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1. Annex II 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 19(1) of Decision 2011/782/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 who have benefited from or supported the al-Assad regime, and natural or legal persons and entities associated with them, and to whom Article 21 of this Regulation shall not apply.

1a. The list in Annex II shall also consist of natural or legal persons, entities and bodies who, in accordance with Article 28(2) of Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP () have been identified by the Council as falling within one of the following categories:

(a) leading businesspersons operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime;

(b) members of the al-Assad or Makhlouf families;

(c) Syrian Government Ministers in power between May 2011 and December 2024;

(d) members of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of “colonel” and the equivalent or higher in post between May 2011 and December 2024;

(e) members of the Syrian security and intelligence services in post between May 2011 and December 2024;

(f) members of the al-Assad regime-affiliated militias; or (g) members of entities, units, agencies, bodies or institutions operating in the chemical weapons proliferation sector, and natural or legal persons and entities associated with them.

1b. Persons, entities and bodies within one of the categories referred to in paragraph 1a shall not be included or retained on the list of persons, entities and bodies in Annex II if there is sufficient information that they are not, or are no longer, associated with the former al-Assad regime or do not exercise influence over it or do not pose a real risk of circumvention.

2. Annex II shall include the grounds for the listing of listed persons, entities and bodies concerned.

3. Annex II shall also include, where available, information necessary to identify the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies concerned. With regard to natural persons, such information may include names including aliases, date and place of birth, nationality, passport and ID card numbers, gender, address, if known, and function or profession. With regard to legal persons, entities and bodies, such information may include names, place and date of registration, registration number and place of business.