Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1649 of 6 November 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

6.11.2020

Official Journal of the European Union

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1649

of 6 November 2020

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 appointments, eight 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)

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, 6 November 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. ROTH

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

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ANNEX

The following entries are added to the list set out in Section A (Persons) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012:

Name

‘303. Bassam TOU’MA (a.k.a. TU’MA)

304.

Date of birth: 1969

Place of birth: Safita, Syria

Gender: Male

Hassan GHABACHE (a.k.a. GHOBASH, Date of birth: 1971

AL-GHABBASH)

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

Reasons

Date of listing

Minister of oil and mineral resources. Appointed in August 2020.

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression against the civilian population.

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Minister of health.

Appointed in August 2020.

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression against the civilian population.

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(‫)ﺑﺴﺎﻡ ﻃﻌﻤﺔ‬

Identifying information

Gender: Male

Ziyad SABBAGH

Date of birth: 1960

Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria

Gender: Male

Minister of Industry.

Appointed in August 2020.

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression against the civilian population.

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Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

Gender: Male

Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian reform. Appointed in August 2020.

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression against the civilian population.

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Date of birth: 1963

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

Gender: Male

Minister of Electricity.

Appointed in August 2020.

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression against the civilian population.

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308.

Mohamad (a.k.a. Mohammad) Fayez Date of birth: 1955

BARCHA (a.k.a. AL-BARSHA,

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

AL-BARASHA)

Gender: Male

(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻓﺎﻳﺰ ﺑﺮﺷﺔ‬

Minister of State. Appointed in August 2020.

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression against the civilian population.

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309.

Malloul (a.k.a. Maloul) HUSSEIN (a.k.a. Date of birth: 1950

Minister of State. Appointed in August 2020.

AL-HUSSEIN)

Place of birth: Al-Hasakah Governor­ As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

ate, Syria;

repression against the civilian population.

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Gender: Male

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310.

Mohammad Samir HADDAD

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305.

(‫)ﺯﻳﺎﺩ ﺻﺒﺎﻍ‬

306.

Mohammad Hassan QATANA

(‫)ﺣﺴﻦ ﻗﻄﺎﻧﺔ‬

307.

Ghassan ZAMEL (a.k.a. AL-ZAMIL,

AL-ZAMEL)

(‫)ﻏﺴﺎﻥ ﺯﺍﻣﻞ‬

(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺣﺪﺍﺩ‬

Date of birth: 1956

Place of birth: Tartous, Syria

Gender: Male

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Minister of State.

Appointed in August 2020.

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression against the civilian population.

Official Journal of the European Union

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لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل قائمة عقوبات سورية بإضافة وزراء جدد منهم محمد سامر حداد، وتحديث بيانات آخرين منهم محمد حسان قطنا وغسان الزامل.