Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1983 of 15 November 2021 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in 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 REGULATION (EU) 2021/1983
of 15 November 2021
         
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(1) 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.












(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 II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012. The information relating to five persons already listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should also be updated.












(3)


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.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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, 15 November 2021.


For the Council


The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES
            





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




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






(1)


The following persons 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.


15.11.2021




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.


15.11.2021




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’