CELEX: 32021D1984
Language: en
Date: 2021-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/1984 of 15 November 2021 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

15.11.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  LI 402/5
               
            
         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.
                                 
                                 
                                    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.
                                 
                                 
                                    15.11.2021’
                                 
                              
                  
                        (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’