Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/828 of 28 May 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/828

of 28 May 2015

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)

In view of the gravity of the situation, one person should be added to the list of natural and legal persons,

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

(3)

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

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

(4)

Following the judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2014 in joined cases T-329/12 and T-74/13, Mazen

Al-Tabbaa v Council (2), and the judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2015 in case T-652/11, Bassam

Sabbagh v Council (2), Mazen Al-Tabbaa and Bassam Sabbagh are not included on the list of natural and legal

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

(5)

The information relating to certain persons listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated.

(6)

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 day 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, 28 May 2015.

For the Council

The President

E. RINKĒVIČS

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

(2) Not yet published.

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ANNEX

I.

The following person is added to the list of persons set out in Section A of Annex II to Regulation (EU)

No 36/2012:

Identifying informa­

tion

Name

206.

General Muhamad (

) (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad) Mahalla

(

) (a.k.a. Mahla, Mualla,

Maalla, Muhalla)

Born in Jableh/

Lattakia Province.

Reasons

Date of listing

Head of the Syrian Military Intelli­

gence (SMI), Branch 293 (Internal

Affairs), since April 2015. Responsi­

ble for repression and violence

against the civilian population in

Damascus/ Damascus countryside.

29.5.2015

Former Deputy Head of Political Se­

curity (2012), Officer of the Syrian

Republican Guard and Vice-Director

of the Political Security Directorate.

Head of Military Police, Member of

the National Security Bureau.

II. The entry concerning the following person is deleted from the list of persons set out in Section A of Annex II to

Regulation (EU) No 36/2012:

No 11. Rustum (

) Ghazali (

)

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

are replaced by the following entries:

Identifying informa­

tion

Name

3.

Ali (

) Mamluk (

Mamlouk)

) (a.k.a.

Reasons

Director of the National Security Bu­

Date of birth:

19 February 1946; reau. Former Head of Syrian Intelli­

gence Directorate (GID) involved in

Place of birth:

violence

against demonstrators.

Damascus;

Date of listing

9.5.2011

Diplomatic pass­

port No 983

6.

Muhammad (

) Dib (

)

Zaytun (

) (a.k.a. Mohammed

Dib Zeitoun; a.k.a. Mohamed Dib

Zeitun)

Date of birth:

20 May 1951;

Place of birth:

Damascus;

Head of General Security Directo­

rate; involved in violence against

demonstrators.

9.5.2011

Former Vice-President of Syria; in­

volved in violence against the civi­

lian population

23.5.2011

Former Head of Syrian Military

Intelligence (SMI) Branch 293 (Inter­

nal Affairs) in Damascus. Directly in­

volved in repression and violence

against the civilian population in

Damascus. Advisor to President

Bashar Al-Assad for strategic ques­

tions and military intelligence.

23.8.2011

Diplomatic pass­

port

No D000001300

16.

Faruq (

) (a.k.a. Farouq,

Farouk) Al Shar' (

) (a.k.a.

Al Char', Al Shara', Al Shara)

37.

Brigadier-General Rafiq (

)

(a.k.a. Rafeeq) Shahadah (

)

(a.k.a. Shahada, Shahade,

Shahadeh, Chahada, Chahade,

Chahadeh, Chahada)

Date of birth:

10 Decem­

ber 1938

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Identifying informa­

tion

Name

42.

Brigadier-General Nawful (

(a.k.a. Nawfal, Nofal, Nawfel)

Al-Husayn (

) (a.k.a.

Al-Hussain, Al-Hussein)

44.

Brigadier-General Muhammed

(

) (a.k.a. Muhamad) Zamrini

(

) (a.k.a. Zamreni)

53.

Adib (

) Mayaleh (

(a.k.a. André Mayard)

)

)

Born:

15 May 1955

Place of birth:

Bassir

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Reasons

Date of listing

Idlib Syrian Military Intelligence

(SMI) Branch Chief. Directly involved

in repression and violence against

the civilian population in Idlib

province.

23.8.2011

Branch Chief for Syrian Military In­

telligence (SMI) in Homs. Directly in­

volved in repression and violence

against the civilian population in

Homs.

23.8.2011

Adib Mayaleh is responsible for pro­

viding economic and financial sup­

port to the Syrian regime through

his functions as the Governor of the

Central Bank of Syria.

15.5.2012

55.

Colonel Lu'ai (

Loai) al-Ali (

) (a.k.a. Louay,

)

Head of Syrian Military Intelligence,

Dara'a Branch. Responsible for the

violence against protesters in Dara'a.

14.11.2011

80.

Brigadier Nazih (

Nazeeh) Hassun (

Hassoun)

) (a.k.a.

) (a.k.a.

Head of Syrian Military Intelligence,

Damascus Countryside/Rif Dimashq

Branch, former Syrian Air Force In­

telligence. Military official involved

in the violence in Homs.

1.12.2011

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Brigadier General Ibrahim

(

) Ma'ala (

) (a.k.a.

Maala, Maale, Ma'la)

Head of branch 285 (Damascus) of

the General Intelligence Directorate

(replaced Brig. Gen. Hussam Fendi at

end 2011). Responsible for the tor­

ture of opponents in custody.

24.7.2012

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتحديث قائمة المشمولين بعقوبات سورية، ومنهم قادة عسكريون وأمنيون.