Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/840 of 30 May 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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(Non-legislative acts)

REGULATIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/840

of 30 May 2022

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 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, concerning restrictive measures in view of

the situation in Syria.

(2)

On the basis of a review of the measures, the entries for 18 natural persons and 13 entities in the list of natural and

legal persons, entities or bodies set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated and amended.

(3)

The entries for two deceased individuals should be deleted from the list set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU)

No 36/2012.

(4)

The entry for one individual should be deleted from the list set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012

following a judgement of the General Court on 16 March 2022.

(5)

Annex II to 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.

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

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Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 30 May 2022.

For the Council

The President

C. COLONNA

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ANNEX

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

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(1) in Section A (Persons), the following entries are deleted:

Muhammad Bukhaytan;

262. Salam Tohme;

293. Abdelkader Sabra;

Name

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Ali MAMLUK

Identifying information

Date of birth: 19.2.1946;

(a.k.a. Ali Mamlouk; Ali Al-Mamlouk; Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Abu Ayham)

Diplomatic passport No 983;

(‫)ﻋﻠﻲ ﺍﻟﻤﻤﻠﻮﻙ; ﺃﺑﻮ ﺃﻳﻬﻢ; ﻋﻠﻲ ﻣﻤﻠﻮﻙ‬

Gender: male

4.

28.

Atif NAJIB

Place of birth: Jablah, Syria;

(a.k.a. Atef; Atej Najeeb)

Rank: Brigadier General;

(‫)ﻋﺎﻃﻒ ﻧﺠﻴﺐ‬

Gender: male

Khalid (a.k.a. Khaled) QADDUR (a.k. Gender: male

a. Qadour, Qaddour, Kaddour)

(‫)ﺧﺎﻟﺪ ﻗﺪﻭﺭ‬

Reasons

Date of listing

Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic for Security Affairs. Former

Director of the National Security Bureau. Former Head of Syrian

Intelligence Directorate involved in violence against demonstrators.

9.5.2011

Former Head of the Political Security Directorate in Dara’a. Involved in

violence against demonstrators. Member of the Assad family; cousin of

President Bashar al-Assad.

9.5.2011

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(2) in Section A (Persons), the following entries replace the corresponding entries in the list:

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in 27.1.2015

the telecommunications, oil, plastic and tobacco industry sectors and close

business relations with Maher al-Assad. He is linked to smuggling activities.

He benefits from and provides support to the Syrian regime, through his

business activities.

Associate of Maher al-Assad, including through his business activities.

33.

Place of birth: Latakia, Syria;

(a.k.a. Aiman Jaber)

Gender: male

(‫)ﺃﻳﻤﻦ ﺟﺎﺑﺮ‬

Leading businessman operating in Syria, involved in the steel, media,

27.1.2015

consumable goods and oil sectors, including in trading those goods. He has

financial interests and/or holds senior executive positions in a number of

companies and entities in Syria, in particular Al Jazira (a.k.a. Al Jazerra, El

Jazireh), Dunia TV and Sama Satellite Channel.

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Ayman JABIR

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Through his company Al Jazira, Ayman Jabir has facilitated the importation

of oil from Overseas Petroleum Trading to Syria.

Provides direct support for and plays a leading role in activities of regimeaffiliated militias known as Shabiha and/or Suqur as-Sahraa. He is an

honorary president of “Wafa lil-Watan” (loyalty to homeland), which is an

association providing aid to families of Syrian soldiers and militias.

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Ayman Jabir benefits from and provides support to the Syrian regime,

through his business interests.

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Name

Associate of Rami Makhlouf through his business activities, and an

associate of Maher al-Assad through his role in regime-affiliated militias.

Samir HASSAN

Gender: male

(‫)ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺣﺴﻦ‬

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in 27.9.2014

multiple sectors of Syria’s economy. He holds interests in and/or has

significant influence in the Amir Group and Cham Holding, two

conglomerates with interests in the real estate, tourism, transport and

finance sectors. President of the Syria-Russia Business Council and plays a

significant role in the economic relations with the Russian Federation

through the Syria-Russia Business Council.

Samir Hassan supports the Syrian regime’s war effort with cash donations.

Samir Hassan is associated with persons benefitting from or supporting the

regime. In particular, he is associated with Rami Makhlouf and Issam

Anbouba, who have been designated by the Council and benefit from the

Syrian regime.

114.

Emad Abdul-Ghani SABOUNI

Date of birth: 1964;

(a.k.a. Imad Abdul Ghani Al Sabuni) Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

(‫)ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻐﻨﻲ ﺻﺎﺑﻮﻧﻲ‬

Gender: male

Former Minister of Telecommunications and Technology, in office until at 27.2.2012

least April 2014. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. Former

Head of Planning and International Cooperation Agency (PICC). The PICC is

a government agency, affiliated to the Prime Ministry and produces, in

particular, the five-year plans that provide the broad guidelines for the

Government’s economic and development policies.

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Identifying information

Major General Hussam LUQA

Date of birth: 1964;

(a.k.a. Husam, Housam, Houssam;

Louqa, Louca, Louka, Luka)

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

203.

George HASWANI

(a.k.a. Heswani; Hasawani; Al

Hasawani)

Address: Damascus Province,

Yabroud, Al Jalaa St, Syria;

Former Head of the Security Committee of the Southern Region from 2018 24.7.2012

to 2020. Former Head of the General Security Directorate. Major General.

From April 2012 to 2 December 2018, was head of the Homs branch of the

Political Security Directorate (succeeded Brigadier General Nasr al-Ali).

Since 3 December 2018, head of the Political Security Directorate. Director

of the General Intelligence Department since 2019. Responsible for the

torture of opponents in custody.

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in 7.3.2015

the engineering, construction and oil and gas sectors. He holds interests in

and/or has significant influence in a number of companies and entities in

Syria, in particular HESCO Engineering and Construction Company, a

major engineering and construction company.

Gender: male

204.

Emad HAMSHO

(a.k.a. Imad Hmisho; Hamchu;

Hamcho; Hamisho; Hmeisho;

Hemasho, ‫)ﺣﻤﻴﺸﻮ‬

(‫)ﺣﻤﺸﻮ ﻋﻤﺎﺩ‬

Address: Hamsho Building 31

Baghdad Street, Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

Occupies a senior management position in Hamsho Trading. As a result of 7.3.2015

his senior position in Hamsho Trading, a subsidiary of Hamsho

International, which has been designated by the Council, he provides

support to the Syrian regime. He is also associated with a designated entity,

Hamsho International.

He is also vice-president of the Syrian Council of Iron and Steel alongside

designated regime businessmen such as Ayman Jabir. Hamsho’s assets

include Syrian Metal Industries, a steel plant outside Damascus, which

Hamsho has supplied with scrap metal looted by pro-government militias

over the course of the war. He is also an associate of President Bashar

al-Assad.

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Other information: Hesco

Engineering and Construction

Company Ltd is registered at the same

London address as British firm,

Savero Ltd.;

Date of listing

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(‫)ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﻟﻮﻗﺎ‬

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245.

Identifying information

Muhammad Yousef HASOURI

Rank: Brigadier General;

(a.k.a. Mohammad Yousef Hasouri;

Mohammed Yousef Hasouri)

Gender: male

247.

Date of birth: 1954;

(a.k.a. Jaez Sawada al-Hammoud

al-Mousa; Jayez al-Hammoud

al-Moussa)

Place of birth: Hama, Syria;

Rank: Major General;

(‫)ﺟﺎﻳﺰ ﺭﻳﺎﻥ ﺍﻟﻤﻮﺳﻰ‬

Gender: male

Khaled AL-ZUBAIDI

Nationality: Syrian;

(a.k.a. (Mohammed) Khaled/Khalid

(Bassam) (al-) Zubaidi/Zubedi)

(‫)ﺧﺎﻟﺪ ﺍﻟﺰﺑﻴﺪﻱ‬

Brigadier General Muhammad Hasouri is a senior officer of the Syrian Air 18.7.2017

Force, in post after May 2011. He held the position as Chief of Staff of Air

Force Brigade 50 and Deputy Commander of the Shayrat Airbase. Brigadier

General Muhammad Hasouri operates in the chemical weapons

proliferation sector and was involved in the chemical massacre in “Khan

Sheikhoun” of 4 April 2017. As a senior military officer he is responsible for

the violent repression of the civilian population in Syria.

Former Governor of Hasaka, appointed by President Bashar al-Assad; he is 18.7.2017

associated with President Bashar al-Assad.

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and former Chief of Staff of

the Syrian Air Force.

As a senior officer of the Syrian Air Force, he is responsible for the violent

repression of the civilian population in Syria, including the use of chemical

weapons attacks by the Syrian regime during his tenure as Chief of Staff of

the Syrian Air Force, as identified in the report of the Joint Investigative

Mechanism established by the United Nations.

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with significant investments in 21.1.2019

the construction industry, including a 50 % stake in Zubaidi and Qalei LLC,

Position: Co-owner of Zubaidi and

which is constructing the luxury tourist city Grand Town and to which the

Qalei LLC; Director of Agar

regime has granted a 45-year agreement in return for 19-21 % of its

Investment Company; General

revenue. Khaled al-Zubaidi benefits from and/or supports the Syrian regime

Manager of Al Zubaidi company and

through his business activities, in particular through this stake in the Grand

Al Zubaidi & Al Taweet Contracting

Town development.

Company; Director and Owner of

Zubaidi Development Company;

Khaled Zubaidi signed a (350 000 USD worth) sponsorship with a Syrian

co-owner of Enjaz Investment

football club “Wihda FC” through one of his companies “Hijaz Company”.

Company;

Member of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Tourism since 2019.

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Jayyiz Rayyan AL-MUSA

Date of listing

EN

(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻳﻮﺳﻒ ﺣﺎﺻﻮﺭﻱ‬

Reasons

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Name

Gender: male

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283.

Mohammed Nazer JAMAL EDDIN

(a.k.a. Nazir Ahmad, Mohammed

Jamal Eddine; Jamal Aldiyn)

Reasons

Date of listing

Date of birth: 2.1.1962;

Leading businessperson operating in Syria with significant investments in 21.1.2019

the construction industry, including a controlling 90 % stake in Apex

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Development and Projects LLC, which has entered into a USD 34,8 million

joint venture for the construction of Marota City, a regime-backed luxury

Nationality: Syrian;

residential and commercial development. Through his participation in the

Passport number: N 011612445,

Marota City development, Mohammed Nazer Jamal Eddin benefits from

issue no. 002-17-L022286 (place of and/or supports the Syrian regime. In May 2019, Jamal Eddin created

issue: Syrian Arab Republic);

“Trillium Private JSC”, a 15 million SYP company involved in the trade of

ID Number: 010-30208342 (place building materials and electrical products.

of issue: Syrian Arab Republic);

Gender: male

284.

Mazin AL-TARAZI

(a.k.a.

(‫)ﻣﺎﺯﻥ ﺍﻟﺘﺮﺯﻱ‬

Date of birth: September 1962;

; Mazen al-Tarazi) Nationality: Syrian;

Position: Businessperson;

Gender: male

285.

Samer FOZ

Date of birth: 20 May 1973;

(a.k.a. Samir Foz/Fawz; Samer Zuhair Place of birth: Homs, Syria/Latakia,

Foz; Samer Foz bin Zuhair)

Syria;

(‫)ﺳﺎﻣﺮ ﻓﻮﺯ‬

Nationalities: Syrian, Turkish;

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with significant investments in 21.1.2019

the construction and aviation sectors. Through his investments and

activities, Mazin al-Tarazi benefits from and/or supports the Syrian regime.

In particular, Mazin al-Tarazi has concluded a deal with Damascus Cham

Holding for a USD 320 million investment in the construction of Marota

City, a regime-backed luxury residential and commercial development. He

has also been granted a licence for a private airline in Syria. In September

2019, he created “al-Dana Group Investments LLC”, a 25 million SYP

company involved in export-import and investing in tourism facilities and

commercial complexes.

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Position: Co-founder and majority

shareholder of Apex Development

and Projects LLC and founder of

A’ayan Company for Projects and

Equipment;

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(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻧﺎﺫﺭ ﺟﻤﺎﻝ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ‬

Identifying information

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Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and activities in 21.1.2019

multiple sectors of Syria’s economy. Samer Foz provides financial and other

support to the Syrian regime, including funding the Military Security Shield

Forces in Syria and brokering grain deals. He also benefits financially from

access to commercial opportunities through the wheat trade and

reconstruction projects as a result of his links to the regime.

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Identifying information

Reasons

Turkish Passport number: U

09471711 (place of issue Turkey;

expiry date 21.7.2024);

Samer Foz opened a sugar refining factory (“Samer Foz Factory”) in 2021 in

support of the Syrian regime’s objective to increase sugar production across

the country.

Date of listing

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Syrian national number:

06010274705;

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Name

Address: Platinum Tower, office

No 2405, Jumeirah Lake Towers,

Dubai, UAE;

Gender: male

287.

Date of birth: 1982;

(a.k.a. Hussam/Hossam Ahmed/

Mohammed/Muhammad al-Katerji)

Place of birth: Raqqa, Syria;

(‫)ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺮﺟﻲ‬

Position: CEO of Katerji Group (a.k.a. Hussam Al Qatarji, with his family, has secured a license to create a new

bank, the National Islamic Bank. They have also acquired a new cement

Al Qatarji, Al Qatarji

Company/Qatirji Company/Khatirji plant from the government, through one of their companies, Nabd

Group/Katerji International Group); Contracting and Construction. They also expanded in the tourism sector

creating Arman Hotel and Tourist Management LLC. They also entered into

Gender: male

a joint venture with the ministry of tourism “Bere Aleppo Private JSC”.

Hussam Al Qatarji and his family also run a militia in Aleppo. In Oct. 2021,

Qaterji’s BS Company for Oil Services signed a deal with the regime to

supply gas stations with fuel in regime held areas.

Waseem AL-KATTAN

Date of birth: 4.3.1976;

Nationality: Syrian;

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, who is also a Member of the

21.1.2019

Syrian Parliament. Al Qatarji supports and benefits from the Syrian regime

through enabling, and profiting from, trade deals with the regime in relation

to oil and wheat.

Leading businessperson operating in Syria benefiting from and supporting 17.2.2020

the regime. Owner of multiple businesses and holding companies with

(‫)ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺎﻥ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

interests and activities in various economic sectors such as real estate, the

luxury hotel industry and commercial centres. Waseem al-Kattan rose

(a.k.a. Waseem, Wasseem, Wassim, Position: President of Damascus

rapidly as a leading businessman by imposing taxes on goods smuggled into

Wasim; Anouar; al-Kattan, al-Katan, Countryside (Rural) Province

Eastern Ghouta under siege, and is now involved in aggressive forms of

al-Qattan, al-Qatan;

Chamber of Commerce;

clientelism to the benefit of the regime. Waseem al-Kattan benefits

‫ ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻮﺍﺭ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺎﻥ‬,‫)ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﻗﻄﺎﻥ‬

Relatives/business associates/entities financially from favoured access to public tenders as well as to licences and

or partners/links:

contracts awarded by government agencies as a result of his close ties to the

regime.

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Hussam AL QATARJI

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

EN

Larosa Furniture/Furnishing; Jasmine In 2020, Al-Kattan was elected member of the Damascus Chamber of

Fields Company Ltd.; Muruj Cham Commerce. In November 2021, Al-Kattan was appointed secretary of the

(Murooj al-Cham) Investment and

Federation of Syrian chambers of commerce by the Syrian Government,

Tourism Group; Adam and

despite having lost elections.

Investment LLC; Universal Market

Company LLC; Treasurer of the

Federation of Syrian Chambers of

Commerce;

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Name

Gender: male

294.

Khodr Ali TAHER

(a.k.a. ‫)ﺧﻀﺮ ﻋﻠﻲ ﻃﺎﻫﺮ‬

Date of birth: 1976;

Relatives/business associates/entities

or partners/links:

Citadel for Protection; Guard and

Security Services (Castle Security and

protection); Ematel LLC (Ematel

Communications); Syrian Hotel

Management Company; Jasmine

Contracting Company;

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Leading businessperson operating across multiple sectors of the Syrian

17.2.2020’

economy, including private security, mobile phone retail, hotel

Nationality: Syrian;

management, advertising services, domestic money transfer, alcoholic and

Position: Director and owner of Ella non-alcoholic beverages.

Media Services; founding partner of

Supports and benefits from the Syrian regime through cooperation in his

Castle Security and Protection and of

business activities and his involvement in smuggling and profiteering

Jasmine Contracting Company;

activities. Khodr Ali Taher owns a number of companies and has

Chairman and founding partner of

co-founded others. His involvement in business dealings with the regime

the Syrian Hotel Management

includes entering into a joint venture with the Syrian Transport and Tourism

Company; Manager and owner of

Company, of which the Ministry of Tourism owns a two-thirds stake.

Ematel;

Gender: male

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Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Bena Properties

Cham Holding Building, Daraa Highway, Ashrafiyat Held by Rami Makhlouf. Syria’s largest real estate

23.6.2011

Sahnaya Rif Dimashq, Syria, P.O. Box 9525

company and the real estate and investment arm of

Cham Holding; provides funding to the Syrian

regime.

2.

Al Mashreq Investment Fund (AMIF)

P.O. Box 108, Damascus, Syria;

(a.k.a. Sunduq Al Mashrek Al Istithmari)

Tel. +963 112110059/963 112110043;

Held by Rami Makhlouf; provides funding to the

Syrian regime.

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23.6.2011

Fax +963 933333149

18.

Syriatel

Syriatel Mobile Telecom Building, Amman Road,

Daraa Highway, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Area,

Damascus, Syria, P.O. Box 2900;

23.9.2011

Provides financial support to the Syrian regime:

through its licensing contract it pays 50 % or more of

its profits to the Government.

Fax +963 11 23 73 97 19;

Email: [email protected];

Website: http://syriatel.sy/

24.

Mechanical Construction Factory (MCF)

P.O. Box 35202, Industrial Zone, Al-Qadam Road,

Damascus, Syria

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive

equipment by the CERS.

1.12.2011

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive

equipment by the CERS.

1.12.2011

Tel.+963 011 5810719; +963 11 4474579;

+963 11 5810718; +963 11 5810719;

Email:[email protected] and [email protected]

25.

Syronics – Syrian Arab Co. for Electronic

Industries

Kaboon Street, PO Box 5966, Damascus, Syria;

Tel. +963 11 5111352;

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Tel. +963 11 61 26 270;

Fax +963 11 5110117

Email: [email protected]

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Handasieh – Organization for Engineering

Industries

Identifying information

Reasons

P.O. Box 5966, Abou Bakr Al-Seddeq St., Damascus, Front company for the acquisition of sensitive

Syria

equipment by the CERS.

Date of listing

1.12.2011

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and

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P.O. Box 2849, Al-Moutanabi Street, Damascus,

Syria

and

P.O. Box 21120, Baramkeh, Damascus, Syria;

Tel. + 96311 2121824; +963 11 2121825;

+963 11 2131307;

Email: [email protected]

34.

Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank

Subsidiary of the Commercial Bank of Syria already 23.1.2012

listed. Provides financial support to the Syrian

regime.

Hamra Branch: Hamra Street, Darwish and Fakhro

Building, P.O. Box 113-5127/11-8701, Beirut,

Lebanon

Mar Elias Branch: Mar Elias Street, Fakhani Building,

P.O. Box 145 796, Beirut, Lebanon

Tel.+961 1741666;

Fax +961 1738214;

Website: www.slcb.com.lb

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Central Bank of Syria

Sabah Bahrat Square, Damascus, Syria

Provides financial support to the Syrian regime.

27.2.2012

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Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank Building, 6th

Floor, Makdessi Street, Hamra, P.O. Box 11-8701,

Beirut, Lebanon;

Postal address: Altjreda al Maghrebeh Square,

Damascus, Syria, P.O. Box: 2254

Tel. +961 011 – 9985

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.cb.gov.sy/

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The Baniyas Refinery Company

(a.k.a. Banias; Banyas)

Identifying information

Banias Refinery Building, 26 Latkia Main Road,

Tartous, P.O. Box 26, Syria;

352, Tripoli Street, PO Box 352, Homs

The Homs Refinery Company

(a.k.a Hims, General Company for Homs

Refinery)

Date of listing

Subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining 23.7.2014

and Distribution of Petroleum Products (GCRDPP), a

section of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral

Resources. As such it provides financial support to

the Syrian regime.

General Company for Homs Refinery Building, 352 Subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining 23.7.2014

Tripoli Street, Homs, P.O. Box 352, Syria

and Distribution of Petroleum Products (GCRDPP), a

section of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral

Tel. 963-3125-16401

Resources. As such it provides financial support to

the Syrian regime.

Fax 963-3124-70101

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57.

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Name

Email: [email protected]

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Hamsho Trading

Subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been 7.3.2015

designated by the Council.

Hamsho group, Damascus countryside – northern

road-ring, Hamsho for trading and constructions;

As such, Hamsho Trading is associated with a

designated entity, Hamsho International.

Email: [email protected];

Supports the Syrian regime through its subsidiaries,

including Syria Steel. Through its subsidiaries it is

associated with groups such as the pro-regime

Shabiha militias.

Tel. 00963 (11) 3227530

77.

Prominent company operating across multiple

17.2.2020

sectors of the Syrian economy. By facilitating fuel,

(a.k.a. Qatarji International Group; Al-Sham Business sector: import/export; trucking; supply of

arms and ammunition trade between the regime and

and Al-Darwish Company; Qatirji/Khatirji/ oil and commodities;

various actors including ISIL (Da’esh) under the

Katarji/Katerji Group)

Name of Director/Management: Hussam Al Qatarji, pretext of importing and exporting food items,

supporting militias fighting alongside the regime and

(‫ﺷﺮﻛﺔ ﻗﺎﻃﺮﺟﻲ‬/‫)ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ‬

CEO (designated by the Council);

taking advantage of its ties with the regime to expand

Ultimate beneficial owner: Hussam Al Qatarji

its commercial activity, Al Qatarji Company – whose

(designated by the Council);

board is headed by designated person Hussam Al

Qatarji, a member of the Syrian People’s Assembly –

Registered address: Mazzah, Damascus, Syria;

supports and benefits from the Syrian regime.

Relatives/business associates/entities or

partners/links: Arvada/Arfada Petroleum Company

JSC

Al Qatarji Company

Type of entity: private company;

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(a.k.a. Hamsho Group; Hmisho Trading

Group; Hmisho Economic Group)

Hamsho Building, 31 Baghdad Street, Damascus,

Syria

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78.

Damascus Cham Holding Company

(a.k.a. Damascus Cham Private Joint Stock

Company)

(‫)ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺑﻀﺔ ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻡ ﺩﻣﺸﻖ‬

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Ultimate beneficial owner: Governorate of

Damascus;

By managing the implementation of Marota City,

Damascus Cham Holding (whose Chairman is the

Governor of Damascus) supports and benefits from

the Syrian regime and provides benefits to

businesspeople with close ties to the regime who

have struck lucrative deals with this entity through

public-private partnerships.

Official Journal of the European Union

Relatives/business associates/entities or

partners/links: Rami Makhlouf (designated by the

Council); Samer Foz (designated by the Council);

Mazen Tarazi (designated by the Council); Talas

Group, owned by businessman Anas Talas

(designated by the Council); Khaled al-Zubaidi

(designated by the Council).

EN

Type of entity: public-owned company under private Damascus Cham Holding Company was established 17.2.2020’

law;

by the regime as the investment arm of the

Governorate of Damascus in order to manage the

Business sector: real estate development;

properties of the Governorate of Damascus and

implement the Marota City project, a luxurious real

Name of Director/Management: Adel Anwar

estate project based on expropriated land under

al-Olabi, Chairman of the Board of Directors and

Governor of Damascus (designated by the Council); Decree No 66 and Law No 10 in particular.

L 148/20

Name

31.5.2022

لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتحديث بيانات المشمولين بعقوبات سورية، منهم: عاطف نجيب، عماد صابوني، جورج حسواني، عماد حمشو، مازن الترزي، سامر فوز، حسام القاطرجي، خضر طاهر، وشركة سيريتل.