Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2934 of 25 November 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2934of 25 November 2024implementing 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 442/2011OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 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)In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, and considering recent changes in the Syrian Government, three persons should be added to 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.(3)The information related to one person listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should be updated.(4)Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2This 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, 25 November 2024.For the CouncilThe PresidentHankó B.ANNEXAnnex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as follows:(1)the following entries are added to the list set out in section "A. Persons":

	Name	Identifying information	Reasons	Date of listing
"359.	Louai Emad El-Din al-MUNAJJIDلؤي عماد الدين المنجد	Nationality: Syrian;Gender: male	Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. Appointed in September 2024.Former Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.As a Government Minister, Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.	25.11.2024
360.	Firas Hassan QADDOURفيراس حسان قدور	Date of birth: 1962;Place of birth: Damascus;Nationality: Syrian;Gender: male	Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. Appointed in March 2023 and re-appointed in September 2024.As a Government Minister, Firas Hassan Qaddour shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.	25.11.2024
361.	Ahmed Mohammad BUSTAJIأحمد بوسته جي	Place of birth: Idleb;Nationality: Syrian;Gender: male	Minister of State. Appointed in March 2023 and re-appointed in September 2024.As a Government Minister, Ahmed Mohammad Bustaji shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.	25.11.2024";

(2)in section "A. Persons", entry 30 is replaced by the following:

	Name	Identifying information	Reasons	Date of listing
"30.	Mohammad (a.k.a. Muhammad, Mohamed, Mohammed, Muhamad) al-MUFLEH (a.k.a. al-Muflih)	Date of birth: before 1964Gender: male	Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in the town of Hama; involved in the crackdown on demonstrators.	1.8.2011".