Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1505 of 16 October 2020 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1505

of 16 October 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, seven 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. The information relating to 18 persons set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU)

No 36/2012 should also be updated.

(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, 16 October 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. ROTH

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

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ANNEX

Name

Identifying information

EN

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

Reasons

Date of listing

Date of birth: 1963;

Place of birth: Hama city, Syria;

Gender: Male

Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. Appointed in May

2020.

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

violent repression of the civilian population.

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Loubana MOUCHAWEH

(a.k.a. Lubana, Mshaweh)

(‫)ﻟﺒﺎﻧﺔ ﻣﺸّﻮﺡ‬

Date of birth: 1955;

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: Female

Culture Minister. Appointed in August 2020.

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

violent repression of the civilian population.

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298.

Darem TABA’A

(‫)ﺩﺍﺭﻡ ﻃﺒﺎﻉ‬

Date of birth: 1958;

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: Male

Minister of Education. Appointed in August 2020.

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

violent repression of the civilian population.

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299.

Ahmad SAYYED (a.k.a. Alsyed, al- Date of birth: 1965;

Sayyed, al-Sayed)

Place of birth: Quneitra, Syria;

(‫)ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ‬

Gender: Male

Minister of Justice. Appointed in August 2020.

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

violent of against the civilian population.

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300.

Tammam RA’AD (a.k.a. Tamam, Date of birth: 1965;

Minister of Hydraulic/Water Resources. Appointed in August 2020.

Raad)

Place of birth: Al-Qusayr, Syria; or Homs, As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

(‫)ﺗﻤﺎﻡ ﺭﻋﺪ‬

Syria;

violent of against the civilian population.

Gender: Male

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301.

Kinan YAGHI (a.k.a. Kenan, Yagi)

(‫)ﻛﻨﺎﻥ ﻳﺎﻏﻲ‬

Date of birth: 1976;

Minister of Finance. Appointed in August 2020.

Place of birth: Salmiya, Hama countryside, As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

Syria;

violent repression of the civilian population.

Gender: Male

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302.

Zuhair KHAZIM

(a.k.a. Zouhair)

(‫)ﺯﻫﻴﺮ ﺧﺰﻳﻢ‬

Date of birth: 1963;

Minister of Transport. Appointed in August 2020.

Place of birth: Ain al-Tinah, Syria; or Lattakia, As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

Syria;Gender: Male

violent repression of the civilian population.

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Talal AL-BARAZI (a.k.a. Barazi)

(‫)ﻃﻼﻝ ﺍﻟﺒﺮﺍﺯﻱ‬

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Ali ( ) Abdullah ( ) (a.k.a. Abdallah) Date of birth: 1952;

AYYUB ( ) (a.k.a. Ayyoub, Ayub,

Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;

Ayoub, Ayob)

Gender: male

Vice President of the Council of Ministers and 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 sup­

porting the Syrian regime and responsible for repression of and violence

against the civilian population in Syria.

14.11.2011

109.

Imad ( ) Mohammad

Date of birth: 1.8.1961;

Place of birth: near Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

Former Prime Minister and Former Minister of Electricity.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

23.3.2012

Nizar Wahbeh YAZAJI

(a.k.a. Nizar Wehbe Yazigi)

(‫)ﻧﺰﺍﺭ ﻭﻫﺒﻪ ﻳﺎﺯﺟﻲ‬

Date of birth: 1961;

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

Former Minister of Health.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

21.10.2014

180.

Ahmad AL‐QADRI

(‫)ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺩﺭﻱ‬

Date of birth: 1956;

Gender: male

Former Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Minister.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

24.6.2014

190.

Hussein ARNOUS (a.k.a. Arnus)

(‫)ﺣﺴﻴﻦ ﻋﺮﻧﻮﺱ‬

Date of birth: 1953;

Place of birth: Idleb, Syria;Gender: male

Prime Minister. Appointed in August 2020.

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

violent repression of the civilian population.

24.6.2014

217.

Atef NADDAF

Date of birth: 1956;

Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.

Place of birth: Damascus countryside, Syria; As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

Gender: male

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

14.11.2016

Date of birth: 1964;

Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;

Gender: male

14.11.2016

(

218.

)

Hussein MAKHLOUF

(a.k.a. Makhluf)

(

)

Minister of local Administration and environment.

Former Governor of Damascus Governorate.

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

violent repression of the civilian population.

Cousin of Rami Makhlouf.

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178.

Official Journal of the European Union

( ) (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammed) Deeb ( ) KHAMIS ( )

(a.k.a. Imad Mohammad Dib Kha­

mees)

EN

‘56.

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II. In Section A (Persons) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, the entries concerning the following persons are replaced as follows:

Ali GHANEM

(

222.

)

Mohammed (a.k.a. Mohamed, Date of birth: 1961;

Muhammad, Mohammad) AL- Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;

AHMED (a.k.a. al-Ahmad)

Gender: male

(

223.

Date of listing

Former Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

14.11.2016

Former Culture Minister.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

14.11.2016

Former Transport Minister.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

14.11.2016

Former Electricity Minister.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

14.11.2016

)

Ali HAMOUD

(a.k.a. Hammoud)

)

Date of birth: 1964;

Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;

Gender: male

Mohammed Zuhair (a.k.a. Zahir) Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

KHARBOUTLI

Gender: male

(

)

225.

Maamoun (a.k.a. Ma’moun) HAM­ Date of birth: 1958;

DAN

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

)

(

Former Finance Minister.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

14.11.2016

229.

Abdullah ABDULLAH

Date of birth: 1956;

Gender: male

Former State Minister.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

14.11.2016

Date of birth: 1953;

Place of birth: Quneitra, Syria;

Gender: female

Minister of social affairs and labour. Appointed in August 2020.

Former State Minister.

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

violent repression of the civilian population.

14.11.2016

Date of birth: 1954;

Former State Minister.

Place of birth: Habran village, Sweida pro­ As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

vince, Syria;

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

Gender: male

14.11.2016

(

230.

)

Salwa ABDULLAH

(

231.

Rafe’a Abu SA’AD (a.k.a. Saad)

(

)

Hisham Mohammad Mamdouh AL‐ Date of birth: 1958;

SHA’AR

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

(‫)ﻫﺸﺎﻡ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻣﻤﺪﻭﺡ ﺍﻟﺸﻌﺎﺭ‬

Gender: male

Former Justice Minister.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

30.5.2017

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239.

)

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(

224.

Date of birth: 1963;

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

Reasons

EN

220.

Identifying information

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Name

Identifying information

Imad Muwaffaq AL-AZAB

(‫)ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﻣﻮﻓﻖ ﺍﻟﻌﺰﺏ‬

Date of birth: 1970;

Former Minister of Education.

Place of birth: Damascus Countryside, Syria; As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

Gender: male

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

281.

Mohammad Maen Zein Jazba AL- Date of birth: 1962;

ABIDIN

Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;

(a.k.a. Mohammad Maen Zein Jazba Gender: male

Al-Abidin)

(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻣﻌﻦ ﺯﻳﻦ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﺑﺪﻳﻦ‬

Former Minister of Industry.

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian

regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

Date of listing

4.3.2019

4.3.2019’

EN

277.

Reasons

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Name

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لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة سبعة وزراء إلى عقوبات سورية وتحديث بيانات آخرين، منهم: لبانة مشوح، دارم طباع، أحمد السيد، تمام رعد، كنان ياغي، زهير خزيم.