# Council Decision 2014/309/CFSP of 28 May 2014 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria EU Decision 2014/309 · adopted 28 May 2014 Council Decision 2014/309/CFSP of 28 May 2014 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria ## Introductory text Council Decision 2014/309/CFSP of 28 May 2014 amending 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 29 thereof, Whereas: (1) On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP. (2) The restrictive measures set out in Decision 2013/255/CFSP apply until 1 June 2014. On the basis of a review of that Decision, those restrictive measures should be extended until 1 June 2015. (3) Two persons and one entity should no longer be kept on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP. (4) The information relating to certain persons and entities listed in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated. (5) Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: ## 1 Decision 2013/255/CFSP is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 34 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 34 This Decision shall apply until 1 June 2015. It shall be kept under constant review. It may be renewed, or amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’; (2) Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision. ## 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. ## Signature Done at Brussels, 28 May 2014. For the Council The President E. Venizelos ## I.. The persons and entities listed below, as well as the related entries, are hereby deleted from the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP: A. Persons No 14. Asif Shawkat No 178. Sulieman Maarouf B. Entities No 45. Syria International Islamic Bank. II.. The entries concerning the persons listed below, as set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, are replaced by the following entries: Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 71. Bushra ( ) Al-Assad ( ) (a.k.a. Bushra Shawkat) Date of birth: 24.10.1960 Sister of Bashar Al-Assad and widow of Asif Shawkat, Deputy Chief of Staff for Security and Reconnaissance. Given the close personal relationship and intrinsic financial relationship to the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, she benefits from and is associated with the Syrian regime. 23.3.2012 108. Dr. Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed) Al-Jleilati ( ) Born: 1945; Place of birth: Damascus Former Minister of Finance. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 1.12.2011 152. Dr. Qadri ( ) (a.k.a. Kadri) Jamil ( ) (a.k.a. Jameel) Former Vice Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 156. Eng. Hala ( ) Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed) Al Nasser ( ) Former Minister of Tourism. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 158. Eng. Subhi ( ) Ahmad ( ) Al Abdallah ( ) (a.k.a. Al-Abdullah) Former Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 159. Dr. Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a. Muhammad, Mohamed, Mohammed) Yahiya ( ) (a.k.a. Yehya, Yahya, Yihya, Yihia, Yahia) Moalla ( ) (a.k.a. Mu'la, Ma'la, Muala, Maala, Mala) Former Minister of Higher Education. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 161. Dr. Mohamad ( ) (a.k.a. Muhammad, Mohamed, Mohammed, Mohammad) Zafer ( ) (a.k.a. Dhafer) Mohabak ( ) (a.k.a. Mohabbak, Muhabak, Muhabbak) Former Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 163. Dr. Safwan ( ) Al Assaf ( ) Former Minister of Housing and Urban Development. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 164. Eng. Yasser ( ) (a.k.a. Yaser) Al Siba'ii ( ) (a.k.a. Al-Sibai, Al-Siba'i, Al Sibaei) Former Minister of Public Works. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 165. Eng Sa'iid ( ) (a.k.a. Sa'id, Sa'eed, Saeed) Ma'thi ( ) (a.k.a. Mu'zi, Mu'dhi, Ma'dhi, Ma'zi, Maazi) Hneidi ( ) Former Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 167. Dr. Jassem ( ) (a.k.a. Jasem) Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed) Zakaria ( ) Born 1968 Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 169. Dr. Adnan ( ) Abdo ( ) (a.k.a. Abdou) Al Sikhny ( ) (a.k.a. Al-Sikhni, Al-Sekhny, Al-Sekhni) Former Minister of Industry. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 174. Mohammed ( ) Turki ( ) Al Sayed ( ) Former Minister of Industry. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 175 Najm-eddin ( ) (a.k.a. Nejm-eddin, Nejm-eddeen, Najm-eddeen, Nejm-addin, Nejm-addeen, Najm-addeen, Najm-addin) Khreit ( ) (a.k.a. Khrait) Former State Minister. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 16.10.2012 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/309 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-309 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.