to the Syrian regime, and manager of Al Karim

Group. Both Pangates International and Al Karim

Group have been designated by the Council. As

General Manager of Pangates and a manager of

Pangates' parent company, Al Karim Group,

Ahmad Barqawi provides support to, and benefits

from the Syrian regime. Given his senior position

in Pangates and Al Karim Group, he is also asso­

ciated with the designated entities Pangates

International and Al Karim Group.

7.3.2015

Occupies a senior management position in

Hamsho Trading. As a result of his senior position

in Hamsho Trading, a subsidiary of Hamsho Inter­

national, which has been designated by the Coun­

cil, he provides support to the Syrian regime. He is

also associated with a designated entity, Hamsho

International. He is also vice-president of the

Syrian Council of Iron and Steel alongside desig­

nated regime businessmen such as Ayman Jaber.

He is also an associate of Bashar Al-Assad.

7.3.2015

Place of birth: Homs

Address: CERS, Centre

d'Etude et de Recherche

Scientifique (a.k.a. SSRC,

Scientific Studies and

Research Centre; Centre

de Recherche de Kaboun

Barzeh Street, PO Box

4470, Damascus)

201.

Wael Abdulkarim (a.k.a.

Wael Al Karim)

Date of birth: 30.9.1973

Place of birth: Damascus,

Syria (of Palestinian

origin)

Address: Al Karim for

Trade and Industry,

PO Box 111, 5797

Damascus, Syria

202.

Ahmad Barqawi (a.k.a.

Ahmed Barqawi)

Born: 1985

Place of birth: Damascus,

Syria

Address: Pangates

International Corp Ltd,

PO Box Sharjah Airport

International Free Zone,

United Arab Emirates

Al Karim for Trade and

Industry, PO Box 111,

5797 Damascus, Syria

204.

Emad ( ) Hamsho

(

) (a.k.a. Imad

Hmisho; Hamchu;

Hamcho; Hamisho;

Hmeisho; Hemasho)

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Address: Hamsho

Building 31 Baghdad

Street Damascus, Syria

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‘Name

206.

General Muhamad ( )

(a.k.a. Mohamed,

Muhammad) Mahalla

( ) (a.k.a. Mahla,

Mualla, Maalla, Muhalla)

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Born: 1960

Place of birth: Jableh

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Reasons

Date of listing

Head of the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI),

Branch 293 (Internal Affairs), since April 2015.

Responsible for repression and violence against the

civilian population in Damascus/Damascus coun­

tryside. Former Deputy Head of Political Security

(2012), Officer of the Syrian Republican Guard

and Vice-Director of the Political Security Directo­

rate. Head of Military Police, Member of the

National Security Bureau.

29.5.2015’

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتحديث بيانات عدد من المشمولين بعقوبات سورية.