Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1651 of 6 November 2020 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

6.11.2020

Official Journal of the European Union

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2020/1651

of 6 November 2020

implementing 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 31(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against 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)

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 I

to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(3)

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, 6 November 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. ROTH

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

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ANNEX

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

Name

‘303.

305.

307.

308.

309.

Ziyad SABBAGH

(‫)ﺯﻳﺎﺩ ﺻﺒﺎﻍ‬

Mohammad Hassan QATANA

(‫)ﺣﺴﻦ ﻗﻄﺎﻧﺔ‬

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

AL-ZAMEL)

(‫)ﻏﺴﺎﻥ ﺯﺍﻣﻞ‬

Date of birth: 1969

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

Place of birth: Safita, Syria

Gender: Male

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

violent repression against the civilian population.

Date of birth: 1971

Minister of health.

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

Appointed in August 2020.

Gender: Male

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

violent repression against the civilian population.

Date of birth: 1960

Minister of Industry.

Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria

Appointed in August 2020.

Gender: Male

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

violent repression against the civilian population.

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

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

Gender: Male

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

violent repression against the civilian population.

Date of birth: 1963

Minister of Electricity.

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

Appointed in August 2020.

Gender: Male

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

violent repression against the civilian population.

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

BARCHA (a.k.a.

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria

AL-BARSHA, AL-BARASHA)

Gender: Male

(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻓﺎﻳﺰ ﺑﺮﺷﺔ‬

Malloul (a.k.a. Maloul) HUSSEIN

(a.k.a. AL-HUSSEIN)

(‫)ﻣﻠﻮﻝ ﺣﺴﻴﻦ‬

Date of birth: 1950

Date of listing

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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.

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306.

Hassan GHABACHE (a.k.a.

GHOBASH, AL-GHABBASH)

(‫)ﺣﺴﻦ ﻏﺒﺎﺷﺔ‬

Reasons

EN

304.

Bassam TOU’MA (a.k.a. TU’MA)

(‫)ﺑﺴﺎﻡ ﻃﻌﻤﺔ‬

Identifying information

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Minister of State. Appointed in August 2020.

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

Syria;

violent repression against the civilian population.

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Gender: Male

310.

Mohammad Samir HADDAD

(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺣﺪﺍﺩ‬

Minister of State.

Place of birth: Tartous, Syria

Appointed in August 2020.

Gender: Male

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

violent repression against the civilian population.

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Date of birth: 1956

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة وزراء جدد إلى عقوبات سورية هم: زياد صباغ، حسان غباش، بسام طعمة، محمد سامر حداد.