( *13 ) The application of this provision is suspended pursuant to Article 1a of this Regulation’ "

Article 14 is amended as follows:

the following paragraph is inserted:

‘2a. All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by the entities listed in Annex IIb and located outside Syria as of 27 February 2012 shall remain frozen.’

paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the measures referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 2a shall be prohibited.’

Article 15 is amended as follows:

paragraph 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:

Annex IIa and IIb shall consist of a list of entities which, in accordance with Article 19(1) of Decision 2011/782/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 21 of this Regulation shall apply.’

paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. Annexes II, IIa and IIb shall include the grounds for the listing of listed persons, entities and bodies concerned.’

paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Annexes II, IIa and IIb 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.’

in Article 16a, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. The prohibitions set out in Article 14(1) and (2) shall not apply to the making available of funds or economic resources necessary to ensure the timely delivery of humanitarian assistance or to support other activities that support basic human needs where such assistance and other activities are carried out by:

the United Nations, including its programmes, funds and other entities and bodies, as well as its specialised agencies and related organisations;

international organisations;

humanitarian organisations having observer status with the United Nations General Assembly and members of those humanitarian organisations;

bilaterally or multilaterally funded non-governmental organisations participating in United Nations Humanitarian Response Plans, United Nations Refugee Response Plans, other United Nations appeals or humanitarian clusters coordinated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs;

organisations and agencies to which the Union has granted the Humanitarian Partnership Certificate or which are certified or recognised by a Member State in accordance with national procedures;

Member States’ specialised agencies; or

the employees, grantees, subsidiaries or implementing partners of the entities referred to in points (a) to (f) while and to the extent that they are acting in those capacities.’

Article 20 is replaced by the following:

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2025/407 of 24 February 2025 amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria