# Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2019/351 of 4 March 2019 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

EU Decision 2019/351 · adopted 4 March 2019

Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2019/351 of 4 March 2019 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

## Introductory text

Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2019/351
of 4 March 2019
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 and gubernatorial changes, seven 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. The information relating to eight persons set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated.
(3)
Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

## 1 

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 date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

## Signature

Done at Brussels, 4 March 2019.
For the Council
The President
A. Anton

## I 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
‘275.
Major General Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun
Born: 1957; Place of birth: Idleb;
Gender: male
Minister of Interior.
Appointed in November 2018.
4.3.2019
276.
Mohammad Rami Radwan Martini
Born: 1970; Place of birth: Aleppo;
Gender: male
Minister of Tourism.
Appointed in November 2018.
4.3.2019
277.
Imad Muwaffaq al-Azab
Born: 1970; Place of birth: Damascus Countryside;
Gender: male
Minister of Education.
Appointed in November 2018.
4.3.2019
278.
Bassam Bashir Ibrahim
Born: 1960; Place of birth: Hama;
Gender: male
Minister of Higher Education.
Appointed in November 2018.
4.3.2019
279.
Suhail Mohammad Abdullatif
Born: 1961; Place of birth: Lattakia;
Gender: male
Minister of Public Works and Housing.
Appointed in November 2018.
4.3.2019
280.
Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib
Born: 1974; Place of birth: Damascus;
Gender: male
Minister of Communications and Technology.
Appointed in November 2018.
4.3.2019
281.
Mohammad Maen Zein-al-Abidin Jazba
Born: 1962; Place of birth: Aleppo;
Gender: male
Minister of Industry.
Appointed in November 2018.
4.3.2019’

## II In Section A (Persons) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, the following entries are replaced as follows:

Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
‘74.
Mohammad Walid Ghazal
Born: 1951; Place of birth: Aleppo;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Housing and Urban Development. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
107.
Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Sha'ar
Born: 1956; Place of birth: Aleppo;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Interior. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
1.12.2011
172.
Ali Hadar
Gender: male
Head of the National Reconciliation Agency and former State Minister for National Reconciliation Affairs. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
16.10.2012
188.
Bishr Riyad Yazigi
Born: 1972;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Tourism. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
24.6.2014
190.
Hussein Arnous (a.k.a. Arnus)
Born: 1953;
Gender: male
Water Resources Minister. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
24.6.2014
213.
Bishr al-Sabban (a.k.a Mohammed Bishr Al-Sabban; Bishr Mazin Al-Sabban)
Gender: male
Former Governor of Damascus, who was appointed by, and is associated with, Bashar al-Assad. Supports the regime and is responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, including engaging in discriminatory practices against Sunni communities within the capital.
28.10.2016
217.
Atef Naddaf
Born: 1956; Place of birth: Damascus Countryside;
Gender: male
Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.
Appointed in November 2018.
14.11.2016
219.
Ali Al-Zafir
Born: 1962; Place of birth: Tartous;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Communications and Technology. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
14.11.2016’

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