Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2194 of 13 December 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) 2021/2194

of 13 December 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)

The Council remains deeply concerned about the situation in Syria.

(3)

The Wagner Group, a Russia-based unincorporated private military entity, provides a crucial contribution to Bashar

al-Assad’s war efforts in Syria, in particular by training and directing Syrian forces and regime-affiliated militias.

(4)

The Council considers that two persons involved in the military operations of the Wagner group in Syria, as well as

three companies benefiting from and supporting the Syrian regime 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.

(5)

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, 13 December 2021.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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

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ANNEX

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

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

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Name

‘316. Andrey Nikolaevich TROSHEV

(a.k.a. Andrei Mykolayvych

TROSHEV)

Андрей Николаевич ТРОШЕВ

Identifying information

Position(s): Retired colonel, Founding member and Executive

Director (Chief of Staff) of the Wagner Group;

Rank: Retired Colonel;

Call sign: Siedoy;

Place of birth: Leningrad, former USSR (now Russian Federation);

Nationality: Russian;

Relatives/Associates: Dimitriy Utkin (Wagner Group Founder);

Andrey Bogatov (Head of the 4th Attack and Reconnaissance

Company of the Wagner Group), Aleksandr Sergeevich Kuznetsov

(Commander of the 1st Attack and Reconnaissance Company of the

Wagner Group);

Date of listing

Executive Director (Chief of Staff) of the Wagner Group,

which operates in Syria and trains and directs Syrian

forces. The Wagner Group also supports the Assad

regime and fights alongside regime-affiliated militias and

the Syrian army.

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Andrey Troshev is directly involved in the military

operations of the Wagner Group in Syria. He was

particularly involved in the area of Deir ez-Zor. As such,

he provides a crucial contribution to Bashar al-Assad’s

war effort and therefore supports and benefits from the

Syrian regime.

Gender: male

317.

Andrey Mikhailovich BOGATOV Position(s): Head of the 4th Attack and Reconnaissance Company of Head of the 4th Attack and Reconnaissance Company of 13.12.2021’;

the Wagner Group;

the Wagner Group, which operates in Syria and trains

(a.k.a. Andrei Mychailovych

and directs Syrian forces. The Wagner Group also

BOGATOV)

Call sign: Brodiaga;

supports the Assad regime and fights alongside regimeaffiliated militias and the Syrian army.

Андрей Михайлович БОГАТОВ Wagner group ID: M-1601;

Date of birth: 14.6.1964;

Place of birth: Stary Oskol , Belgorod region , former USSR (now

Russian Federation);

Nationality: Russian;

Gender: male

Andrey Bogatov commands the operations of the

Wagner Group and is directly involved in the military

operations of the Wagner Group in Syria. He was

particularly involved in the battle of Palmyra. As such, he

provides a crucial contribution to Bashar al-Assad’s war

effort and therefore supports and benefits from the

Syrian regime.

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Relatives/Associates: Dimitriy Utkin (Wagner Group Founder);

Andrey Nikolaevich Troshev (Founding member and Executive

Director (Chief of Staff) of the Wagner Group), Aleksandr Sergeevich

Kuznetsov (Commander of the 1st Attack and Reconnaissance

Company of the Wagner Group);

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Date of birth: 5.4.1953;

Reasons

Name

‘79.

Velada LLC

OOO Велада

Mercury LLC

OOO Меркурий

Reasons

Date of listing

Address: Ochakovskoye Shosse, Dom 28, Building 2, Local 3,

Room 8, Moscow, 119530, Russian Federation;

Velada LLC is a private company that is involved in the

oil and gas sector in Syria.

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Date of creation: 29.6.2015

In December 2019, the Syrian parliament approved a

contract granting Velada LLC the right to develop oil and

gas in Syria, including in oilfields in the regimecontrolled areas in Northeast Syria and a gas field north

of Damascus. Thus, it benefits from or supports the

Syrian regime.

Address: Leninsky Prospekt, Dom 137, Building 1, Local 2, Room 5, Mercury LLC is a private company involved in the oil and

Moscow, Russian Federation

gas sector in Syria.

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80.

Identifying information

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Evro Polis LLC

OOO Евро Полис

Address: Ulitsa BratevGozozankinykh, Dom 2B, Pomeshchenie 3.1., Evro Polis LLC is a private company linked to the Wagner 13.12.2021’.

Krasnogorsk, 143409, Russian Federation;

Group in Syria, involved in the mining, oil and gas

sectors in Syria.

Relatives/Associates: General Petroleum Corp.

Evro Polis LLC is used as a front for the Wagner Group in

Syria. It has signed a number of contracts with the Syrian

regime, through the state-owned General Petroleum

Corp., under which it receives 25 % of the proceeds from

the production of oil and gas in fields captured by the

Wagner Group. Thus, it benefits from or supports the

Syrian regime.

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In December 2019, the Syrian parliament approved a

contract granting Mercury LLC the right to develop oil

and gas in Syria, including in oilfields in the regimecontrolled areas in Northeast Syria and a gas field in the

north of Damascus. Thus, it benefits from or supports

the Syrian regime.

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(2) The following entries are added to the list set out in Section B (entities):

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لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل قائمة عقوبات سورية، ومن الأسماء الواردة فيها: أندريه بوغاتوف.