Division 2 The following entities are added to the list set out in Section B (entities) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP:
United Kingdom
| Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘77. | Al Qatarji Company (a.k.a. Qatarji International Group; Al-Sham and Al-Darwish Company; Khatirji/Katarji/Katerji Group; مجموعة/شركة قاطرخي) | Type of entity: private company Business sector: import/export; trucking; supply of oil and commodities Name of Director/Management: Hussam AL-QATIRJI, CEO (EU-designated) Ultimate beneficial owner: Hussam AL-QATIRJI (EU-designated) | Prominent company operating across multiple sectors of the Syrian economy. By facilitating fuel, arms and ammunition trade between the regime and various actors including ISIS (Daesh) under the pretext of importing and exporting food items, supporting militias fighting alongside the regime and taking advantage of its ties with the regime to expand its commercial activity, Al Qatarji Company – whose board is headed by designated person Hossam Qatarji, a member of the Syrian People’s Assembly – supports and benefits from the Syrian regime. | 17.2.2020 |
| Registered address: Mazzah, Damascus, Syria Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links: Arvada/Arfada Petroleum Company JSC | ||||
| 78. | Damascus Cham Holding Company (a.k.a. Damascus Cham Private Joint Stock Company; القابضة الشام دمشق) | Type of entity: Public-owned company under private law Business sector: Real estate development Name of Director/Management: Adel Anwar AL-OLABI, vice chairman of the Board of Directors and governor of Damascus (EU-designated) Ultimate beneficial owner: Governorate of Damascus | Damascus Cham Holding Company was established by the regime as the investment arm of the Governorate of Damascus in order to manage the properties of the Governorate of Damascus and implement the Marota City project, a luxurious real estate project based on expropriated land under Decree No. 66 and Law No. 10 in particular. | 17.2.2020’ |
| Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links: Rami Makhlouf (EU-designated); Samer Foz (EU-designated); Mazen Tarazi (EU-designated); Talas Group, owned by businessman Anas Talas (EU-designated); Exceed Development and Investment Company, owned by private investors Hayan Mohammad Nazem Qaddour, and Maen Rizk Allah Haykal (both EU-designated); Khaled Al-Zubaidi and Nader Qalei (both EU-designated) | By managing the implementation of Marota City, Damascus Cham Holding (whose Vice-Chair is the Governor of Damascus) supports and benefits from the Syrian regime and provides benefits to businesspeople with close ties to the regime who have struck lucrative deals with this entity through public-private partnerships. |