Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 55/2012
of 23 January 2012
implementing Article 33(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 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, and in particular Article 33(1) thereof,
OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.
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 2012/37/CFSP of 23 January 2012 implementing Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria, additional persons and entities should be included in the list of persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012,
See page 33 of this Official Journal.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.
Article 2 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, 23 January 2012.
For the Council
The President
C. Ashton
ANNEX

Persons and entities referred to in Article 1
	Name	Identifying information	Reasons	Date of listing
1.	Brigadier General Jawdat Ibrahim Safi	Commander of 154th Regiment	Ordered troops to shoot at protestors in and around Damascus, including Mo'adamiyeh, Douma, Abasiyeh, Duma.	23.1.2012
2.	Major General Muhammad Ali Durgham	Commander in 4th Division	Ordered troops to shoot at protestors in and around Damascus, including Mo'adamiyeh, Douma, Abasiyeh, Duma	23.1.2012
3.	Major General Ramadan Mahmoud Ramadan	Commander of 35th Special Forces Regiment	Ordered troops to shoot protestors in Baniyas and Deraa	23.1.2012
4.	Brigadier General Ahmed Yousef Jarad	Commander of 132nd Brigade	Ordered troops to shoot at protestors in Deraa, including the use of machine guns and anti-aircraft guns.	23.1.2012
5.	Major General Naim Jasem Suleiman	Commander of the 3rd Division	Gave orders to troops to shoot protestors in Douma.	23.1.2012
6.	Brigadier General Jihad Mohamed Sultan	Commander of 65th Brigade	Gave orders to troops to shoot protestors in Douma	23.1.2012
7.	Major General Fo'ad Hamoudeh	Commander of the military operations in Idlib	Gave orders to troops to shoot protestors in Idlib at the beginning of September 2011	23.1.2012
8.	Major General Bader Aqel	Special Forces Commander	Gave the soldiers orders to pick up the bodies and hand them over to the mukhabarat and responsible for the violence in Bukamal.	23.1.2012
9.	Brigadier General Ghassan Afif	Commander from the 45th Regiment	Commander of military operations in Homs, Baniyas and Idlib	23.1.2012
10.	Brigadier General Mohamed Maaruf	Commander from the 45th Regiment	Commander of military operations in Homs. Gave orders to shoot protestors in Homs.	23.1.2012
11.	Brigadier General Yousef Ismail	Commander of the 134th Brigade	Gave orders to troops to shoot at houses and people on roofs during a funeral in Talbiseh for protesters killed the previous day.	23.1.2012
12.	Brigadier General Jamal Yunes	Commander of the 555th Regiment.	Gave orders to troops to shoot at protestors in Mo'adamiyeh.	23.1.2012
13.	Brigadier General Mohsin Makhlouf		Gave orders to troops to shoot at protestors in Al-Herak.	23.1.2012
14.	Brigadier General Ali Dawwa		Gave orders to troops to shoot protestors in Al-Herak	23.1.2012
15.	Brigadier General Mohamed Khaddor	Commander of the 106th Brigade, Presidential Guard	Gave orders to troops to beat the protesters with sticks and then arrest them. Responsible for repression of peaceful protestors in Douma.	23.1.2012
16.	Major General Suheil Salman Hassan	Commander of 5th Division	Gave orders to troops to shoot at the protesters in Deraa Governorate.	23.1.2012
17.	Wafiq Nasser	Head of Suwayda Regional Branch (Department of Military Intelligence)	As Head of the Suwayda branch of the Department for Military Intelligence, responsible for arbitrary detention and torture of detainees in Suwayda.	23.1.2012
18.	Ahmed Dibe	Head of Deraa Regional Branch (General Security Directorate)	As Head of the Deraa Regional Branch of the General Security Directorate, responsible for arbitrary detention and torture of detainees in Deraa.	23.1.2012
19.	Makhmoud al-Khattib	Head of Investigative Branch (Political Security Directorate)	As Head of the Investigative Branch of the Political Security Directorate, responsible for detention and torture of detainees.	23.1.2012
20.	Mohamed Heikmat Ibrahim	Head of Operations Branch (Political Security Directorate)	As Head of the Operations Branch of the Political Security Directorate, responsible for detention and torture of detainees.	23.1.2012
21.	Nasser Al-Ali	Head of Deraa Regional Branch (Political Security Directorate)	As Head of the Deraa Regional Branch of the Political Security Directorate, responsible for detention and torture of detainees.	23.1.2012
22.	Mehran (or Mahran) Khwanda	Owner of transport company Qadmous Transport Co. Date of birth 11.05.1938 Passports: No 3298 858, expired 09.05.2004, No 001452904, expires 29.11.2011, No 006283523, expires 28.06.2017.	Provides logistical support to violent repression of civilian population in areas of operation of pro-government militias involved in violence (shabihas).	23.1.2012
23.	Industrial Bank	Dar Al Muhanisen Building, 7th Floor, Maysaloun Street, P.O. Box 7572 Damascus, Syria. Tel: +963 11-222-8200. +963 11-222-7910 Fax: +963 11-222-8412	State-owned bank. Provides financial support to the regime.	23.1.2012
24.	Popular Credit Bank	Dar Al Muhanisen Building, 6th Floor, Maysaloun Street, Damascus, Syria. Tel: +963 11-222-7604. +963 11-221-8376 Fax: +963 11-221-0124	State-owned bank. Provides financial support to the regime.	23.1.2012
25.	Saving Bank	Syria-Damascus – Merjah – Al-Furat St. P.O. Box: 5467 Fax: 224 4909 – 245 3471 Tel: 222 8403 e-mail: s.bank@scs-net.org post-gm@net.sy	State-owned bank. Provides financial support to the regime.	23.1.2012
26.	Agricultural Cooperative Bank	Agricultural Cooperative Bank Building, Damascus Tajhez, P.O. Box 4325, Damascus, Syria. Tel: +963 11-221-3462; +963 11-222-1393 Fax: +963 11-224-1261 Website: www.agrobank.org	State-owned bank. Provides financial support to the regime.	23.1.2012
27.	Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank	Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank Building, 6th Floor, Makdessi Street, Hamra, P.O. Box 11-8701, Beirut, Lebanaon. Tel: +961 1-741666 Fax: +961 1-738228; +961 1-753215; +961 1-736629 Website: www.slcb.com.lb	Subsidiary of the Commercial Bank of Syria already listed. Provides financial support to the regime.	23.1.2012
28.	Deir ez-Zur Petroleum Company	Dar Al Saadi Building 1st, 5th, and 6th Floor Zillat Street Mazza Area P.O. Box 9120 Damascus Syria Tel: +963 11-662-1175; +963 11-662-1400 Fax: +963 11-662-1848	Joint venture of GPC. Provides financial support to the regime.	23.1.2012
29.	Ebla Petroleum Company	Head Office Mazzeh Villat Ghabia Dar Es Saada 16 Damascus, Syria Tel: +963 116691100 P.O. Box 9120	Joint venture of GPC. Provides financial support to the regime.	23.1.2012
30.	Dijla Petroleum Company	Building No. 653 – 1st Floor, Daraa Highway, P.O. Box 81, Damascus, Syria	Joint venture of GPC. Provides financial support to the regime.	23.1.2012