Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2019/351 of 4 March 2019 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
Date: 2019-03-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Syria, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2019/351
of 4 March 2019
         
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)


In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, and considering the recent ministerial appointments and gubernatorial changes, seven 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. The information relating to eight persons set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated.












(3)


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, 4 March 2019.


For the Council


The President

A. ANTON
            





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




ANNEX

I.   
The following entries are added to the list set out in Section A (Persons) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP:









 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘275.


Major General Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun


Born: 1957; Place of birth: Idleb;
Gender: male


Minister of Interior.
Appointed in November 2018.


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276.


Mohammad Rami Radwan Martini


Born: 1970; Place of birth: Aleppo;
Gender: male


Minister of Tourism.
Appointed in November 2018.


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277.


Imad Muwaffaq al-Azab


Born: 1970; Place of birth: Damascus Countryside;
Gender: male


Minister of Education.
Appointed in November 2018.


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278.


Bassam Bashir Ibrahim


Born: 1960; Place of birth: Hama;
Gender: male


Minister of Higher Education.
Appointed in November 2018.


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279.


Suhail Mohammad Abdullatif


Born: 1961; Place of birth: Lattakia;
Gender: male


Minister of Public Works and Housing.
Appointed in November 2018.


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280.


Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib


Born: 1974; Place of birth: Damascus;
Gender: male


Minister of Communications and Technology.
Appointed in November 2018.


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281.


Mohammad Maen Zein-al-Abidin Jazba


Born: 1962; Place of birth: Aleppo;
Gender: male


Minister of Industry.
Appointed in November 2018.


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II.   
In Section A (Persons) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, the following entries are replaced as follows:









 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘74.


Mohammad Walid Ghazal


Born: 1951; Place of birth: Aleppo;
Gender: male


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


21.10.2014




107.


Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Sha'ar


Born: 1956; Place of birth: Aleppo;
Gender: male


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


1.12.2011




172.


Ali Hadar


Gender: male


Head of the National Reconciliation Agency and former State Minister for National Reconciliation Affairs. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.


16.10.2012




188.


Bishr Riyad Yazigi


Born: 1972;
Gender: male


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


24.6.2014




190.


Hussein Arnous (a.k.a. Arnus)


Born: 1953;
Gender: male


Water Resources Minister. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.


24.6.2014




213.


Bishr al-Sabban (a.k.a Mohammed Bishr Al-Sabban; Bishr Mazin Al-Sabban)


Gender: male


Former Governor of Damascus, who was appointed by, and is associated with, Bashar al-Assad. Supports the regime and is responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, including engaging in discriminatory practices against Sunni communities within the capital.


28.10.2016




217.


Atef Naddaf


Born: 1956; Place of birth: Damascus Countryside;
Gender: male


Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.
Appointed in November 2018.


14.11.2016




219.


Ali Al-Zafir


Born: 1962; Place of birth: Tartous;
Gender: male


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


14.11.2016’