The following individuals have been added to the consolidated list and are now subject to an asset freeze:
- Talal AL-BARAZI (Group ID: 13976)
- Loubana MOUCHAWEH (Group ID: 13977)
- Darem TABA’A (Group ID: 13978)
- Ahmad SAYYED (Group ID: 13979)
- Tammam RA’AD (Group ID: 13980)
- Kinan YAGHI (Group ID: 13981)
- Zuhair KHAZIM (Group ID: 13982)
Identifying information for a further 18 individuals has been amended. This follows Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1505.
This amends Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) 36/2012.
OFSI’s consolidated list of asset freeze targets has been updated to reflect this change.
Syria
Introduction
- Council Regulation (EU) 36/2012 (“the Regulation”) imposing financial sanctions against Syria has been amended so that an asset freeze now applies to the persons listed in the Annex to this Notice. Notice summary (Full details are provided in the Annex to this Notice)
- The following entries have been added to the consolidated list and are now subject to an asset freeze.
• Talal AL-BARAZI (Group ID: 13976)
• Loubana MOUCHAWEH (Group ID: 13977)
• Darem TABA’A (Group ID: 13978)
• Ahmad SAYYED (Group ID: 13979)
• Tammam RA’AD (Group ID: 13980)
• Kinan YAGHI (Group ID: 13981)
• Zuhair KHAZIM (Group ID: 13982) - 18 entries have been amended and are still subject to an asset freeze.
What you must do - You must: i. check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the persons set out in the Annex to this Notice;
2 ii. freeze such accounts, and other funds or economic resources;
iii. refrain from dealing with the funds or assets or making them available (directly or
indirectly) to such persons unless licensed by the Office of Financial Sanctions
Implementation (OFSI);
iv. report any findings to OFSI, together with any additional information that would
facilitate compliance with the Regulation;
v. provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that
OFSI may request. Information reported to OFSI may be passed on to other
regulatory authorities or law enforcement. - Failure to comply with financial sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence. Legislative details
- On 16 October 2020 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1505 (“the Amending Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (O.J. L 342 I, 16.10.2020, p.1) by the Council of the European Union.
- The Amending Regulation amended Annex II to the Regulation with effect from 16 October 2020. Further Information
- A copy of the Amending Regulation can be obtained from the website of the Official Journal of the European Union:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/uri=CELEX:32020R1505&from=EN - Copies of recent Notices, certain EU Regulations, and UK legislation can be obtained from the Syria financial sanctions page on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-sanctions-regime-specificconsolidated-lists-and-releases
3 - Please note there are also import and export restrictions on Syria. Further guidance on
export and trade sanctions is available from the GOV.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/sanctions-embargoes-and-restrictions. - For more information please see our guide to financial sanctions:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-faqs
Enquiries - Non-media enquiries, reports and licence applications should be addressed to: Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2HQ ofsi@hmtreasury.gov.uk - Media enquiries about how financial sanctions are implemented in the UK should be addressed to the Treasury Press Office on 020 7270 5238.
- Media enquiries about the sanctions measures themselves should be addressed to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Press Office on 020 7008 3100.
