Council Implementing Decision 2012/256/CFSP of 14 May 2012 implementing Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
Date: 2012-05-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Syria, economic sanctions, international sanctions, removal








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Official Journal of the European Union


L 126/9








            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/256/CFSP
of 14 May 2012
         
implementing Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,


Having regard to Decision 2011/782/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 21(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 1 December 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/782/CFSP.












(2)


In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, additional persons and entities should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/782/CFSP.












(3)


In addition, the information relating to three persons listed in Annex I to Decision 2011/782/CFSP should be updated, and the listing for one person should be removed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The persons and entities listed in Annex I to this Decision shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/782/CFSP.


Article 2
Annex I to Decision 2011/782/CFSP shall be amended as set out in Annex II to this Decision.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 14 May 2012.


For the Council


The President

C. ASHTON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 319, 2.12.2011, p. 56.




ANNEX I

Persons and entities referred to in Article 1


Persons










 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




1.


Adib Mayaleh


Born 1955, Daraa


Adib Mayaleh is responsible for providing economic and financial support to the Syrian regime through his functions as the Governor of the Central Bank of Syria.


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2.


Salim Altoun, a.k.a. Saleem Altoun, a.k.a. Abu Shaker


Chairman and CEO of Altoun Group
Born 1940 in Caracas, Venzuela
He has Venezuelan citizenship, identification number 028173131 (probably in possession of Venezuelan passport).
He has a Lebanese residence and work permit number: 1486/2011


Provides financial support to the regime. Involved in a scheme through Altoun Group to export Syrian oil with the listed company Sytrol in order to provide revenue to the regime.


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3.


Youssef Klizli


Assistant to Salim Altoun


Provides financial support to the regime. Assisted Salim Altoun in setting up a scheme through Altoun Group to export Syrian oil with the listed company Sytrol in order to provide revenue to the regime.


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Entities










 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




1.


General Organisation of Tobacco


Salhieh Street 616, Damascus, Syria


Provides financial support to the Syrian regime. The General Organisation of Tobacco is wholly owned by the Syrian state. The profits that the organisation makes, including through the sale of licenses to market foreign brands of tobacco and taxes levied on imports of foreign brands of tobacco are transferred to the Syrian state.


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2.


Altoun Group







Altoun Group




Maaraba Damascus Countryside




North Circular Highway




Damascus




Syria




tel.: 00963-11-5915685




Postal Box 30484




1987 US SIC Codes 6719
NACE Codes 7415


Provides financial support to the Syrian regime. The entity is involved in a scheme to export Syrian oil with the listed company Sytrol in order to provide revenue to the regime.


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ANNEX II

1.   
The entries in Annex I to Decision 2011/782/CFSP for the persons named below shall be replaced by the entries set out below:








Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




Manal Al Assad (a.k.a. Manal Al Ahmad)


Born: 02.02.1970.
Place of Birth: Damascus
Passport number (Syrian): 0000000914
Maiden name: Al Jadaan


Spouse of Maher Al Assad, and as such benefiting from and closely associated with the regime.


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Issam Anbouba


President of Anbouba for Agricultural Industries Co.
Born 1952 in Homs, Syria


Providing financial support for the repressive apparatus and the paramilitary groups exerting violence against the civil population in Syria. Providing property (premises, warehouses) for improvised detention centers. Financial relations with high Syrian officials.


2.9.2011




Mazen al-Tabba


Born: 01.01.1958
Place of Birth: Damascus
Passport number (Syrian): 004415063 expires 06.05.2015


Business partner of Ihab Makhlouf and Nizar al-Assad (subjected to sanctions on 23/08/2011); co-owner, with Rami Makhlouf, of the Al-Diyar lil-Saraafa (a.k.a. Diar Electronic Services) currency exchange company, which supports the policy of the Central Bank of Syria.


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2.   
The entry listed below shall be removed:






68.


Saqr Khayr Bek.