Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/2199 of 13 December 2021 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2021/2199

of 13 December 2021

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)

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 I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(5)

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, 13 December 2021.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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

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ANNEX

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows:

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

Name

Andrey Nikolaevich

TROSHEV

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

Director (Chief of Staff) of the Wagner Group;

(a.k.a. Andrei

Mykolayvych

TROSHEV)

Rank: Retired Colonel;

Андрей Николаевич

ТРОШЕВ

Call sign: Siedoy;

Date of birth: 5.4.1953;

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

Nationality: Russian;

Reasons

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 regimeaffiliated 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

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

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BOGATOV

the Wagner Group;

Wagner Group, which operates in Syria and trains and directs Syrian

forces. The Wagner Group also supports the Assad regime and

(a.k.a. Andrei

Call sign: Brodiaga;

fights alongside regime-affiliated militias and the Syrian army.

Mychailovych

Wagner group ID: M-1601;

BOGATOV)

Andrey Bogatov commands the operations of the Wagner Group

Date of birth: 14.6.1964;

and is directly involved in the military operations of the Wagner

Андрей Михайлович

Group in Syria. He was particularly involved in the battle of

Place

of

birth:

Stary

Oskol

,

Belgorod

region

,

former

USSR

(now

БОГАТОВ

Palmyra. As such, he provides a crucial contribution to Bashar

Russian Federation);

al-Assad's war effort and therefore supports and benefits from the

Nationality: Russian;

Syrian regime.

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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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);

317.

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‘316.

Identifying information

Gender: male

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Name

‘79.

81.

Reasons

Address: Ochakovskoye Shosse, Dom Velada LLC is a private company that is involved in the oil and gas sector in Syria.

28, Building 2, Local 3, Room 8,

In December 2019, the Syrian parliament approved a contract granting Velada LLC the right to

Moscow, 119530, Russian Federation; develop oil and gas in Syria, including in oilfields in the regime-controlled areas in Northeast Syria

Date of listing

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EN

80.

Velada LLC

OOO Велада

Identifying information

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

Date of creation: 29.6. 2015

and a gas field north of Damascus. Thus, it benefits from or supports the Syrian regime.

Mercury LLC

OOO Меркурий

Address: Leninsky Prospekt, Dom

137, Building 1, Local 2, Room 5,

Moscow, Russian Federation

Mercury LLC is a private company involved in the oil and gas sector in Syria.

Evro Polis LLC

OOO Евро Полис

Address: Ulitsa BratevGozozankinykh, Evro Polis LLC is a private company linked to the Wagner Group in Syria, involved in the mining, 13.12.2021’

Dom 2B, Pomeshchenie 3.1.,

oil and gas sectors in Syria.

Krasnogorsk, 143409, Russian

Evro Polis LLC is used as a front for the Wagner Group in Syria. It has signed a number of

Federation;

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

Relatives/Associates: General

Wagner Group. Thus, it benefits from or supports the Syrian regime.

Petroleum Corp.

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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 regime-controlled 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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قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإدراج شركة فيلادا الروسية في قائمة عقوبات سورية.