Arrêté du 10 janvier 2023 portant application des articles L. 562-3 et suivants du code monétaire et financier

On 13 January 2023, asset freezing measures concerning a number of individuals and companies listed below in the context of restrictive measures against Syria, were published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
By order of the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty dated 28 October 2022, with respect to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) taken under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, and in particular its point 2; having regard to the Council’s CFSP Implementing Decision of 25 September 2017, implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP duly amended concerning restrictive measures against Syria, adopted on the basis of Article 29 the Treaty on European Union; and with respect to the Monetary and Financial Code (MFC), in particular Articles L. 562-3 et seq., the funds and economic resources that belong to, are owned, held or controlled by the individuals named below are subject to an asset freeze measure for a period of six months:
INDIVIDUALS:
– HOURANIEH Hwaida, alias a) HOURANIEH Houwaida, b) HOURANIA Houwaida born on 23 September 1972 in Damascus (Syria)
– KATRANGI Houssam, alias a) KATRANJI Houssam Hachem, b) KATRANJI Houssam Hashem, born on 27 November 1973 in Ramlet El Baida (Libya)
– KASSOUM Mohamed, alias a) KASSOUMEH Mohamed, b) KASSOUM Mohamed Youssef, c) KASSOUMEH Mohamed Youssef, born on 28 October 1971 in Damascus (Syria)
– ATRANGI Amir Hachem, alias a) KATRANJI Amir Hachem, b) KATRANJI Amir Hashem, c) ALKATRANJI Amir Hachem, born on 24 June 1966 in Hama (Syria)
– HOURANIEH Fadi, born on 5 September 1977 in Damascus (Syria)
COMPANIES:
– SMART LOGISTICS OFFSHORE
– GOLDEN STAR CO
– SMART PEGASUS, alias a) SMART GREEN POWER, b) LUMIERES ELYSEES
– JOUD TRADING
– NKTRONICS
– ELECTRONIC SYSTEM GROUP
– ELECTRONIC KATRANGI TRADING
The provision and the use of funds or economic resources, direct or indirect, for the benefit of the individuals and companies listed above, are prohibited for a period of six months.
This order may be challenged within two months of its notification. In the absence of a response to a non-contentious appeal within two months following the date of the appeal, there is an implicit rejection of the request, and the Administrative Court of Paris may be seized within two months of the implicit rejection.
This decree comes into force on the date of its publication by extract in the Official Journal of the French Republic, hence on 13 January 2023.