CELEX: 32017D0917
Language: en
Date: 2017-05-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/917 of 29 May 2017 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

30.5.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 139/62
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2017/917
   of 29 May 2017
   amending 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 29 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 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               On 27 May 2016, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2016/850 (2), extending the restrictive measures set out in Decision 2013/255/CFSP until 1 June 2017.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               On the basis of a review of Decision 2013/255/CFSP, the restrictive measures should be further extended until 1 June 2018.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The entries for certain persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated and amended.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Decision 2013/255/CFSP and Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Article 34 of Decision 2013/255/CFSP is replaced by the following:
   
      ‘Article 34
      This Decision shall apply until 1 June 2018. It shall be kept under constant review. It may be renewed, or amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’.
   
   Article 2
   Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
   Article 3
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      Done at Brussels, 29 May 2017.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         C. CARDONA
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.
   
      (2)  Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/850 of 27 May 2016 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ L 141, 28.5.2016, p. 125).
   
      ANNEX
      Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  In Part A (‘Persons’), the following entries replace the entries concerning the persons listed below:
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              Name
                           
                           
                              Identifying information
                           
                           
                              Reasons
                           
                           
                              Date of listing
                           
                        
                              ‘13.
                           
                           Munzir (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Mundhir, Monzer) Jamil Al-Assad (
                                 )
                           
                              Date of birth: 1 March 1961;
                              Place of birth: Kerdaha, Latakia Province;
                              Passports No 86449 and No 842781
                           
                           
                              Involved in violence against the civilian population as part of the Shabiha militia.
                           
                           
                              9.5.2011
                           
                        
                              37.
                           
                           Brigadier-General Rafiq (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Rafeeq) Shahadah (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Shahada, Shahade, Shahadeh, Chahada, Chahade, Chahadeh, Chahada)
                           
                              Place of birth: Jablah, Latakia Province
                           
                           
                              Former Head of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) Branch 293 (Internal Affairs) in Damascus. Directly involved in repression and violence against the civilian population in Damascus. Advisor to President Bashar Al-Assad for strategic questions and military intelligence.
                           
                           
                              23.8.2011
                           
                        
                              53.
                           
                           Adib (
                                 ) Mayaleh (
                                 ) (a.k.a. André Mayard)
                           
                              Born: 15 May 1955;
                              Place of birth: Bassir
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade in power after May 2011 (appointed in July 2016). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. Adib Mayaleh was also responsible for providing economic and financial support to the Syrian regime through his former functions as the Governor of the Central Bank of Syria.
                           
                           
                              15.5.2012
                           
                        
                              59.
                           
                           General Ghassan (
                                 ) Belal (
                                 )
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              General in command of the 4th Division reserve bureau. Adviser to Maher al-Assad and coordinator of security operations. Responsible for the crackdown on the civilian population across Syria and involved in several breaches of cessation of hostilities in the Ghouta.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2011
                           
                        
                              66.
                           
                           Kifah (
                                 ) Moulhem (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Moulhim, Mulhem, Mulhim)
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Former batallion Commander in the 4th Division. Appointed deputy head of the Military Intelligence Division in July 2015. Responsible for the crackdown on the civilian population in Deir ez-Zor.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2011
                           
                        
                              106.
                           
                           Dr Wael (
                                 ) Nader (
                                 ) Al –Halqi (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Al-Halki)
                           
                              Born: 1964;
                              Place of birth: Dara'a Province
                           
                           
                              Former Prime Minister, in office until 3 July 2016, and former Minister of Health. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              27.2.2012
                           
                        
                              109.
                           
                           Imad (
                                 ) Mohammad (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed) Deeb Khamis (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Imad Mohammad Dib Khamees)
                           
                              Date of birth: 1 August 1961;
                              Place of birth: near Damascus
                           
                           
                              Prime Minister and former Minister of Electricity. As Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              23.3.2012
                           
                        
                              110.
                           
                           Omar (
                                 ) Ibrahim (
                                 ) Ghalawanji (
                                 )
                           
                              Born: 1954;
                              Place of birth: Tartous
                           
                           
                              Former Vice Prime Minister for Services Affairs, former Minister of Local Administration, in office until 3 July 2016. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              23.3.2012
                           
                        
                              117.
                           
                           Adnan (
                                 ) Hassan (
                                 ) Mahmoud (
                                 )
                           
                              Born: 1966;
                              Place of birth: Tartous
                           
                           
                              Syrian Ambassador to Iran. Former Minister of Information in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              23.9.2011
                           
                        
                              157.
                           
                           Eng. Bassam (
                                 ) Hanna (
                                 )
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Water Resources in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              162.
                           
                           Dr Mahmoud (
                                 ) Ibraheem (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Ibrahim) Sa'iid (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Said, Sa'eed, Saeed)
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Transport in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              166.
                           
                           Dr Lubana (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Lubanah) Mushaweh (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Mshaweh, Mshawweh, Mushawweh)
                           
                              Born 1955;
                              place of birth Damascus
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Culture in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              168.
                           
                           Omran (
                                 ) Ahed (
                                 ) Al Zu'bi (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Al Zoubi, Al Zo'bi, Al Zou'bi)
                           
                              Born 27 September 1959;
                              Place of birth Damascus
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Information in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              170.
                           
                           Najm (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Nejm) Hamad (
                                 ) Al Ahmad (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Al-Ahmed)
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Justice in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              171.
                           
                           Dr Abdul- Salam (
                                 
                              
                                 ) Al Nayef (
                                 )
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Health in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              173.
                           
                           Dr Nazeera (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Nazira, Nadheera, Nadhira) Farah (
                                 ) Sarkees (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Sarkis)
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Former State Minister for Environmental Affairs, in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              176.
                           
                           Abdullah (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Abdallah) Khaleel (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Khalil) Hussein (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Hussain)
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Former State Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              177.
                           
                           Jamal (
                                 ) Sha'ban (
                                 ) (a.k.a. Shaaban) Shaheen (
                                 )
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Former State Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              16.10.2012
                           
                        
                              181.
                           
                           
                              Suleiman Al Abbas
                           
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Former Oil and Mineral Resources Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the violent repression of the Syrian people.
                           
                           
                              24.6.2014
                           
                        
                              182.
                           
                           
                              Kamal Eddin Tu'ma
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1959
                           
                           
                              Former Industry Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              24.6.2014
                           
                        
                              183.
                           
                           
                              Kinda al-Shammat (a.k.a. Shmat)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1973
                           
                           
                              Former Social Affairs Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              24.6.2014
                           
                        
                              184.
                           
                           
                              Hassan Hijazi
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1964
                           
                           
                              Former Minister for Labour in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              24.6.2014
                           
                        
                              185.
                           
                           
                              Ismael Ismael (a.k.a. Ismail Ismail, or Isma'Il Isma'il)
                           
                           
                              Born: 1955
                           
                           
                              Former Finance Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              24.6.2014
                           
                        
                              186.
                           
                           
                              Dr Khodr Orfali (a.k.a. Khud/Khudr Urfali/Orphaly)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1956
                           
                           
                              Former Economy and Foreign Trade Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              24.6.2014
                           
                        
                              187.
                           
                           
                              Samir Izzat Qadi Amin
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1966
                           
                           
                              Former Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              24.6.2014
                           
                        
                              189.
                           
                           
                              Dr Malek Ali (a.k.a. Malik)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1956
                           
                           
                              Former Higher Education Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              24.6.2014
                           
                        
                              191.
                           
                           
                              Dr Hassib Elias Shammas (a.k.a. Hasib)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1957
                           
                           
                              Former State Minister in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              24.6.2014
                           
                        
                              1.
                           
                           
                              Houmam Jaza'iri (a.k.a. Humam al-Jazaeri, Hammam al-Jazairi)
                           
                           
                              Born: 1977
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the violent repression of the Syrian people.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              2.
                           
                           
                              Mohamad Amer Mardini (a.k.a. Mohammad Amer Mardini)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1959;
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Higher Education in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              3.
                           
                           
                              Mohamad Ghazi Jalali (a.k.a. Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1969;
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Communications and Technology in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              4.
                           
                           
                              Kamal Cheikha (a.k.a. Kamal al-Sheikha)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1961;
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Water Resources in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              5.
                           
                           
                              Hassan Nouri (a.k.a. Hassan al-Nouri)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 9.2.1960
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Administrative Development in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              7.
                           
                           
                              Khalaf Souleymane Abdallah (a.k.a. Khalaf Sleiman al-Abdullah)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1960;
                              Place of birth: Deir ez-Zor
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Labour in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              9.
                           
                           
                              Hassan Safiyeh (a.k.a. Hassan Safiye)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1949;
                              Place of birth: Latakia
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              10.
                           
                           
                              Issam Khalil
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1965;
                              Place of birth: Banias
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of Culture in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              11.
                           
                           
                              Mohammad Mouti' Mouayyad (a.k.a. Mohammad Muti'a Moayyad)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1968;
                              Place of birth: Ariha (Idlib)
                           
                           
                              Former State Minister in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              12.
                           
                           
                              Ghazwan Kheir Bek (a.k.a. Ghazqan Kheir Bek)
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1961;
                              Place of birth: Latakia
                           
                           
                              Former Minister of transport in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
                           
                           
                              21.10.2014
                           
                        
                              217.
                           
                           Atef Naddaf
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1956;
                              Place of birth: Damascus Countryside
                           
                           
                              Higher Education Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              218.
                           
                           Hussein Makhlouf (a.k.a. Makhluf)
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1964;
                              Place of birth: Lattakia;
                              Former Governor of Damascus Governorate
                           
                           
                              Local Administration Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                              Cousin of Rami Makhlouf.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              219.
                           
                           Ali Al-Zafir (a.k.a. al-Dafeer)
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1962;
                              Place of birth: Tartous
                           
                           
                              Communications and Technology Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              220.
                           
                           Ali Ghanem
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1963;
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              221.
                           
                           Mohammed (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammad) Ramez Tourjman (a.k.a. Tourjuman) (
                                 )
                           
                              Date of birth: 1966;
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              Information Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              222.
                           
                           Mohammed (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammad) al-Ahmed (a.k.a. al-Ahmad)
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1961;
                              Place of birth: Lattakia
                           
                           
                              Culture Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              223.
                           
                           Ali Hamoud (a.k.a. Hammoud)
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1964;
                              Place of birth: Tartous
                           
                           
                              Transport Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              224.
                           
                           Mohammed Zuhair (a.k.a. Zahir) Kharboutli
                                 
                           
                           
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              Electricity Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              225.
                           
                           Maamoun (a.k.a. Ma'moun) Hamdan
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1958;
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              Finance Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              226.
                           
                           Nabil al-Hasan (a.k.a. al-Hassan)
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1963;
                              Place of birth: Aleppo
                           
                           
                              Minister of Water Resources.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              227.
                           
                           Ahmad al-Hamu (a.k.a. al-Hamo)
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1947
                           
                           
                              Minister for Industry.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              228.
                           
                           Abdullah al-Gharbi (a.k.a. al-Qirbi)
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1962;
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              229.
                           
                           Abdullah Abdullah (
                                 )
                           
                              Date of birth: 1956
                           
                           
                              State Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              230.
                           
                           Salwa Abdullah
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1953;
                              Place of birth: Quneitra
                           
                           
                              State Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              231.
                           
                           Rafe'a Abu Sa'ad (a.k.a. Saad)
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1954;
                              Place of birth: Habran village (Sweida province)
                           
                           
                              State Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              232.
                           
                           Wafiqa Hosni
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1952;
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              State Minister.
                              Appointed in July 2016.
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              233.
                           
                           Rima Al-Qadiri (a.k.a. Al-Kadiri)
                                 
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1963;
                              Place of birth: Damascus
                           
                           
                              Minister for Social Affairs (since August 2015).
                           
                           
                              14.11.2016
                           
                        
                              236.
                           
                           Saji' Darwish (a.k.a. Saji Jamil Darwish; Sajee Darwish; Sjaa Darwis) (
                                 )
                           
                              Date of birth: 11 January 1957;
                              Rank: Major General, Syrian Arab Air Force
                           
                           
                              Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and Commander of the 22nd Division of the Syrian Arab Air Force, in post after May 2011.
                              Operates in the chemical weapons proliferation sector and is responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population: as a senior ranking officer of the Syrian Arab Air Force and Commander of the 22nd Division he holds responsibility for the use of chemical weapons by aircraft operating from airbases under the control of the 22nd Division, including the attack on Talmenes that the Joint Investigative Mechanism reported was conducted by Hama airfield-based regime helicopters.
                           
                           
                              21.3.2017’
                           
                        
            
                  2.
               
               
                  In Part A (‘Persons’), the following entries concerning the persons listed below are inserted:
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              Name
                           
                           
                              Identifying information
                           
                           
                              Reasons
                           
                           
                              Date of listing
                           
                        
                              ‘239.
                           
                           
                              Hisham Mohammad Mamdouh al-Sha'ar
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1958;
                              Place of birth: Damascus (Syria)
                           
                           
                              Justice Minister. Appointed in March 2017.
                           
                           
                              30.5.2017
                           
                        
                              240.
                           
                           
                              Mohammad Samer Abdelrahman al-Khalil
                           
                           
                               
                           
                           
                              Economy and Foreign Trade. Minister. Appointed in March 2017.
                           
                           
                              30.5.2017
                           
                        
                              241.
                           
                           
                              Salam Mohammad al-Saffaf
                           
                           
                              Date of birth: 1979
                           
                           
                              Administrative Development Minister. Appointed in March 2017.
                           
                           
                              30.5.2017’
                           
                        
            
                  3.
               
               
                  In Part B (‘Entities’), the following entry replaces the entry concerning the entity listed below:
                  
                               
                           
                           
                              Name
                           
                           
                              Identifying information
                           
                           
                              Reasons
                           
                           
                              Date of listing
                           
                        
                              ‘36.
                           
                           
                              Ebla Petroleum Company a.k.a. Ebco
                           
                           
                              
                                          Head Office Mazzeh Villat Ghabia Dar Es Saada 16,
                                       
                                    
                                          P.O. Box 9120,
                                       
                                    
                                          Damascus, Syria;
                                       
                                    
                                          Tel: +963 116691100
                                       
                                    
                           
                              Joint venture of GPC. Provides financial support to the regime.
                           
                           
                              23.1.2012’