Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2023/1503 of 20 July 2023 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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Official Journal of the European Union

20.7.2023

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2023/1503

of 20 July 2023

implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in

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 in view of the

situation in 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 Council remains deeply concerned about the situation in Syria. After more than a decade, the conflict in Syria is

far from over and remains a source of suffering and instability.

(3)

The Council notes that the Syrian regime continues to pursue its policy of repression. The Council considers it

necessary to maintain and ensure the effectiveness of the restrictive measures in place by further developing them

while maintaining their targeted and differentiated approach and bearing in mind the humanitarian conditions of

the Syrian population. The Council considers that certain categories of persons and entities are of particular

relevance for the effectiveness of those restrictive measures, given the specific context prevailing in Syria.

(4)

The Council has assessed that Iran provides military support to the Syrian regime. In view of the gravity of the

situation, the Council considers that one person involved in the development and delivery of air defence systems to

Syria should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures set

out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(5)

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 date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 20 July 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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

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ANNEX

The following entry is added to the list set out in Section A (‘Persons’) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP:

Name

‘352

Identifying information

Date of birth: 1964;

‫ﻓﺮﯾﺪﻭﻥ ﻣﺤﻤﺪﯼ ﺳﻘﺎﯾﯽ‬

Nationality: Iranian;

Gender: male

Date of listing

Fereydoun Mohammadi Saghaei is Deputy Commander of the Islamic

Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force. He is in charge of the

IRGC’s air defence project in Syria. That project takes place within the

context of Iran supporting the Syrian regime by sending military equipment

and personnel to Syria. Therefore, Fereydoun Mohammadi Saghaei is

supporting the Syrian regime.

20.7.2023’.

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Fereydoun Mohammadi SAGHAEI

Reasons

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قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل قائمة عقوبات سورية.