Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1983 of 15 November 2021 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1983 of 15 November 2021 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 OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 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 changes in the Syrian Government, four 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 five persons already listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should also 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, 15 November 2021. For the Council The President J. Borrell Fontelles

Annex

ANNEX Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as follows: (1) The following persons are added to the list set out in Section A (Persons): NameIdentifying informationReasonsDate of listing312. Amr SALEM (عمرو سالم) Date of birth: January 1958; Place of birth: Damascus, Syria; Gender: male Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. Appointed in August 2021. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 15.11.2021313. Boutros AL-HALLAQ (بطرس الحلاق) Place of birth: Damascus countryside, Syria; Gender: male Minister of information. Appointed in August 2021. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 15.11.2021314. Mohammad SEIFEDDINE (a.k.a. Seif Eddin, Seif El Din) (محمد سيف الدين) Gender: male Minister of Labour and social affairs. Appointed in August 2021. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 15.11.2021315. Diala BARAKAT (ديالا بركات) Date of birth: 1980; Gender: female Minister of State. Appointed in August 2021. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 15.11.2021 (2) In Section A (Persons) the following entries are replaced as follows:

NameIdentifying informationReasonsDate of listing167. Dr Jassem Mohammad ZAKARIA (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed, Jasem) Date of birth: 1968 Gender: male; Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 16.10.2012 229. Abdullah ABDULLAH (عبدالله عبدالله) Date of birth: 1956; Gender: male Minister of State. Appointed in August 2021. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 14.11.2016259. Imad Abdullah SARA (عماد عبدالله صارة) Date of birth: 1968; Place of birth: Damascus, Syria; Gender: male Former Minister of Information. Appointed in January 2018. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 26.2.2018296. Talal AL-BARAZI (a.k.a. Barazi) (طلال البرازي) Date of birth: 1963; Place of birth: Hama city, Syria; Gender: male Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 16.10.2020309. Malloul (a.k.a. Maloul) HUSSEIN (a.k.a. AL-HUSSEIN) (ملول حسين) Date of birth: 1950; Place of birth: Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria; Gender: male Former Minister of State. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population. 6.11.2020