1Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2024/2933 of 25 November 2024 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2024/2933 of 25 November 2024 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in 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 in view of the situation in Syria OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14. , and in particular Article 30(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Whereas: (1) On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP. (2) In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, and considering recent changes in the Syrian Government, three persons should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP. (3) The information related to one person listed in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated. (4) Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 25 November 2024. For the Council The President Hankó B.

Annex

ANNEX Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows: (1) the following entries are added to the list set out in section A. Persons: NameIdentifying informationReasonsDate of listing359. Louai Emad El-Din al-MUNAJJID لؤي عماد الدين المنجد Nationality: Syrian; Gender: male Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. Appointed in September 2024. Former Minister of Social Affairs and Labor. As a Government Minister, Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 25.11.2024360. Firas Hassan QADDOUR فيراس حسان قدور Date of birth: 1962; Place of birth: Damascus; Nationality: Syrian; Gender: male Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. Appointed in March 2023 and re-appointed in September 2024. As a Government Minister, Firas Hassan Qaddour shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 25.11.2024361. Ahmed Mohammad BUSTAJI أحمد بوسته جي Place of birth: Idleb; Nationality: Syrian; Gender: male Minister of State. Appointed in March 2023 and re-appointed in September 2024. As a Government Minister, Ahmed Mohammad Bustaji shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. 25.11.2024; (2) in section A. Persons, entry 30 is replaced by the following: NameIdentifying informationReasonsDate of listing30. Mohammad (a.k.a. Muhammad, Mohamed, Mohammed, Muhamad) al-MUFLEH (a.k.a. al-Muflih) Date of birth: before 1964 Gender: male Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in the town of Hama; involved in the crackdown on demonstrators.1.8.2011.