Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1651
of 6 November 2020
implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against 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 against Syria 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 the recent ministerial appointments, eight persons should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.
(3)
Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as set out in 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, 6 November 2020.
For the Council
The President
M. Roth
ANNEX
The following entries are added to the list set out in Section A (‘Persons’) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP:
| Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing
‘303. | Bassam TOU’MA (a.k.a. TU’MA) (بسامطعمة) | Date of birth: 1969 Place of birth: Safita, Syria Gender: Male | Minister of oil and mineral resources. Appointed in August 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population. | 6.11.2020
304. | Hassan GHABACHE (a.k.a. GHOBASH, AL-GHABBASH) (حسنغباشة) | Date of birth: 1971 Place of birth: Damascus, Syria Gender: Male | Minister of health. Appointed in August 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population. | 6.11.2020
305. | Ziyad SABBAGH (زيادصباغ) | Date of birth: 1960 Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria Gender: Male | Minister of Industry. Appointed in August 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population. | 6.11.2020
306. | Mohammad Hassan QATANA (حسنقطانة) | Place of birth: Damascus, Syria Gender: Male | Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian reform. Appointed in August 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population. | 6.11.2020
307. | Ghassan ZAMEL (a.k.a. AL-ZAMIL, AL-ZAMEL) (غسانزامل) | Date of birth: 1963 Place of birth: Damascus, Syria Gender: Male | Minister of Electricity. Appointed in August 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population. | 6.11.2020
308. | Mohamad (a.k.a. Mohammad) Fayez BARCHA (a.k.a. AL-BARSHA, AL-BARASHA) (محمدفايزبرشة) | Date of birth: 1955 Place of birth: Damascus, Syria Gender: Male | Minister of State. Appointed in August 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population. | 6.11.2020
309. | Malloul (a.k.a. Maloul) HUSSEIN (a.k.a. AL-HUSSEIN) (ملولحسين) | Date of birth: 1950 Place of birth: Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria; Gender: Male | Minister of State. Appointed in August 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population. | 6.11.2020
310. | Mohammad Samir HADDAD (محمدسميرحداد) | Date of birth: 1956 Place of birth: Tartous, Syria Gender: Male | Minister of State. Appointed in August 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population. | 6.11.2020’
OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.