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Document 32021R0743

    Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/743 of 6 May 2021 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

    ST/6305/2021/INIT

    OJ L 160, 7.5.2021, p. 1–2 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/743/oj

    7.5.2021   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 160/1

    COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/743

    of 6 May 2021

    implementing 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 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 (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    On 18 January 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

    (2)

    The information relating to one person in the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated.

    (3)

    Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

    Article 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 6 May 2021.

    For the Council

    The President

    J. BORRELL FONTELLES

    (1)   OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

    ANNEX

    In Section A (‘Persons’) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, entry 36 is replaced by the following:

     

    Name

    Identifying information

    Reasons

    Date of listing

    ‘36.

    Nizar AL-ASSAD (a.k.a. al-Asad, Assad, Asad, Assaad, Asaad, Al-Assaad)

    (اسعد, الاسعد,الاسد;نزار)

    Date of birth: 2.3.1948 or 23.3.1948 or March 1948;

    Nationalities: Syrian, Lebanese and Canadian;

    Syrian passport No 011090258;

    Lebanese passport No RL0003434;

    Canadian passport No AG629220;

    Gender: male

    Leading Syrian businessperson with close ties to the regime. Associated with the Assad and Makhlouf families.

    As such, he has been participating in, benefiting from or otherwise supporting the Syrian regime.

    Leading oil investor, founder and head of the Lead Contracting & Trading Ltd company.

    23.8.2011’
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