Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2934 of 25 November 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
Date: 2024-11-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Syria, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person




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2024/2934


25.11.2024







            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2934
         
of 25 November 2024
         
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 recent changes in the Syrian Government, three persons should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.












(3)


The information related to one person listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated.












(4)


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 in accordance with 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, 25 November 2024.


For the Council


The President


               HANKÓ B.





(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 entries are added to the list set out in section ‘A. Persons’:









 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘359.


Louai Emad El-Din al-MUNAJJID

لؤي عماد الدين المنجد



Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male


Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. Appointed in September 2024.
Former Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.
As a Government Minister, Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


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360.


Firas Hassan QADDOUR
فيراس حسان قدور


Date of birth: 1962;
Place of birth: Damascus;
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male


Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. Appointed in March 2023 and re-appointed in September 2024.
As a Government Minister, Firas Hassan Qaddour shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


25.11.2024




361.


Ahmed Mohammad BUSTAJI

أحمد بوسته جي



Place of birth: Idleb;
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male


Minister of State. Appointed in March 2023 and re-appointed in September 2024.
As a Government Minister, Ahmed Mohammad Bustaji shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.


25.11.2024’;














(2)


in section ‘A. Persons’, entry 30 is replaced by the following:









 


Name


Identifying information


Reasons


Date of listing




‘30.


Mohammad (a.k.a. Muhammad, Mohamed, Mohammed, Muhamad) al-MUFLEH (a.k.a. al-Muflih)







Date of birth: before 1964
Gender: male


Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in the town of Hama; involved in the crackdown on demonstrators.


1.8.2011’.











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