Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/282 of 26 February 2018 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/282

of 26 February 2018

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 gravity of the situation in Syria and considering the recent ministerial changes, two 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. In addition, the information relating to five persons set out in Annex II to

Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated.

(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 date 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, 26 February 2018.

For the Council

The President

F. MOGHERINI

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

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ANNEX

I. In the list set out in Part A (‘Persons’) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, the following entries are added:

Name

‘258.

259.

Identifying information

Mohamed Mazen Ali Yousef

Date of birth: 17 May 1969

(

Place of birth: Damascus

countryside

)

Imad Abdullah Sara

Date of birth: 1968;

(

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

)

Reasons

Date of listing

Minister of Industry. Appointed in

January 2018.

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Minister of Information. Appointed in

January 2018.

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II. In the list set out in Part A (‘Persons’) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, the following entries are replaced

as follows:

Name

‘56.

Ali (

Identifying information

) Abdullah (

Date of birth: 1952

)

(a.k.a. Abdallah) Ayyub (

)

Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria

(a.k.a. Ayyoub, Ayub, Ayoub,

Ayob)

57.

Fahd (

) (a.k.a. Fahid,

Fahed) Jasim (

) (a.k.a.

Jasem, Jassim, Jassem)

al-Furayj (

Date of birth: 1 January 1950

Place of birth: Hama, Syria

)

Reasons

Date of listing

Minister of Defence. Appointed in

January 2018. Officer of the rank of

General in the Syrian Army, in post

after May 2011. Former Chief of

General Staff of the Syrian Armed

Forces. Person supporting the Assad

regime and responsible for repression

and violence against the civilian popu­

lation in Syria.

14.11.2011

Former Minister of Defence. As a

former Government Minister, shares

responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

14.11.2011

Leading Syrian businessman operat­

ing in Syria, active in the banking, insu­

rance, and hospitality sectors. Founding

partner of Byblos Bank Syria, major

shareholder in Unlimited Hospitality

Ltd, and board member of the Soli­

darity Alliance Insurance Company and

the Al-Aqueelah Takaful Insurance

Company.

28.10.2016

Former Minister of Information. As

a former Government Minister, shares

responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

14.11.2016

(a.k.a. Al-Freij)

212.

Ammar Al-Sharif

Date of birth: 26 June 1969

(a.k.a Amar Al-Sharif; Amar

Al-Charif; Ammar Sharif;

Ammar Charif; Ammar al

Shareef; Ammar Sherif;

Ammar Medhat Sherif)

number: 010312413;

(

issue number: 002-15-L093534;

)

Place of birth: Lattakia

Nationality: Syrian

Syrian Passport:

date of issue: 14 July 2015

place of issue: Damascus-Centre;

expiry date: 13 July 2021

National number: 06010276707

221.

Mohammed (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammad) Ramez

Tourjman (a.k.a. Tourjuman)

(

)

Date of birth: 1966

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

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Name

Identifying information

Ahmad al-Hamu (a.k.a.

al-Hamo)

(

)

Date of birth: 1947

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Reasons

Date of listing

Former Minister of Industry. As a

former Government Minister shares

responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

14.11.2016’

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة وزيرين جديدين إلى قائمة عقوبات سورية وتحديث بيانات مشمولين آخرين.