L 165/80 EN Official Journal of the European Union 26.6.2012 COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2012/335/CFSP of 25 June 2012 implementing Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, Article 1 The person and entities listed in the Annex to this Decision Having regard to Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP of shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision 1 December 2011 concerning restrictive measures against 2011/782/CFSP. Syria ( 1 ), and in particular Article 21(1) thereof, Article 2 Whereas: This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. (1) On 1 December 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria. Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2012. (2) In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, one additional person and additional entities should be For the Council included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Decision The President 2011/782/CFSP, C. ASHTON ( 1 ) OJ L 319, 2.12.2011, p. 56. 26.6.2012 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 165/81 ANNEX PERSON AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 Persons Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 1. Bouthaina Shaaban Born 1953 in Homs, Syria Political and Media Advisor to the President 26.6.2012 (a.k.a. Buthaina since July 2008 and as such associated with Shaaban) the violent crackdown on the population. Entities Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 1. Ministry of Defence Address: Umayyad Square, Syrian government branch directly involved 26.6.2012 Damascus in repression. Telephone: +963-11-7770700 2. Ministry of Interior Address: Merjeh Square, Syrian government branch directly involved 26.6.2012 Damascus in repression. Telephone: +963-11-2219400, +963-11-2219401, +963-11-2220220, +963-11-2210404 3. Syrian National Syrian government branch and element of 26.6.2012 Security Bureau the Syrian Ba'ath Party. Directly involved in repression. It directed Syrian security forces to use extreme force against demonstrators. 4. Syria International Location: Syria Inter­ SIIB has acted as a front for the Commercial 26.6.2012 Islamic Bank (SIIB) national Islamic Bank Bank of Syria, which has allowed that bank Building, Main Highway to circumvent sanctions imposed on it by Road, Al Mazzeh Area, the EU. From 2011 to 2012, SIIB surrepti­ (a.k.a.: Syrian Inter­ P.O. Box 35494, tiously facilitated financing worth almost national Islamic Damascus, Syria $150 million on behalf of the Commercial Bank; a.k.a. SIIB) Bank of Syria. Financial arrangements that were purportedly made by SIIB were Alt. Location: P.O. Box actually made by the Commercial Bank of 35494, Mezza'h Vellat Syria. Sharqia'h, beside the Consulate of Saudi Arabia, Damascus, Syria In addition to working with the Commercial Bank of Syria to circumvent sanctions, in 2012, SIIB facilitated several substantial payments for the Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, another bank already designated by the EU. In these ways, SIIB has contributed to providing financial support to the Syrian regime. L 165/82 EN Official Journal of the European Union 26.6.2012 Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 5. General Organisation Address: Al Oumaween State-run agency subordinate to Syria’s 26.6.2012 of Radio and TV Square, P.O. Box 250, Ministry of Information and as such Damascus, Syria. supports and promotes its information Telephone policy. It is responsible for operating (a.k.a. Syrian Direc­ (963 11) 223 4930 Syria’s state-owned television channels, two torate General of terrestrial and one satellite, as well as Radio & Television government radio stations. The GORT has Est; a.k.a. General incited violence against the civilian popu­ Radio and Television lation in Syria, serving as a propaganda Corporation; a.k.a. instrument for the Assad regime and Radio and Television spreading disinformation. Corporation; a.k.a. GORT) 6. Syrian Company for Banias Industrial Area, Syrian state owned oil company. Provides 26.6.2012 Oil Transport Latakia Entrance Way, financial support to the regime. P.O. Box 13, Banias, Syria; Website www.scot-syria. (a.k.a. Syrian Crude com; Email scot50@scn- Oil Transportation net.org Company; a.k.a. “SCOT”; a.k.a. “SCOTRACO” .