
Article 1 
Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

((1)) the following Articles are added:
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Article 2a 

1. The purchase, import or transport from Syria of crude oil and petroleum products shall be prohibited.
2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as insurance and reinsurance, related to the prohibitions referred to in paragraph 1.
3. It shall be prohibited to participate, knowingly or intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
Article 2b 
The prohibitions set out in Article 2a shall be without prejudice to the execution, until 15 November 2011, of obligations provided for in contracts concluded before 2 September 2011.';
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Article 4a 
No claims, including for compensation or any other claim of this kind, such as a claim of set-off or a claim under a guarantee, in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which was affected, directly or indirectly, wholly or in part, by reason of measures covered by this Decision, shall be granted to the designated persons or entities listed in the Annex, or any other person or entity in Syria, including the Government of Syria, or any person or entity claiming through or for the benefit of any such person or entity.';
((2)) Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:
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1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of the persons responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, persons benefiting from or supporting the regime, and persons associated with them, as listed in the Annex.';
((3)) Article 4(1) is replaced by the following:
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1. All funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned, held or controlled by, persons responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, persons and entities benefiting from or supporting the regime, and persons and entities associated with them, as listed in the Annex, shall be frozen.';
((4)) the following points are added to Article 4(3):
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((e)) necessary for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, humanitarian workers and related assistance, or evacuating foreign nationals from Syria;
((f)) to be paid into or from an account of a diplomatic or consular mission or an international organisation enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, in so far as such payments are intended to be used for official purposes of the diplomatic or consular mission or international organisation.'.
Article 2 
The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added in the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2011/273/CFSP.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 2 September 2011.
For the Council
The President
M. DOWGIELEWICZ
ANNEX

A. Name Identifying information(date of birth, place of birth …) Reasons Date of listing
1. Fares CHEHABI(Fares SHIHABI)  President of Aleppo Chamber of Industry. Provides economic support for the Syrian regime. 2.09.2011
2. Emad GHRAIWATI  President of the Damascus Chamber of Industry (Zuhair Ghraiwati Sons). Provides economic support for the Syrian regime. 2.09.2011
3. Tarif AKHRAS  Founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and logistics), Homs. Provides economic support for the Syrian regime. 2.09.2011
4. Issam ANBOUBA  President of Issam Anbouba Est. for agro-industry. Provides economic support for the Syrian regime. 2.09.2011

B. Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
1. Mada Transport Subsidiary of Cham Holding(Sehanya Daraa Highway, PO Box 9525, tel: 00 963 11 99 62) Economic entity financing the regime. 2.09.2011
2. Cham Investment Group Subsidiary of Cham Holding(Sehanya daraa Highway, PO Box 9525, tel: 00 963 11 99 62) Economic entity financing the regime. 2.09.2011
3. Real Estate Bank 
Insurance Bldg- Yousef Al-azmehsqr. DamascusP.O. Box: 2337 DamascusSyrian Arab RepublicPhone: (+963) 11 2456777 and 2218602Fax: (+963) 11 2237938 and 2211186Bank's e-mail: Publicrelations@reb.sy,Website: www.reb.sy
 State-owned bank providing financial support for the regime. 2.09.2011