Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1983 of 15 November 2021 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1983

of 15 November 2021

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 changes in the Syrian Government, four

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 five persons already listed 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.

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

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2021.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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ANNEX

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as follows:

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(1) The following persons are added to the list set out in Section A (‘Persons’):

Name

‘312.

Identifying information

(‫)ﻋﻤﺮﻭ ﺳﺎﻟﻢ‬

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

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

repression of the civilian population.

Boutros AL-HALLAQ

Mohammad SEIFEDDINE

Place of birth: Damascus

countryside, Syria;

Minister of information. Appointed in August 2021.

Gender: male

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

repression of the civilian population.

Gender: male

Minister of Labour and social affairs. Appointed in August 2021.

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

repression of the civilian population.

(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻴﻒ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ‬

Diala BARAKAT

Date of birth: 1980;

Minister of State. Appointed in August 2021.

(‫)ﺩﻳﺎﻻ ﺑﺮﻛﺎﺕ‬

Gender: female

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

repression of the civilian population.

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Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. Appointed in August 2021.

(a.k.a. Seif Eddin, Seif El Din)

315.

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Date of birth: January 1958;

(‫)ﺑﻄﺮﺱ ﺍﻟﺤﻼﻕ‬

314.

Date of listing

Amr SALEM

Gender: male

313.

Reasons

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(2) In Section A (Persons) the following entries are replaced as follows:

Name

Reasons

Dr Jassem Mohammad ZAKARIA

Date of birth: 1968

Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.

(a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammed, Jasem)

Gender: male;

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

violent repression of the civilian population.

Date of listing

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‘167.

Identifying information

229.

259.

Identifying information

Date of birth: 1956;

Minister of State. Appointed in August 2021.

(‫)ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪ‬

Gender: male

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

repression of the civilian population.

Imad Abdullah SARA

Date of birth: 1968;

Former Minister of Information. Appointed in January 2018.

(‫)ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺻﺎﺭﺓ‬

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

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

violent repression of the civilian population.

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

Date of birth: 1963;

Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.

(‫)ﻃﻼﻝ ﺍﻟﺒﺮﺍﺯﻱ‬

Place of birth: Hama city, Syria;

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

violent repression of the civilian population.

Gender: male

309.

Gender: male

Former Minister of State.

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

violent repression against the civilian population.

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

k.a. AL-HUSSEIN)

Place of birth: Al-Hasakah

(‫)ﻣﻠﻮﻝ ﺣﺴﻴﻦ‬

Governorate, Syria;

Date of listing

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Abdullah ABDULLAH

Gender: male

296.

Reasons

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