Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/1984 of 15 November 2021 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
Date: 2021-11-15
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) 2021/1984
of 15 November 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)


In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, and considering the recent changes in the Syrian Government, four 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 five persons already listed 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, 15 November 2021.


For the Council


The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            





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




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


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘312.


Amr SALEM
(عمرو سالم)


Date of birth: January 1958;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male


Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. Appointed in August 2021.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


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313.


Boutros AL-HALLAQ
(بطرس الحلاق)


Place of birth: Damascus countryside, Syria;
Gender: male


Minister of information. Appointed in August 2021.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


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314.


Mohammad SEIFEDDINE
(a.k.a. Seif Eddin, Seif El Din)
(محمد سيف الدين)


Gender: male


Minister of Labour and social affairs. Appointed in August 2021.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


15.11.2021




315.


Diala BARAKAT
(ديالا بركات)


Date of birth: 1980;
Gender: female


Minister of State. Appointed in August 2021.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


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(2)


in Section A (‘Persons’), the following entries are replaced as follows:









 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘167.


Dr Jassem Mohammad ZAKARIA
(a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed, Jasem)


Date of birth: 1968
Gender: male;


Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


16.10.2012




229.


Abdullah ABDULLAH
(عبدالله عبدالله)


Date of birth: 1956;
Gender: male


Minister of State. Appointed in August 2021.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


14.11.2016




259.


Imad Abdullah SARA
(عماد عبدالله صارة)


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


Former Minister of Information. Appointed in January 2018.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


26.2.2018




296.


Talal AL-BARAZI (a.k.a. Barazi)
(طلال البرازي)


Date of birth: 1963;
Place of birth: Hama city, Syria;
Gender: male


Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


16.10.2020




309.


Malloul (a.k.a. Maloul) HUSSEIN (a.k.a. AL-HUSSEIN)
(ملول حسين)


Date of birth: 1950;
Place of birth: Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria;
Gender: male


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


6.11.2020’