Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/780 of 19 May 2015 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) 2015/780

of 19 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)

The information relating to four persons and two entities set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012

should be updated and a specific entry should be made for one entity.

(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 day following that 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, 19 May 2015.

For the Council

The President

E. RINKĒVIČS

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ANNEX

The entries concerning the persons and entities listed below, as set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, are

replaced by the following entries:

A. Persons

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

182.

Amr Armanazi

(a.k.a. Amr

Muhammad Najib

Al-Armanazi, Amr

Najib Armanazi,

Amrou Al-Armanazy)

Date of birth:

7 February 1944

Director-General of the Syrian Scientific Stu­

dies and Research Center (SSRC), responsible

for providing support to the Syrian army for

the acquisition of equipment used for the

surveillance and repression of demonstrators.

Also responsible for the development and

production of non-conventional weapons, in­

cluding chemical weapons, and the missiles

to deliver them.

Responsible for the violent repression of the

civilian population; supports the regime.

23.7.2014

201.

Wael Abdulkarim

(a.k.a. Wael Al Karim)

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

Managing Director of the designated entity

Pangates International Corp Ltd, which acts

as an intermediary in the supply of oil to the

Syrian regime.

As Managing Director of Pangates, Wael

Abdulkarim provides support to, and benefits

from, the Syrian regime. He also holds a se­

nior position in the designated entity

Al Karim Group, which is Pangates' parent

company.

As a result of his senior positions in Pangates

and Al Karim Group, he is also associated

with these designated entities.

7.3.2015

202.

Ahmad Barqawi

(a.k.a. Ahmed

Barqawi)

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

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 man­

ager 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 associated with the desig­

nated entities Pangates International and

Al Karim Group.

7.3.2015

205.

Samir Hamsho

(a.k.a. Samer; Sameer;

Hmisho; Hamchu;

Hamcho; Hamisho;

Hmeisho; Hemasho,

Hmicho)

Date of birth: 1 March

1972

Syrian passport

No N008803455

Brazilian passport

No YA056959

Samir Hamsho is a prominent Syrian busi­

nessman benefiting from and supporting the

regime. He is the owner and chairman of

Al Buroj and Syria Steel/Hmisho Steel, subsi­

diaries of Hamsho Trading, a subsidiary of

Hamsho International, which has been desig­

nated by the Council.

7.3.2015

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Name

Identifying information

Address:

Hamsho Building

31 Baghdad Street

Damascus,

Syria

Address:

16 Martello Road

Poole

BH13 7DH

United Kingdom

Reasons

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Date of listing

Appointed to the Homs Chamber of Com­

merce in March 2014 by the Minister of

Industry.

Therefore, he provides support to the Syrian

regime and benefits from his connections

with the regime.

He is also associated with the designated enti­

ties Hamsho International, Syria Steel SA and

Al Buroj Trading.

Address:

290, Qura Al Assad

Damascus,

Syria

B. Entities

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

21.

Centre d'études et de

recherches syrien

(CERS)

(a.k.a. Centre d'Etude

et de Recherche

Scientifique (CERS);

Scientific Studies and

Research Center

(SSRC); Centre de

Recherche de Kaboun)

Barzeh Street,

Po Box 4470,

Damas

Provides support to the Syrian army for the

acquisition of equipment used for the surveil­

lance and repression of demonstrators.

It is the government entity responsible for

developing and producing non-conventional

weapons, including chemical weapons, and

the missiles to deliver them.

1.12.2011

55.

Tri-Ocean Trading

George Town, Cayman

Islands

Resident at 35b

Corniche El Nile,

Cairo, Egypt

Subsidiary of Tri-Ocean Energy which has

been designated by the Council. With its par­

ent company Tri-Ocean Energy, benefits from

and supports the Syrian regime by organising

covert shipments to the Syrian regime. As a

subsidiary of Tri-Ocean Energy, Tri-Ocean

Trading is also associated with a designated

entity.

23.7.2014

55a.

Tri-Ocean Energy

35b Saray El Maadi

Tower, Corniche El

Nile, Cairo, Egypt,

Postal Code 11431

PO Box 1313 Maadi

Providing support to the Syrian regime and

benefiting from the regime by organising

covert shipments of oil to the Syrian regime.

23.7.2014

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل قائمة عقوبات سورية فيما يخص عمرو أرمنازي ووائل عبد الكريم وأحمد برقاوي وسمير حمشو وشركة تراي أوشن.