Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/284 of 26 February 2018 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
Date: 2018-02-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Syria, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person




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            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2018/284
of 26 February 2018
         
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 concerning restrictive measures against Syria.












(2)


In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, and considering the recent ministerial changes, two persons 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. In addition, the information relating to five persons set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated.












(3)


Annex I to 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, 26 February 2018.


For the Council


The President

F. MOGHERINI
            





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




ANNEX






I.


In the list set out in Part A (‘Persons’) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, the following entries are added:









 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘258.


Mohamed Mazen Ali Yousef
(

)


Date of birth: 17 May 1969
Place of birth: Damascus countryside


Minister of Industry. Appointed in January 2018.


26.2.2018




259.


Imad Abdullah Sara
(

)


Date of birth: 1968;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria


Minister of Information. Appointed in January 2018.


26.2.2018’














II.


In the list set out in Part A (‘Persons’) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, the following entries are replaced as follows:









 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘56.

Ali (



) Abdullah (



) (a.k.a. Abdallah) Ayyub (



) (a.k.a. Ayyoub, Ayub, Ayoub, Ayob)

Date of birth: 1952
Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria


Minister of Defence. Appointed in January 2018. Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army, in post after May 2011. Former Chief of General Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces. Person supporting the Assad regime and responsible for repression and violence against the civilian population in Syria.


14.11.2011




57.

Fahd (



) (a.k.a. Fahid, Fahed) Jasim (



) (a.k.a. Jasem, Jassim, Jassem) al-Furayj (



) (a.k.a. Al-Freij)

Date of birth: 1 January 1950
Place of birth: Hama, Syria


Former Minister of Defence. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.


14.11.2011




212.


Ammar Al-Sharif
(a.k.a Amar Al-Sharif; Amar Al-Charif; Ammar Sharif; Ammar Charif; Ammar al Shareef; Ammar Sherif; Ammar Medhat Sherif)
(

)


Date of birth: 26 June 1969
Place of birth: Lattakia
Nationality: Syrian
Syrian Passport:






 


number: 010312413;










 


issue number: 002-15-L093534;










 


date of issue: 14 July 2015










 


place of issue: Damascus-Centre;










 


expiry date: 13 July 2021




National number: 060-10276707


Leading Syrian businessman operating in Syria, active in the banking, insurance, and hospitality sectors. Founding partner of Byblos Bank Syria, major shareholder in Unlimited Hospitality Ltd, and board member of the Solidarity Alliance Insurance Company and the Al-Aqueelah Takaful Insurance Company.


28.10.2016




221.


Mohammed (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammad) Ramez Tourjman (a.k.a. Tourjuman)
(

)


Date of birth: 1966
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria


Former Minister of Information. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.


14.11.2016




227.


Ahmad al-Hamu (a.k.a. al-Hamo)
(

)


Date of birth: 1947


Former Minister of Industry. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.


14.11.2016’