
Article 1 
Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date 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, 10 July 2017.
For the Council
The President
M. MAASIKAS
ANNEX

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as follows:

1.. In Part A (‘Persons’), the listing for the following person and the related entry are deleted:
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202. Ahmad Barqawi (a.k.a. Ahmed Barqawi)
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2.. In Part A (‘Persons’), the entry concerning the person listed below is replaced by the following:

 Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
‘203. George Haswani(a.k.a. Heswani; Hasawani; Al Hasawani) Address: Damascus Province, Yabroud, Al Jalaa St, Syria Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in the engineering, construction and oil and gas sectors. He holds interests in and/or has significant influence in a number of companies and entities in Syria, in particular HESCO Engineering and Construction Company, a major engineering and construction company. 7.3.2015’
3.. In Part B (‘Entities’), the entry for the following entity is inserted:

 Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
‘71. Abdulkarim Group(a.k.a. Al Karim for Trade and Industry/Al Karim Group) 5797 DamascusSyria Abdulkarim Group is an internationally recognised Syrian conglomerate that is associated with Wael Abdulkarim, who is listed as a leading businessperson operating in Syria. 11.7.2017’
