Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/806 of 17 May 2019 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2019/806

of 17 May 2019

amending 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 29 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 (1).

(2)

On 28 May 2018 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2018/778 (2), extending the restrictive measures set out in

Decision 2013/255/CFSP until 1 June 2019.

(3)

On the basis of a review, the Council decided that the restrictive measures should be extended until 1 June 2020.

(4)

The entries for 59 persons subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP

should be amended.

(5)

Nine entries should be deleted from the list of designated persons and entities.

(6)

Following the judgments of the General Court of 31 January 2019 in Case T-667/17, Alkarim for Trade and

Industry v Council, and in Case T-559/17, Abdulkarim v Council, Alkarim for Trade and Industry and

Mouhamad Wael Abdulkarim are not included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject

to restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(7)

Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows:

(1) Article 34 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 34

This Decision shall apply until 1 June 2020. It shall be kept under constant review. It may be renewed, or amended

as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’;

(2) Annex I is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

(1) Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14).

(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/778 of 28 May 2018 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

(OJ L 131, 29.5.2018, p. 16)

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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, 17 May 2019.

For the Council

The President

E.O. TEODOROVICI

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ANNEX

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

(1) Part A (‘Persons’) is amended as follows:

(a) the following entries replace the corresponding entries in the list:

‘6.

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Muhammad (

) Dib

(

) Zaytun (

)

(a.k.a. Mohammed Dib

Zeitoun; a.k.a. Mohamed

Dib Zeitun)

Date of birth: 20.5.1951;

Head of General Security Directorate; involved

in violence against demonstrators.

9.5.2011

Gender: male

Former head of Political Security in Banyas,

involved in violence against demonstrators in

Baida. Promoted to the rank of Colonel in

2018.

9.5.2011

Date of birth: 7.7.1953;

Officer of the rank of Major-General in the

Syrian Air Force in post after May 2011. Head

of Syrian Air Force Intelligence in post after

May 2011. Responsible for violent repression

against the civilian population in Syria.

9.5.2011

As a senior officer in the Air Force Intelligence

Service of Syria, he supports the Syrian regime

and he is responsible for the violent repression

against the civilian population. He is also asso­

ciated with the listed Scientific Studies Research

Centre (SSRC).

21.10.2014

Place of birth: Jubba,

Damascus province, Syria;

Diplomatic passport

No D000001300;

Gender: male

7.

Amjad (

) Abbas (

(a.k.a. Al-Abbas)

10.

Jamil (

) (a.k.a. Jameel)

Hassan ( ) (a.k.a.

al-Hassan)

)

Place of birth: Qusayr,

Homs province, Syria;

Head of Syrian Air Force

Intelligence;

Gender: male

14.

Brigadier General

Mohammed Bilal

(a.k.a. Lieutenant

Colonel Muhammad

Bilal)

Gender: male

Head of Tartus police since December 2018.

20.

Bassam (

) Al Hassan

(

) (a.k.a. Al Hasan)

Born: 1961

Gender: male

Presidential Advisor for Strategic Affairs; in­

volved in violence against the civilian popula­

tion.

23.5.2011

31.

Major General Tawfiq

(

) (a.k.a. Tawfik)

Younes (

) (a.k.a.

Yunes)

Gender: male

Former head of the Department for Internal

Security of the General Intelligence Directorate;

involved in violence against the civilian popula­

tion.

1.8.2011

36.

Nizar (

) al-Asaad

(

) (a.k.a. Nizar

Asaad)

Gender: male

Leading Syrian businessperson with close ties to

the regime. Cousin of Bashar Al-Assad, and

associated with the Assad and Makhlouf

families.

23.8.2011

As such, has been participating in, benefitting

from or otherwise supporting the Syrian

regime.

Leading oil investor and previously head of the

‘Nizar Oilfield Supplies’ company.

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Name

41.

Ali (

) Douba (

Identifying information

)

Samir (

(

)

) Hassan

Reasons

Born: 1933;

Special Advisor to President Al-Assad.

Place of birth: Karfis,

Syria;

As Special Advisor, participates in, benefits

from, and supports the Assad regime. Has been

involved in violently repressing the civilian

population in Syria.

Gender: Male

48.

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Gender: male

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with

interests and/or activities in multiple sectors of

Syria's economy. He holds interests in and/or

has significant influence in the Amir Group

and Cham Holdings, two conglomerates with

interests in the real estate, tourism, transport

and finance sectors. From March 2014 until

September 2018, he held the position of Chair­

man for Russia of the Bilateral Business Coun­

cils following his appointment by Minister of

Economy, Khodr Orfali.

Date of listing

23.8.2011

27.9.2014

Samir Hassan supports the regime's war effort

with cash donations.

Samir Hassan is associated with persons bene­

fitting from or supporting the regime. In par­

ticular, he is associated with Rami Makhlouf

and Issam Anbouba, who have been designated

by the Council and benefit from the Syrian

regime.

49.

51.

Fares (

) Chehabi

(

) (a.k.a. Fares

Shihabi; Fares Chihabi)

Son of Ahmad Chehabi;

Date of birth: 7.5.1972;

Gender: male

President of Anbouba for

Agricultural Industries

Co.;

Issam (

) Anbouba

(

)

Born: 1952; Place of

birth: Homs, Syria;

Gender: male

55.

Colonel Lu'ai (

) (a.k.a.

Louay, Loai) al-Ali (

)

Place of birth: Jablah,

Latakia Province;

Gender: male

78.

Major General Ali (

Barakat (

)

)

Gender: male

President of Aleppo Chamber of Industry;

Chairman of the Federation of Chambers of

Industry since 16.12.2018. Vice-chairman of

Cham Holding. Provides economic support to

the Syrian regime. Member of Syrian Parliament

since 2016.

2.9.2011

Providing financial support for the repressive

apparatus and the paramilitary groups exerting

violence against the civil population in Syria.

Providing property (premises, warehouses) for

improvised detention centers. Financial relations

with high Syrian officials. Co-founder and

member of the board of Cham Holding.

2.9.2011

Head of Syrian Military Intelligence, Dara'a

Branch. Responsible for the violence against

protesters in Dara'a.

14.11.2011

103rd Brigade of the Republican Guard Divi­

sion. Military official involved in the violence in

Homs. Promoted to Major General in 2017.

1.12.2011

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Name

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Identifying information

20.5.2019

Reasons

Date of listing

Former commander of the 105th Brigade of

the Republican Guards. Former commander

general of the Republican Guards. Current com­

mander of the 2nd Corps. Member of the

Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Major

General in post after May 2011. Military official

involved in the violence in Damascus.

1.12.2011

Gave orders to troops to beat the protesters

with sticks and then arrest them. Responsible

for repression of peaceful protestors in Douma.

23.1.2012

79.

Major General Talal (

Makhluf (

) (a.k.a.

Makhlouf)

99.

Major General Mohamed

(

) (a.k.a. Mohammad,

Muhammad, Mohammed)

Khaddor (

) (a.k.a.

Khaddour, Khaddur,

Khadour, Khudour)

Commander of the

106th Brigade,

Presidential Guard;

104.

Mohamed (

) (a.k.a.

Mohammad, Muhammad,

Mohammed) Heikmat

(

) (a.k.a. Hikmat,

Hekmat) Ibrahim

(

)

Gender: male

As former Head of the Operations Branch of

the Political Security Directorate, was respon­

sible for detention and torture of detainees.

23.1.2012

128.

Brigadier General Burhan

(

) Qadour (

)

(a.k.a. Qaddour, Qaddur)

Gender: male

Former head of Branch 291 (Damascus) of the

army's intelligence service. Responsible for the

torture of opponents in custody.

24.7.2012

135.

Brigadier General Suhail

(

) (a.k.a. Suheil)

Al-Abdullah (

)

(a.k.a. Al-Abdallah)

Gender: male

Head of the Latakia Branch of the air force's

intelligence service. Responsible for the torture

of opponents in custody.

24.7.2012

139.

Major General Hussam

Born: 1964;

(

) (a.k.a. Husam,

Place of birth: Damascus;

Housam, Houssam) Luqa

Gender: male

(

) (a.k.a. Louqa, Louca,

Louka, Luka)

From April 2012 to 2.12.2018, was head of

the Homs branch of the Political Security Direc­

torate (succeeded Brig. Gen. Nasr al-Ali). Since

3.12.2018, head of the Political Security Direc­

torate. Responsible for the torture of opponents

in custody.

24.7.2012

144.

Ahmed (

) (a.k.a.

Ahmad) al-Jarroucheh

(

) (a.k.a.

Al-Jarousha, Al-Jarousheh,

Al-Jaroucha, Al-Jarouchah,

Al-Jaroucheh)

Former head of the foreign branch of General

Intelligence (branch 279). As such, responsible

for General Intelligence arrangements in Syrian

embassies.

24.7.2012

) Gender: male

Gender: male

Born: 1957;

Gender: male

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Name

160.

188.

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Identifying information

Dr. Hazwan (

) Al

Wez (

) (a.k.a. Al

Wazz)

Gender: male

Bishr Riyad Yazigi

Born: 1972;

213.

214.

Hilal Hilal (a.k.a. Hilal

al-Hilal) (

)

Bishr al-Sabban (a.k.a

Mohammed Bishr

Al-Sabban; Bishr Mazin

Al-Sabban)

Ahmad Sheik Abdul-Qader

Reasons

Date of listing

Former Minister of Education, appointed in

July 2016.

16.10.2012

As a former Government Minister, shares

responsibility for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population.

Advisor to the President of Syria. Former Minis­

ter of Tourism. As a former Government Minis­

ter, shares responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian population.

24.6.2014

Member of the regime-affiliated militias known

as ‘Kataeb al-Baath’ (The Baath Party militia).

Vice-Chairman of the Baath Party. Supports the

regime through his role in the recruitment and

organisation of the Baath Party militia.

28.10.2016

Former Governor of Damascus, who was ap­

pointed by, and is associated with, Bashar

al-Assad. Supports the regime and is respon­

sible for the violent repression against the civil­

ian population in Syria, including engaging in

discriminatory practices against Sunni commu­

nities within the capital.

28.10.2016

Gender: male

Former Governor of Quneitra, associated with

and appointed by Bashar al-Assad. Previously

Governor of Latakia. Supports and benefits

from the regime, including by public support

for the Syrian Armed Forces and pro-regime

militia.

28.10.2016

Gender: male

211.

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Born: 1966;

Gender: male

Born: 1966;

Place of birth: Damascus,

Syrian Arab Republic;

Gender: male

(a.k.a Ahmad Sheikh Abdul

Qadir; Ahmad al-Sheik

Abdulquader)

(

)

215.

Dr Ghassan Omar Khalaf

(

)

Gender: male

Former Governor of Hama, who was appointed

by, and is associated with, Bashar al-Assad. He

also supports and benefits from the regime.

Ghassan Omar Khalaf is closely associated with

members of a regime-affiliated militia in Hama

known as the Hama Brigade.

28.10.2016

216.

Khayr al-Din al-Sayyed

(a.k.a Khayr al-Din

Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed;

Mohamed Khair al-Sayyed;

Kheredden al-Sayyed;

Khairuddin as-Sayyed;

Khaireddin al-Sayyed; Kheir

Eddin al-Sayyed; Kheir

Eddib Asayed)

(

)

Gender: male

Former Governor of Idlib, associated with and

appointed by Bashar al-Assad. Benefits from

and supports the regime, including by provid­

ing support for Syrian Armed Forces and proregime militia. Associated with the regime's

Minister of Awqaf, Dr Mohammad Abdul-Sattar

al-Sayyed, who is his brother.

28.10.2016

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Name

217.

218.

Atef Naddaf

(

Identifying information

Born: 1956;

)

Place of birth: Damascus

Countryside;

Hussein Makhlouf

(a.k.a. Makhluf)

(

)

20.5.2019

Reasons

Date of listing

Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer

Protection.

14.11.2016

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1964;

Local Administration Minister.

Place of birth: Lattakia;

Appointed in July 2016.

Gender: male

14.11.2016

Former Governor of Damascus Governorate.

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Cousin of Rami Makhlouf.

219.

220.

222.

223.

224.

Ali Al-Zafir

(

14.11.2016

Gender: male

Former Minister of Communications and Tech­

nology. As a former Government Minister,

shares responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian population.

Born: 1963;

Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

14.11.2016

Born: 1962;

)

Ali Ghanem (

Place of birth: Tartus;

)

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

(

)

Place of birth: Damascus;

Appointed in July 2016.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1961;

Culture Minister.

Place of birth: Lattakia;

Appointed in July 2016.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1964;

Transport Minister.

Place of birth: Tartus;

Appointed in July 2016.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Place of birth: Damascus;

Electricity Minister.

Gender: male

Appointed in July 2016.

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

14.11.2016

14.11.2016

14.11.2016

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Name

225.

226.

228.

Identifying information

Maamoun (a.k.a. Ma'moun)

Hamdan (

)

Nabil al-Hasan (a.k.a.

al-Hassan)

(

)

Abdullah al-Gharbi (a.k.a.

al-Qirbi)

(

)

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Reasons

Born: 1958;

Finance Minister.

Place of birth: Damascus;

Appointed in July 2016.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1963;

Former Minister of Water Resources.

Place of birth: Aleppo;

Appointed in July 2016.

Gender: male

As a former Government Minister, shares

responsibility for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population.

Born: 1962;

Place of birth: Damascus;

Former Minister of Internal Trade and Con­

sumer Protection.

Gender: male

Appointed in July 2016.

Date of listing

14.11.2016

14.11.2016

14.11.2016

As a former Government Minister, shares

responsibility for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population.

229.

Abdullah Abdullah

(

)

Born: 1956;

State Minister.

Gender: male

Appointed in July 2016.

14.11.2016

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

230.

Salwa Abdullah

(

231.

)

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

Saad)

(

)

Born: 1953;

State Minister.

Place of birth: Quneitra;

Appointed in July 2016.

Gender: female

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1954;

State Minister.

Place of birth: Habran

village (Sweida province);

Appointed in July 2016.

Gender: male

232.

Wafiqa Hosni

(

)

14.11.2016

14.11.2016

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1952;

State Minister.

Place of birth: Damascus;

Appointed in July 2016.

Gender: female

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

14.11.2016

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Name

233.

234.

Identifying information

Rima Al-Qadiri (a.k.a.

Al-Kadiri)

(

)

Duraid Durgham

20.5.2019

Reasons

Date of listing

Born: 1963;

Minister for Social Affairs (since August 2015).

14.11.2016

Place of birth: Damascus;

Gender: female

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Gender: male

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Syria.

14.11.2016

Was responsible for providing economic and

financial support to the Syrian regime through

his functions as the Governor of the Central

Bank of Syria, which is also listed.

243.

Ali Wanus

Date of birth: 5.2.1964;

(a.k.a.: Ali Wannous)

(

)

Title: Major General;

Gender: male

Holds the rank of Major General, in post after

May 2011.

18.7.2017

As a senior military officer he is responsible for

the violent repression against the civilian popu­

lation and involved in the storage and deploy­

ment of chemical weapons.

He is also associated with the Syrian Scientific

Studies and Research Centre, a listed entity.

258.

Mohamed Mazen Ali

Yousef (

Date of birth: 17.5.1969;

)

Place of birth: Damascus

countryside;

Gender: male

265.

Jamal Eddin Mohammed

Nazer (a.k.a.

Gender: male;

;

Nazir Ahmad, Mohammed

JamalEddine)

Position: Cofounder and

majority shareholder of

Apex Development and

Projects LLC and founder

of A'ayan Company for

Projects and Equipment;

Date of birth: 2.1.1962;

Place of birth: Damascus,

Syrian Arab Republic;

Nationality: Syrian;

Passport number:

N 011612445, issue

no. 002-17-L022286

(place of issue: Syrian

Arab Republic);

ID Number:

010-30208342 (Place of

issue: Syrian Arab

Republic)

Former Minister of Industry. Appointed in

January 2018.

26.2.2018

As a former Government Minister, shares

responsibility for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population.

Leading businessperson operating in Syria with

significant investments in the construction in­

dustry, including a controlling 90 % stake in

Apex Development and Projects LLC, which has

entered into a USD 34,8 million joint venture

for the construction of Marota City, a regimebacked luxury residential and commercial

development. Through his participation in

the Marota City development, Jamal Eddin

Mohammed Nazer benefits from and/or sup­

ports the Syrian regime.

21.1.2019

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Name

272.

Hayan Kaddour (a.k.a.

Hayyan Kaddour bin

Mohammed Nazem; Hayan

Mohammad Nazem

Qaddour)

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Identifying information

L 132/45

Reasons

Date of listing

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, who

holds a 67 % stake in Exceed Development and

Investment, which has entered into a USD

17,7 million joint venture for the construction

of Marota City, a regime-backed luxury residen­

tial and commercial development. Through his

participation in the Marota City development,

Hayan Mohammad Nazem Qaddour benefits

from and/or supports the Syrian regime.

21.1.2019

Born: 1957;

Minister of Interior.

4.3.2019

Place of birth: Idleb;

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Gender: male;

Position: Primary

Shareholder of Exceed

Development and

Investment Company;

Date of birth: 14.7.1970

or 24.7.1970;

Place of birth: Damascus,

Syrian Arab Republic;

Nationality: Syrian, Swiss;

Passport number:

No X4662433 (Place of

issue: Switzerland);

N 004599905 (place of

issue: Syrian Arab

Republic)

275.

276.

277.

278.

279.

Major General Mohammad

Khaled al-Rahmoun

Mohammad Rami Radwan

Martini

Imad Muwaffaq al-Azab

Bassam Bashir Ibrahim

Suhail Mohammad

Abdullatif

Born: 1970;

Minister of Tourism.

Place of birth: Aleppo;

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1970;

Minister of Education.

Place of birth: Damascus

Countryside;

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1960;

Minister of Higher Education.

Place of birth: Hama;

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1961;

Minister of Public Works and Housing.

Place of birth: Lattakia;

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

4.3.2019

4.3.2019

4.3.2019

4.3.2019

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Name

280.

281.

Identifying information

Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib

Mohammad Maen

Zein-al-Abidin Jazba

20.5.2019

Reasons

Date of listing

Born: 1974;

Minister of communications and Technology.

4.3.2019

Place of birth: Damascus;

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

Born: 1962;

Minister of Industry.

Place of birth: Aleppo;

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

4.3.2019’

(b) the following entries are deleted:

75. Lt. General Fahid Al-Jassim;

88. Brigadier General Ahmed Yousef Jarad;

97. Brigadier General Mohsin Makhlouf;

100. Major General Suheil Salman Hassan;

168. Omran Ahed Al Zu'bi;

174. Mohammed Turki Al Sayed;

249. Isam Zahr Al-Din;

(c) entries 264 to 269 are renumbered as follows:

Name of person

Current entry number

New entry number

Anas Talas

264

282

Jamal Eddin Mohammed Nazer

265

283

Mazin Al-Tarazi

266

284

Samer Foz

267

285

Khaldoun Al-Zoubi

268

286

Hussam Al-Qatirji

269

287

(2) in Part B (‘Entities’), the following entries are deleted:

51. Drex Technologies Holding S.A;

70. DK Group.

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