CHAPTER VII

GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 27
No claims, including for compensation or indemnification or any other claim of this kind, such as a claim of set-off, fines or claims under a guarantee, claims for extension or payment of a bond, financial guarantee, including claims arising from letters of credit and similar instruments in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which was affected, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the measures imposed by this Regulation, should be granted to the Government of Syria, its public bodies, corporations and agencies, or to any person or entity claiming through it or for its benefit.
Article 28
The prohibitions set out in this Regulation shall not give rise to any liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal person, entity or body concerned if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe the prohibition in question.
Article 29
1
Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall:
a
supply immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 14, to the competent authority in the Member State where they are resident or located, as indicated on the websites listed in Annex III, and shall transmit such information, either directly or through the Member States, to the Commission; and
b
cooperate with that competent authority in any verification of this information.
2
Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.
Article 30
Member States and the Commission shall immediately inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and shall supply each other with any other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information in respect of violation and enforcement problems and judgments handed down by national courts.
Article 31
The Commission shall be empowered to amend Annex III on the basis of information supplied by Member States.
Article 32
1
Where the Council decides to subject a natural or legal person, entity or body to the measures referred to in Article 14, it shall amend Annex II or Annex IIa accordingly.
2
The Council shall communicate its decision, including the grounds for listing, to the natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1, either directly, if the address is known, or through the publication of a notice, providing such natural or legal person, entity or body with an opportunity to present observations.
3
Where observations are submitted, or where substantial new evidence is presented, the Council shall review its decision and inform the natural or legal person, entity or body accordingly.
4
The lists in Annexes II and IIa shall be reviewed at regular intervals and at least every 12 months.
Article 33
1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2
Member States shall notify the Commission of those rules without delay after 19 January 2012 and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment.
Article 34
Where there is, in this Regulation, a requirement to notify, inform or otherwise communicate with the Commission, the address and other contact details to be used for such communication shall be those indicated in Annex III.
Article 35
This Regulation shall apply:
1. within the territory of the Union, including its airspace;
2. on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;
3. to any person inside or outside the territory of the Union who is a national of a Member State;
4. to any legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State;
5. to any legal person, entity or body in respect of any business done in whole or in part within the Union.
Article 36
Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 is repealed.
Article 37
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.