
Article 1 
Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 is hereby amended as follows:

((1)) in Articles 4(1), 4(2), 5(2), and 5(3), and in point (a) of Article 6, the words ‘Annex II’ shall be replaced by the words ‘Annexes II and IIa’;
((2)) in points (a) and (c) of Article 7, and in Articles 9 and 14(1), the words ‘Annex II’ shall be replaced by the words ‘Annex II or Annex IIa’;
((3)) in Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. Annexes II and IIa shall consist of the following:
(a) Annex II shall consist of a list of natural or legal persons, entities and bodies who, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Decision 2011/273/CFSP, have been identified by the Council as being persons or entities responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, persons and entities benefiting from or supporting the regime, and natural or legal persons and entities associated with them, and to whom Article 9a shall not apply;
(b) Annex IIa shall consist of a list of entities which, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Decision 2011/273/CFSP, have been identified by the Council as being entities associated with the persons or entities responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, or with persons and entities benefiting from or supporting the regime, and to which Article 9a shall apply.';
((4)) in Article 14, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
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4. The lists in Annexes II and IIa shall be reviewed at regular intervals and at least every 12 months.';
((5)) the following Article is inserted:
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Article 9a 
By way of derogation from Article 4(1), an entity listed in Annex IIa may, for a period of two months from the date on which it was designated, make a payment from frozen funds or economic resources which were received by that entity after the date on which it was designated, provided that:

((a)) such payment is due under a trade contract; and
((b)) the competent authority of the relevant Member State has determined that the payment will not directly or indirectly be received by a person or entity listed in Annex II or Annex IIa.'.
Article 2 
Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 is hereby amended as set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
The text of Annex I to this Regulation shall be inserted as Annex IIa to Regulation (EU) No 442/2011.
Article 4 
The text of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 is hereby replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 13 October 2011.
For the Council
The President
M. DOWGIELEWICZ
ANNEX I


ANNEX IIa 
 Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
1. Commercial Bank of Syria 
— Damascus Branch, P.O. Box 2231, Moawiya St., Damascus, Syria;- P.O. Box 933, Yousef Azmeh Square, Damascus, Syria;
— Aleppo Branch, P.O. Box 2, Kastel Hajjarin St., Aleppo, Syria;SWIFT/BIC CMSY SY DA; all offices worldwide [NPWMD]Website: http://cbs-bank.sy/En-index.phpTel: +963 11 2218890Fax: +963 11 2216975general managment: dir.cbs@mail.sy State-owned bank providing financial support to the regime. 13.10.2011

ANNEX II

In Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 442/2011, the entries for Emad GHRAIWATI, Tarif AKHRAS and Issam ANBOUBA are replaced by the following entries:
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Name Identifying information (date of birth, place of birth …) Reasons Date of listing
Emad GHRAIWATI DoB: March 1959;PoB: Damascus, Syria President of the Damascus Chamber of Industry (Zuhair Ghraiwati Sons). Supports economically the Syrian regime. 2.9.2011
Tarif AKHRAS DoB: 1949;PoB: Homs, Syria Founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and logistics), Homs. Supports economically the Syrian regime. 2.9.2011
Issam ANBOUBA DoB: 1949;PoB: Lattakia, Syria President of Issam Anbouba Est. for agro-industry. Supports economically the Syrian regime. 2.9.2011'

ANNEX III


ANNEX IV 
HS Code Description
2709 00 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude.
2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils (save that the purchase, in Syria, of kerosene jet fuel of CN code 2710 19 21 is not prohibited provided that it is intended and used solely for the purpose of the continuation of the flight operation of the aircraft into which it is loaded).
2712 Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured.
2713 Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals.
2714 Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil-shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks.
2715 00 00 Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs).
