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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/29 of 15 January 2021 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

Type Implementing Regulation

Publication 2021-01-15

State In force

Text As published

Department Council of the European Union

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15.1.2021	EN	Official Journal of the European Union	LI 12/1

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) In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, and considering his recent appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Faisal MEKDAD should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

(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 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, 15 January 2021.

For the Council

The President

A.P. ZACARIAS

OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.

ANNEX

The following entry is added to the list set out in Section A (Persons) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012:


	Name	Identifying information	Reasons	Date of listing
‘311.	Faisal MEKDAD (a.k.a. Fayçal, al-Mekdad, Meqdad, al-Meqdad) (فيصل المقداد)	Date of birth: 1954; Place of birth: Ghasm, Daraa Governorate, Syria; Gender: Male	Minister of Foreign Affairs. Appointed in November 2020. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.	15.1.2021’

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