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Document 32012R0410

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 410/2012 of 14 May 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

OJ L 126, 15.5.2012, p. 3–5 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 18 Volume 009 P. 267 - 269

Legal status of the document In force

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2012/410/oj

15.5.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 126/3

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 410/2012

of 14 May 2012

implementing Article 32(1) of 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 Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

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 in accordance with Council Implementing Decision 2012/256/CFSP of 14 May 2012 implementing Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (2), additional persons and entities should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

(3)

In addition, the information relating to three persons listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated, and the listing for one person should be removed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The persons and entities listed in Annex I to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

Article 2

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 shall be amended as set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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, 14 May 2012.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

(1)  OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

(2)  See page 9 of this Official Journal.

ANNEX I

Persons and entities referred to in Article 1

Persons

 

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Adib Mayaleh

Born 1955, Daraa

Adib Mayaleh is responsible for providing economic and financial support to the Syrian regime through his functions as the Governor of the Central Bank of Syria.

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2.

Salim Altoun, a.k.a. Saleem Altoun, a.k.a. Abu Shaker

Chairman and CEO of Altoun Group

Born 1940 in Caracas, Venzuela

He has Venezuelan citizenship, identification number 028173131 (probably in possession of Venezuelan passport).

He has a Lebanese residence and work permit number: 1486/2011

Provides financial support to the regime. Involved in a scheme through Altoun Group to export Syrian oil with the listed company Sytrol in order to provide revenue to the regime.

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3.

Youssef Klizli

Assistant to Salim Altoun

Provides financial support to the regime. Assisted Salim Altoun in setting up a scheme through Altoun Group to export Syrian oil with the listed company Sytrol in order to provide revenue to the regime.

15.5.2012


Entities

 

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

General Organisation of Tobacco

Salhieh Street 616, Damascus, Syria

Provides financial support to the Syrian regime. The General Organisation of Tobacco is wholly owned by the Syrian state. The profits that the organisation makes, including through the sale of licenses to market foreign brands of tobacco and taxes levied on imports of foreign brands of tobacco are transferred to the Syrian state.

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2.

Altoun Group

Altoun Group

Maaraba Damascus Countryside

North Circular Highway

Damascus

Syria

tel.: 00963-11-5915685

Postal Box 30484

1987 US SIC Codes 6719

NACE Codes 7415

Provides financial support to the Syrian regime. The entity is involved in a scheme to export Syrian oil with the listed company Sytrol in order to provide revenue to the regime.

15.5.2012

ANNEX II

1.

The entries in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 for the persons named below shall be replaced by the entries set out below:

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Manal Al Assad (a.k.a. Manal Al Ahmad)

Born: 02.02.1970.

Place of Birth: Damascus

Passport number (Syrian): 0000000914

Maiden name: Al Jadaan

Spouse of Maher Al Assad, and as such benefiting from and closely associated with the regime.

23.3.2012

Issam Anbouba

President of Anbouba for Agricultural Industries Co.

Born 1952 in Homs, Syria

Providing financial support for the repressive apparatus and the paramilitary groups exerting violence against the civil population in Syria. Providing property (premises, warehouses) for improvised detention centers. Financial relations with high Syrian officials.

2.9.2011

Mazen al-Tabba

Born: 01.01.1958

Place of Birth: Damascus

Passport number (Syrian): 004415063 expires 06.05.2015

Business partner of Ihab Makhlouf and Nizar al-Assad (subjected to sanctions on 23/08/2011); co-owner, with Rami Makhlouf, of the Al-Diyar lil-Saraafa (a.k.a. Diar Electronic Services) currency exchange company, which supports the policy of the Central Bank of Syria.

23.3.2012

2.

The entry listed below shall be removed:

68.

Saqr Khayr Bek.
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