Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2017/1754 of 25 September 2017 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2017/1754

of 25 September 2017

implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1),

and in particular Article 30(1) thereof,

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

Whereas:

(1)

On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(2)

The information relating to four persons and one entity set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be

updated.

(3)

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European

Union.

Done at Brussels, 25 September 2017.

For the Council

The President

M. MAASIKAS

(1) OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.

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ANNEX

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows:

(1) in Part A (‘Persons’), the following entries are replaced as follows:

‘236.

Saji' Darwish

Date of birth:

11 January 1957

(a.k.a. Saji Jamil Darwish;

Sajee Darwish; Sjaa Darwis)

(

247.

)

Jayyiz Rayyan Al-Musa

Date of birth: 1954

(a.k.a.: Jaez Sawada

al-Hammoud al-Mousa; Jayez

al-Hammoud al-Moussa)

Place of birth: Hama,

Syria

(

248.

Rank: Major General

)

Mayzar 'Abdu Sawan

Date of birth: 1954

Rank: Major General

)

Governor of Hasaka, appointed by Bashar

al-Assad; he is associated with Bashar al-Assad.

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Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and former Chief of Staff of the Syrian Air

Force.

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and Commander of the 20th Division of

the Syrian Air Force, in post after May 2011.

18.7.2017

As a senior officer in the Syrian air force he is

responsible for the violent repression against

the civilian population including attacks against

civilian areas by aircraft operating from airbases

under the control of the 20th Division.

Isam Zahr Al-Din

Date of birth: 1961

(a.k.a.: Isam Zuhair al-Din;

Isam Zohruddin; Issam

Zahruddin; Issam

Zahreddine; Essam

Zahruddin; Issam Zaher

Eldin; Issam Zaher al-Deen;

Nafed Assadllah)

Place of birth: Tarba,

As-Suwayda province,

Syria

(

21.3.2017

As a senior officer of the Syrian Air Force, he is

responsible for the violent repression against

the civilian population in Syria, including the

use of chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian

regime during his tenure as Chief of Staff of the

Syrian Air Force, as identified in the report of

the Joint Investigative Mechanism established

by the United Nations.

(a.k.a.: Meezar Sawan)

(

249.

Rank: Major General,

Syrian Arab Air Force

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior offi­

cer and former Commander of the 22nd Divi­

sion of the Syrian Arab Air Force, in post after

May 2011. Operates in the chemical weapons

proliferation sector and is responsible for the

violent repression against the civilian popula­

tion: as a senior ranking officer of the Syrian

Arab Air Force and Commander of the

22nd Division until April 2017 he holds re­

sponsibility for the use of chemical weapons

by aircraft operating from airbases under the

control of the 22nd Division, including the at­

tack on Talmenes that the Joint Investigative

Mechanism reported was conducted by Hama

airfield-based regime helicopters.

)

Rank: Brigadier General

Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior

officer in the Republican Guard, in post after

May 2011. As a senior military officer he is

responsible for the violent repression against

the civilian population, including during the

siege of Baba Amr in February 2012.

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(2) in Part B (‘Entities’), the following entry is replaced as follows:

‘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,

Damascus

Provides support to the Syrian army for the

acquisition of equipment used for the surveil­

lance and repression of demonstrators.

Operating in the chemical weapon proliferation

sector, 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’

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل قائمة عقوبات سورية.