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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1984

of 14 November 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)

In view of the deteriorating situation in Syria, 18 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) 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, 14 November 2016.

For the Council

The President

F. MOGHERINI

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

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ANNEX

The following persons are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies set out in Annex II to

Regulation (EU) No 36/2012:

List of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Articles 14, 15(1)(a) and 15(1a)

A. Persons

Name

‘217.

Atef Naddaf

218.

Hussein Makhlouf

(a.k.a. Makhluf)

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of birth: 1956

Higher Education Minister. Ap­

pointed

in July 2016.

Place of birth: Damascus Coun­

tryside

Date of birth: 1964

Local Administration Minister.

Place of birth: Lattakia

Appointed in July 2016.

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Former Governor of Damascus Cousin of Rami Makhlouf.

Governorate

219.

Ali Al-Zafir (a.k.a.

al-Dafeer)

Date of birth: 1962

Place of birth: Tartous

Communications and Technol­

ogy Minister.

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Appointed in July 2016.

220.

Ali Ghanem

Date of birth: 1963

Place of birth: Damascus

Minister for Petroleum and

Mineral Resources.

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Appointed in July 2016.

221.

222.

223.

224.

225.

226.

227.

228.

Mohammed (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammad) Ramez

Tourjman (a.k.

a Tourjuman)

Mohammed (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammad) al-Ahmed

(a.k.a. al-Ahmad)

Ali Hamoud (a.k.a.

Hammoud)

Mohammed Zuhair

(a.k.a. Zahir) Kharboutli

Maamoun Hamdan

Date of birth: 1966

Information Minister.

Place of birth: Damascus

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1961

Culture Minister.

Place of birth: Lattakia

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1964

Transport Minister.

Place of birth: Tartous

Appointed in July 2016.

Place of birth: Damascus

Electricity Minister.

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Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1958

Finance Minister.

Place of birth: Damascus

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1963

Minister of Water Resources.

Place of birth: Aleppo

Appointed in July 2016.

Ahmad al-Hamu

(a.k.a. al-Hamo)

Date of birth: 1947

Minister for Industry.

Abdullah al-Gharbi

(a.k.a. al-Qirbi)

Date of birth: 1962

Nabil al-Hasan

(a.k.a. al-Hassan)

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Appointed in July 2016.

Place of birth: Damascus

Minister of Internal Trade and

Consumer Protection.

Appointed in July 2016.

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Name

229.

Abdullah Abdullah

Identifying information

Date of birth: 1956

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State Minister.

Date of listing

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Appointed in July 2016.

230.

231.

232.

233.

234.

Salwa Abdullah

Rafe'a Abu Sa'ad (a.k.a.

Saad)

Wafiqa Hosni

Rima Al-Qadiri

(a.k.a. Al-Kadiri)

Duraid Durgham

Date of birth: 1953

State Minister.

Place of birth: Quneitra

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1954

State Minister.

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Place of birth: Habran village Appointed in July 2016.

(Sweida province)

Date of birth: 1952

State Minister.

Place of birth: Damascus

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of birth: 1963

Minister for Social Affairs (since

August 2015).

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Governor of the Central Bank

of Syria.

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Place of birth: Damascus

Responsible for providing econ­

omic and financial support to

the Syrian regime through his

functions as the Governor of

the Central Bank of Syria,

which is also listed.

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لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة وزراء إلى عقوبات سورية، منهم: حسين مخلوف، علي الظفير، علي غانم، عبد الله عبد الله، سلوى عبد الله.