Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 673/2012 of 23 July 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

• Coming into Force: 24 July 2012
• End of Effective Date: 31 December 9999
• Celex Number: 32012R0673
• ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2012/673/oj
• Published date: 24 July 2012
• Date: 23 July 2012
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 196, 24 July 2012

24.7.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 196/8

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 673/2012

of 23 July 2012

implementing Article 32(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 the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

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 2012/424/CFSP of 23 July 2012 implementing Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria (2), additional persons and entities should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012,

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

The Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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 July 2012.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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(1) OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

(2) See page 81 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

Persons and entities referred to in Article 1

Persons

	Name	Identifying information	Reasons	Date of listing
1.	Brigadier General Sha’afiq Masa		Head of Branch 215 (Damascus) of the army's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of detained opponents. Involved in repressive actions against civilians.	24.7.2012
2.	Brigadier General Burhan Qadour		Head of Branch 291 (Damascus) of the army's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012
3.	Brigadier General Salah Hamad		Deputy Head of Branch 291 of the army's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012
4.	Brigadier General Muhammad (or: Mohammed) Khallouf (a.k.a. Abou Ezzat)		Head of Branch 235, a.k.a. "Palestine" (Damascus) of the army's intelligence service, which is at the centre of the army's apparatus of repression. Directly involved in repression of opponents. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012
5.	Major General Riad al-Ahmed		Deputy Head of Latakia Branch of the army's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture and murder of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012
6.	Brigadier General Abdul Salam Fajr Mahmoud		Head of the Bab Tuma (Damascus) Branch of the air force's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012
7.	Brigadier General Jawdat al-Ahmed		Head of the Homs Branch of the air force's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012
8.	Colonel Qusay Mihoub		Head of the Deraa branch of the air force's intelligence service (sent from Damascus to Deraa at the start of demonstrations there). Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012
9.	Colonel Suhail Al-Abdullah		Head of the Latakia Branch of the air force's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012
10.	Brigadier General Khudr Khudr		Head of the Latakia branch of the General Intelligence Directorate. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012
11.	Brigadier General Ibrahim Ma’ala		Head of branch 285 (Damascus) of the General Intelligence Directorate (replaced Brig. Gen. Hussam Fendi at end 2011). Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.	24.7.2012

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