CELEX: 32011R0755
Language: en
Date: 2011-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 755/2011 of 1 August 2011 implementing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

2.8.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 199/33
            
         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 755/2011
   of 1 August 2011
   implementing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 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 442/2011 of 9 May 2011 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 442/2011.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria and in accordance with Council Implementing Decision 2011/488/CFSP of 1 August 2011 implementing Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (2), additional 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 442/2011,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The persons listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 442/2011.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 1 August 2011.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         M. DOWGIELEWICZ
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 121, 10.5.2011, p. 1.
   
      (2)  See page 74 of this Official Journal.
   
      ANNEX
      
         Persons referred to in Article 1
      
      A.   Persons
      
      
                   
               
               
                  Name
               
               
                  Identifying information (date of birth, place of birth…)
               
               
                  Reasons
               
               
                  Date of listing
               
            
                  1.
               
               
                  Mr Mohammad Mufleh
               
               
                   
               
               
                  Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in the town of Hama, involved in the crackdown on demonstrators.
               
               
                  1.8.2011
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Major General Tawfiq Younes
               
               
                   
               
               
                  Head of the Department for Internal Security of the General Intelligence Directorate; involved in violence against the civilian population.
               
               
                  1.8.2011
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Mr Mohammed Makhlouf (a.k.a. Abu Rami)
               
               
                  Born in Latakia, Syria, 19.10.1932
               
               
                  Close associate and maternal uncle of Bashar and Mahir al-Assad. Business associate and father of Rami, Ihab and Iyad Makhlouf.
               
               
                  1.8.2011
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Ayman Jabir
               
               
                  Born Latakia
               
               
                  Associate of Mahir al-Assad for the Shabiha militia. Directly involved in repression and violence against the civilian population and co-ordination of Shabiha militia groups
               
               
                  1.8.2011
               
            
                  5.
               
               
                  General Ali Habib Mahmoud
               
               
                  Born Tartous, 1939. Appointed Minister of Defence 3 June 2009
               
               
                  Minister of Defence. Responsible for conduct and operations of Syrian Armed Forces involved in repression and violence against the civilian population
               
               
                  1.8.2011