Council Decision 2012/739/CFSPShow full title

Council Decision 2012/739/CFSP of 29 November 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Syria and repealing Decision 2011/782/CFSP

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Entities

Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
1. Bena Properties Controlled by Rami Makhlouf; provides funding to the regime. 23.6.2011
2. Al Mashreq Investment Fund (AMIF) (alias Sunduq Al Mashrek Al Istithmari)

P.O. Box 108,

Damascus;

Tel.: 963 112110059 / 963 112110043

Fax: 963 933333149

Controlled by Rami Makhlouf; provides funding to the regime. 23.6.2011
3. Hamcho International (Hamsho International Group)

Baghdad Street,

P.O. Box 8254,

Damascus;

Tel.: 963 112316675

Fax: 963 112318875;

Website: www.hamshointl.com

Email: info@hamshointl.com and hamshogroup@yahoo.com

Controlled by Mohammad Hamcho or Hamsho; provides funding to the regime. 23.6.2011
4. Military Housing Establishment (alias MILIHOUSE) Public works company controlled by Riyad Shalish and Ministry of Defence; provides funding to the regime. 23.6.2011
5. Political Security Directorate Syrian government agency directly involved in repression. 23.8.2011
6. General Intelligence Directorate Syrian government agency directly involved in repression. 23.8.2011
7. Military Intelligence Directorate Syrian government agency directly involved in repression. 23.8.2011
8. Air Force Intelligence Agency Syrian government agency directly involved in repression. 23.8.2011
9. IRGC Qods Force (Quds Force) Teheran, Iran The Qods (or Quds) Force is a specialist arm of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Qods Force is involved in providing equipment and support to help the Syria regime suppress protests in Syria. IRGC Qods Force has provided technical assistance, equipment and support to the Syrian security services to repress civilian protest movements. 23.8.2011
10. Mada Transport Subsidiary of Cham Holding (Sehanya Dara'a Highway, PO Box 9525, Tel: 00 963 11 99 62) Economic entity financing the regime. 2.9.2011
11. Cham Investment Group Subsidiary of Cham Holding (Sehanya Dara'a Highway, PO Box 9525, Tel: 00 963 11 99 62) Economic entity financing the regime. 2.9.2011
12. Real Estate Bank

Insurance Bldg- Yousef Al-Azmeh Square,

Damascus

P.O. Box: 2337

Damascus Syrian Arab Republic;

Tel: (+963) 11 2456777 and 2218602;

Fax: (+963) 11 2237938 and 2211186;

Bank's email: Publicrelations@reb.sy

Website: www.reb.sy

State-owned bank providing financial support for the regime. 2.9.2011
13. Addounia TV (a.k.a. Dounia TV)

Tel: +963-11-5667274; +963-11-5667271;

Fax: +963-11-5667272;

Website: http://www.addounia.tv

Addounia TV has incited violence against the civilian population in Syria. 23.9.2011
14. Cham Holding

Cham Holding Building Daraa Highway - Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Rif Dimashq – Syria

P.O. Box 9525;

Tel +963 (11) 9962; +963 (11) 668 14000; +963 (11) 673 1044;

Fax +963 (11) 673 1274;

Email: info@chamholding.sy

Website: www.chamholding.sy

Controlled by Rami Makhlouf; largest holding company in Syria, benefiting from and supporting the regime. 23.9.2011
15. El-Tel. Co. (El-Tel. Middle East Company)

Address: Dair Ali Jordan Highway,

P.O. Box 13052,

Damascus, Syria;

Tel. +963-11-2212345;

Fax +963-11-44694450

Email: sales@eltelme.com

Website: www.eltelme.com

Manufacturing and supplying communication and transmission towers and other equipment for the Syrian army. 23.9.2011
16. Ramak Constructions Co.

Address: Dara'a Highway,

Damascus, Syria;

Tel: +963-11-6858111;

Mobile: +963-933-240231

Construction of military barracks, border post barracks and other buildings for Army needs. 23.9.2011
17. Souruh Company (a.k.a. SOROH Al Cham Company)

Address: Adra Free Zone Area

Damascus – Syria;

Tel: +963-11-5327266;

Mobile: +963-933-526812; +963-932-878282;

Fax:+963-11-5316396

Email: sorohco@gmail.com

Website: http://sites.google.com/site/sorohco

Investment in local military industrial projects, manufacturing weapons parts and related items. 100 % of the company is owned by Rami Makhlouf. 23.9.2011
18. Syriatel

Thawra Street, Ste Building 6th Floor,

BP 2900;

Tel: +963 11 61 26 270;

Fax: +963 11 23 73 97 19;

Email: info@syriatel.com.sy;

Website: http://syriatel.sy/

Controlled by Rami Makhlouf; provides financial support to the regime: through its licensing contract it pays 50 % of its profits to the Government. 23.9.2011
19. Cham Press TV

Al Qudsi building, 2nd Floor - Baramkeh - Damas;

Tel: +963-11-2260805;

Fax: +963-11-2260806

Email: mail@champress.com

Website: www.champress.net

Television channel which participates in campaigns to spread disinformation and incite violence against demonstrators. 1.12.2011
20. Al Watan

Al Watan Newspaper -Damascus – Duty Free Zone;

Tel: 00963 11 2137400;

Fax: 00963 11 2139928

Daily newspaper which participates in campaigns to spread disinformation and incite violence against demonstrators. 1.12.2011
21. Centre d'études et de recherches syrien (CERS) (a.k.a.; Centre d'Etude et de Recherche Scientifique (CERS); Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC); Centre de Recherche de Kaboun)

Barzeh Street,

PO Box 4470,

Damas

Provides support to the Syrian army for the acquisition of equipment used directly for the surveillance and repression of demonstrators. 1.12.2011
22. Business Lab

Maysat Square, Al Rasafi Street Bldg. 9,

PO Box 7155,

Damascus;

Tel: 963112725499;

Fax: 963112725399

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by the CERS. 1.12.2011
23. Industrial Solutions

Baghdad Street 5,

PO Box 6394,

Damascus;

Tel /fax: 63114471080

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by the CERS. 1.12.2011
24. Mechanical Construction Factory (MCF)

P.O. Box 35202,

Industrial Zone,

Al-Qadam Road,

Damas

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by the CERS. 1.12.2011
25. Syronics – Syrian Arab Co. for Electronic Industries

Kaboon Street,

P.O.Box 5966,

Damascus;

Tel.: +963-11-5111352;

Fax: +963-11-5110117

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by the CERS. 1.12.2011
26. Handasieh – Organization for Engineering Industries

P.O. Box 5966,

Abou Bakr Al-Seddeq St.,

Damascus

and PO BOX 2849

Al-Moutanabi Street,

Damascus

and PO BOX 21120

Baramkeh,

Damascus;

Tel: 963112121816; 963112121834; 963112214650; 963112212743; 963115110117

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment by the CERS. 1.12.2011
27. Syria Trading Oil Company (Sytrol)

Prime Minister Building,

17 Street Nissan,

Damascus, Syria

State-owned company responsible for all oil exports from Syria. Provides financial support to the regime. 1.12.2011
28. General Petroleum Corporation (GPC)

New Sham - Building of Syrian Oil Company,

PO Box 60694,

Damascus, Syria

BOX: 60694;

Tel: 963113141635;

Fax: 963113141634;

Email: info@gpc-sy.com

State-owned oil company. Provides financial support to the regime. 1.12.2011
29. Al Furat Petroleum Company

Dummar - New Sham -Western Dummar 1st. Island -Property 2299- AFPC Building

P.O. Box 7660

Damascus, Syria;

Tel: 00963-11- (6183333); 00963-11- (31913333);

Fax: 00963-11- (6184444); 00963-11- (31914444);

afpc@afpc.net.sy

Joint venture 50 % owned by GPC. Provides financial support to the regime. 1.12.2011
30. Industrial Bank

Dar Al Muhanisen Building, 7th Floor, Maysaloun Street,

P.O. Box 7572

Damascus, Syria;

Tel: +963 11-222-8200; +963 11-222-7910;

Fax: +963 11-222-8412

State-owned bank. Provides financial support to the regime. 23.1.2012
31. Popular Credit Bank

Dar Al Muhanisen Building, 6th Floor, Maysaloun Street,

Damascus, Syria;

Tel: +963 11-222-7604; +963 11-221-8376;

Fax: +963 11-221-0124

State-owned bank. Provides financial support to the regime. 23.1.2012
32. Saving Bank

Syria-Damascus – Merjah – Al-Furat St.

P.O. Box: 5467;

Fax: 224 4909; 245 3471;

Tel: 222 8403;

email: s.bank@scs-net.org, post-gm@net.sy

State-owned bank. Provides financial support to the regime. 23.1.2012
33. Agricultural Cooperative Bank

Agricultural Cooperative Bank Building, Damascus Tajhez,

P.O. Box 4325,

Damascus, Syria;

Tel: +963 11-221-3462; +963 11-222-1393;

Fax: +963 11-224-1261;

Website: www.agrobank.org

State-owned bank. Provides financial support to the regime. 23.1.2012
34. Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank

Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank Building, 6th Floor, Makdessi Street, Hamra,

P.O. Box 11-8701,

Beirut, Lebanon;

Tel: +961 1-741666;

Fax: +961 1-738228; +961 1-753215; +961 1-736629;

Website: www.slcb.com.lb

Subsidiary of the Commercial Bank of Syria already listed. Provides financial support to the regime. 23.1.2012
35. Deir ez-Zur Petroleum Company

Dar Al Saadi Building 1st, 5th, and 6th Floor Zillat Street Mazza Area

P.O. Box 9120

Damascus, Syria;

Tel: +963 11-662-1175; +963 11-662-1400;

Fax: +963 11-662-1848

Joint venture of GPC. Provides financial support to the regime. 23.1.2012
36. Ebla Petroleum Company

Head Office Mazzeh Villat Ghabia Dar Es Saada 16,

P.O. Box 9120,

Damascus, Syria;

Tel: +963 116691100

Joint venture of GPC. Provides financial support to the regime. 23.1.2012
37. Dijla Petroleum Company

Building No. 653 – 1st Floor, Daraa Highway,

P.O. Box 81,

Damascus, Syria

Joint venture of GPC. Provides financial support to the regime. 23.1.2012
38. Central Bank of Syria

Syria, Damascus, Sabah Bahrat Square

Postal address: Altjreda al Maghrebeh square,

Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic,

P.O. Box: 2254

Providing financial support to the regime. 27.2.2012
39. Syrian Petroleum company

Address: Dummar Province, Expansion Square, Island 19-Building 32

P.O. BOX: 2849 or 3378;

Phone: 00963-11-3137935 or 3137913;

Fax: 00963-11-3137979 or 3137977;

Email: spccom2@scs-net.org or spccom1@scs-net.org;

Websites: www.spc.com.sy www.spc-sy.com

State-owned oil company. Provides financial support to the Syrian regime. 23.3.2012
40. Mahrukat Company (The Syrian Company for the Storage and Distribution of Petroleum Products)

Headquarters: Damascus – Al Adawi st., Petroleum building;

Fax: 00963-11/4445796;

Phone: 00963-11/44451348 – 4451349;

Email: mahrukat@net.sy;

Website: http://www.mahrukat.gov.sy/indexeng.php

State-owned oil company. Provides financial support to the Syrian regime. 23.3.2012
41. General Organisation of Tobacco

Salhieh Street 616,

Damascus, Syria

Provides financial support to the Syrian regime. The General Organisation of Tobacco is wholly owned by the Syrian state. The profits that the organisation makes, including through the sale of licenses to market foreign brands of tobacco and taxes levied on imports of foreign brands of tobacco are transferred to the Syrian state. 15.5.2012
42. Ministry of Defence

Address: Umayyad Square,

Damascus;

Telephone: +963-11-7770700

Syrian government branch directly involved in repression. 26.6.2012
43. Ministry of Interior

Address: Merjeh Square,

Damascus;

Telephone: +963-11-2219400; +963-11-2219401; +963-11-2220220; +963-11-2210404

Syrian government branch directly involved in repression. 26.6.2012
44. Syrian National Security Bureau Syrian government branch and element of the Syrian Ba'ath Party. Directly involved in repression. It directed Syrian security forces to use extreme force against demonstrators. 26.6.2012
45. Syria International Islamic Bank (SIIB) (a.k.a.: Syrian International Islamic Bank; a.k.a. SIIB)

Location: Syria International Islamic Bank Building, Main Highway Road, Al Mazzeh Area,

P.O. Box 35494,

Damascus, Syria;

Alt. Location: P.O. Box 35494,

Mezza'h Vellat Sharqia'h, beside the Consulate of Saudi Arabia,

Damascus, Syria

SIIB has acted as a front for the Commercial Bank of Syria, which has allowed that bank to circumvent sanctions imposed on it by the EU. From 2011 to 2012, SIIB surreptitiously facilitated financing worth almost $150 million on behalf of the Commercial Bank of Syria. Financial arrangements that were purportedly made by SIIB were actually made by the Commercial Bank of 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. 26.6.2012
46. General Organisation of Radio and TV (a.k.a. Syrian Directorate General of Radio & Television Est; a.k.a. General Radio and Television Corporation; a.k.a. Radio and Television Corporation; a.k.a. GORT)

Address: Al Oumaween Square,

P.O. Box 250,

Damascus, Syria;

Telephone (963 11) 223 4930

State-run agency subordinate to Syria's Ministry of Information and as such supports and promotes its information policy. It is responsible for operating Syria's state-owned television channels, two terrestrial and one satellite, as well as government radio stations. The GORT has incited violence against the civilian population in Syria, serving as a propaganda instrument for the Assad regime and spreading disinformation. 26.6.2012
47. Syrian Company for Oil Transport (a.k.a. Syrian Crude Oil Transportation Company; a.k.a. SCOT ; a.k.a. SCOTRACO )

Banias Industrial Area, Latakia Entrance Way,

P.O. Box 13,

Banias, Syria;

Website www.scot-syria.com;

Email: scot50@scn-net.org

Syrian state owned oil company. Provides financial support to the regime. 26.6.2012
48. Drex Technologies S.A.

Incorporation date: 4 July 2000 ;

Incorporation number: 394678;

Director: Rami Makhlouf;

Registered agent: Mossack Fonseca & Co (BVI) Ltd

Drex Technologies is wholly owned by Rami Makhlouf, who is listed under EU sanctions for providing financial support to the Syrian regime. Rami Makhlouf uses Drex Technologies to facilitate and manage his international financial holdings, including a majority share in SyriaTel, which the EU has previously listed on the grounds that it also provides financial support to the Syrian regime. 24.7.2012
49. Cotton Marketing Organisation

Address: Bab Al-Faraj

P.O. Box 729,

Aleppo;

Tel.: +96321 2239495/6/7/8;

Cmo-aleppo@mail.sy, www.cmo.gov.sy

State-owned company. Provides financial support to the Syrian regime. 24.7.2012
50. Syrian Arab Airlines (a.k.a. SAA, a.k.a. Syrian Air)

Al-Mohafazeh Square,

P.O. Box 417,

Damascus, Syria;

Tel: +963112240774

Public company controlled by the regime. Provides financial support for the regime. 24.7.2012
51. Drex Technologies Holding S.A.

Registered in Luxembourg under number B77616, formerly established at the following address:

17, rue Beaumont

L-1219 Luxembourg

The beneficial owner of Drex Technologies Holding S.A. is Rami Makhlouf, who is listed under EU sanctions for providing financial support to the Syrian regime. 17.8.2012
52. Megatrade

Address: Aleppo Street,

P.O. Box 5966,

Damascus, Syria;

Fax: 963114471081

Acts as a proxy for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC), which is listed. Involved in trade in dual use goods prohibited by EU sanctions for the Syrian government. 16.10.2012
53. Expert Partners

Address: Rukn Addin, Saladin Street, Building 5,

PO Box: 7006,

Damascus, Syria

Acts as a proxy for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC), which is listed. Involved in trade in dual use goods prohibited by EU sanctions for the Syrian government. 16.10.2012]