CELEX: 32015D0784
Language: en
Date: 2015-05-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/784 of 19 May 2015 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

20.5.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 124/13
            
         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2015/784
   of 19 May 2015
   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,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The information relating to four persons and two entities set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated and a specific entry should be made for one entity.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Annex I to 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 day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
   
      Done at Brussels, 19 May 2015.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         E. RINKĒVIČS
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.
   
      ANNEX
      The entries concerning the persons and entities listed below, as set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, are replaced by the following entries:
      A.   Persons
      
      
                   
               
               
                  Name
               
               
                  Identifying information
               
               
                  Reasons
               
               
                  Date of listing
               
            
                  182.
               
               
                  Amr Armanazi (a.k.a. Amr Muhammad Najib Al-Armanazi, Amr Najib Armanazi, Amrou Al-Armanazy)
               
               
                  Date of birth:
                  7 February 1944
               
               
                  Director-General of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC), responsible for providing support to the Syrian army for the acquisition of equipment used for the surveillance and repression of demonstrators. Also responsible for the development and production of non-conventional weapons, including chemical weapons, and the missiles to deliver them.
                  Responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population; supports the regime.
               
               
                  23.7.2014
               
            
                  201.
               
               
                  Wael Abdulkarim
                  (a.k.a. Wael Al Karim)
               
               
                  Address: Pangates International Corp Ltd, PO Box Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, United Arab Emirates
                  Al Karim for Trade and Industry, PO Box 111, 5797 Damascus, Syria
               
               
                  Managing Director of the designated entity Pangates International Corp Ltd, which acts as an intermediary in the supply of oil to the Syrian regime.
                  As Managing Director of Pangates, Wael Abdulkarim provides support to, and benefits from, the Syrian regime. He also holds a senior position in the designated entity Al Karim Group, which is Pangates' parent company.
                  As a result of his senior positions in Pangates and Al Karim Group, he is also associated with these designated entities.
               
               
                  7.3.2015
               
            
                  202.
               
               
                  Ahmad Barqawi
                  (a.k.a. Ahmed Barqawi)
               
               
                  Address: Pangates International Corp Ltd, PO Box Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, United Arab Emirates
                  
                              Al Karim for Trade and Industry,
                           
                        
                              PO Box 111,
                           
                        
                              5797 Damascus, Syria
                           
                        
               
                  General Manager of Pangates International Corp Ltd, which acts as an intermediary in the supply of oil to the Syrian regime, and manager of Al Karim Group. Both Pangates International and Al Karim Group have been designated by the Council.
                  As General Manager of Pangates and a manager of Pangates' parent company, Al Karim Group, Ahmad Barqawi provides support to, and benefits from the Syrian regime. Given his senior position in Pangates and Al Karim Group, he is also associated with the designated entities Pangates International and Al Karim Group.
               
               
                  7.3.2015
               
            
                  205.
               
               
                  Samir Hamsho
                  (a.k.a. Samer; Sameer; Hmisho; Hamchu; Hamcho; Hamisho; Hmeisho; Hemasho, Hmicho)
               
               
                  Date of birth:
                  1 March 1972
                  Syrian passport
                  No N008803455
                  Brazilian passport
                  No YA056959
                  Address:
                  
                              Hamsho Building
                           
                        
                              31 Baghdad Street
                           
                        
                              Damascus,
                           
                        
                              Syria
                           
                        Address:
                  
                              16 Martello Road
                           
                        
                              Poole
                           
                        
                              BH13 7DH
                           
                        
                              United Kingdom
                           
                        Address:
                  
                              290, Qura Al Assad
                           
                        
                              Damascus,
                           
                        
                              Syria
                           
                        
               
                  Samir Hamsho is a prominent Syrian businessman benefiting from and supporting the regime. He is the owner and chairman of Al Buroj and Syria Steel/Hmisho Steel, subsidiaries of Hamsho Trading, a subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been designated by the Council.
                  Appointed to the Homs Chamber of Commerce in March 2014 by the Minister of Industry.
                  Therefore, he provides support to the Syrian regime and benefits from his connections with the regime.
                  He is also associated with the designated entities Hamsho International, Syria Steel SA and Al Buroj Trading.
               
               
                  7.3.2015
               
            B.   Entities
      
      
                   
               
               
                  Name
               
               
                  Identifying information
               
               
                  Reasons
               
               
                  Date of listing
               
            
                  21.
               
               
                  Centre d'études et de recherches syrien (CERS)
                  (a.k.a. Centre d'Etude et de Recherche Scientifique (CERS); Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC); Centre de Recherche de Kaboun)
               
               
                  
                              Barzeh Street,
                           
                        
                              Po Box 4470,
                           
                        
                              Damas
                           
                        
               
                  Provides support to the Syrian army for the acquisition of equipment used for the surveillance and repression of demonstrators.
                  It is the government entity responsible for developing and producing non-conventional weapons, including chemical weapons, and the missiles to deliver them.
               
               
                  1.12.2011
               
            
                  55.
               
               
                  Tri-Ocean Trading
               
               
                  
                              George Town, Cayman Islands
                           
                        
                              Resident at 35b Corniche El Nile, Cairo, Egypt
                           
                        
               
                  Subsidiary of Tri-Ocean Energy which has been designated by the Council. With its parent company Tri-Ocean Energy, benefits from and supports the Syrian regime by organising covert shipments to the Syrian regime. As a subsidiary of Tri-Ocean Energy, Tri-Ocean Trading is also associated with a designated entity.
               
               
                  23.7.2014
               
            
                  55a.
               
               
                  Tri-Ocean Energy
               
               
                  35b Saray El Maadi Tower, Corniche El Nile, Cairo, Egypt, Postal Code 11431 P.O.Box 1313 Maadi
               
               
                  Providing support to the Syrian regime and benefiting from the regime by organising covert shipments of oil to the Syrian regime.
               
               
                  23.7.2014