title: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/350 of 4 March 2019 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

text:
                  4.3.2019

                  EN

                  Official Journal of the European Union

                  LI 63/1

         COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/350
         of 4 March 2019
         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 the recent ministerial appointments and gubernatorial changes, seven persons should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012. The information relating to eight persons set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated.

                     (3)

                     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 as set out in 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, 4 March 2019.

                  For the Council

                  The President

               A. ANTON

            (1)  OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

            ANNEX

               I.
               The following persons are added to the list set out in Section A (Persons) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012:

                           Name

                           Identifying information

                           Reasons

                           Date of listing

                           ‘275.

                           Major General Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun

                           Born: 1957; Place of birth: Idleb;
                           Gender: male

                           Minister of Interior.
                           Appointed in November 2018.

                           4.3.2019

                           276.

                           Mohammad Rami Radwan Martini

                           Born: 1970; Place of birth: Aleppo;
                           Gender: male

                           Minister of Tourism.
                           Appointed in November 2018.

                           4.3.2019

                           277.

                           Imad Muwaffaq al-Azab

                           Born: 1970; Place of birth: Damascus Contryside;
                           Gender: male

                           Minister of Education.
                           Appointed in November 2018.

                           4.3.2019

                           278.

                           Bassam Bashir Ibrahim

                           Born: 1960; Place of birth: Hama;
                           Gender: male

                           Minister of Higher Education.
                           Appointed in November 2018.

                           4.3.2019

                           279.

                           Suhail Mohammad Abdullatif

                           Born: 1961; Place of birth: Lattakia;
                           Gender: male

                           Minister of Public Works and Housing.
                           Appointed in November 2018.

                           4.3.2019

                           280.

                           Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib

                           Born: 1974; Place of birth: Damascus;
                           Gender: male

                           Minister of Communications and Technology.
                           Appointed in November 2018.

                           4.3.2019

                           281.

                           Mohammad Maen Zein-al-Abidin Jazba

                           Born: 1962; Place of birth: Aleppo;
                           Gender: male

                           Minister of Industry.
                           Appointed in November 2018.

                           4.3.2019’

               II.
               In Section A (Persons) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, the following entries are replaced as follows:

                           Name

                           Identifying information

                           Reasons

                           Date of listing

                           ‘74.

                           Mohammad Walid Ghazal

                           Born: 1951; Place of birth: Aleppo;
                           Gender: male

                           Former Minister of Housing and Urban Development. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.

                           21.10.2014

                           107.

                           Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Sha'ar

                           Born: 1956; Place of birth: Aleppo;
                           Gender: male

                           Former Minister of Interior. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.

                           1.12.2011

                           172.

                           Ali Hadar

                           Gender: male

                           Head of the National Reconciliation Agency and former State Minister for National Reconciliation Affairs. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.

                           16.10.2012

                           188.

                           Bishr Riyad Yazigi

                           Born: 1972;
                           Gender: male

                           Former Minister of Tourism. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.

                           24.6.2014

                           190.

                           Hussein Arnous (a.k.a. Arnus)

                           Born: 1953;
                           Gender: male

                           Water Resources Minister. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.

                           24.6.2014

                           213.

                           Bishr al-Sabban (a.k.a Mohammed Bishr Al-Sabban; Bishr Mazin Al-Sabban)

                           Gender: male

                           Former Governor of Damascus, who was appointed by, and is associated with, Bashar al-Assad. Supports the regime and is responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, including engaging in discriminatory practices against Sunni communities within the capital.

                           28.10.2016

                           217.

                           Atef Naddaf

                           Born: 1956; Place of birth: Damascus Countryside;
                           Gender: male

                           Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.
                           Appointed in November 2018.

                           14.11.2016

                           219.

                           Ali Al-Zafir

                           Born: 1962; Place of birth: Tartous;
                           Gender: male

                           Former Minister of Communications and Technology. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.

                           14.11.2016’