Judgment_paragraph 127 · Khaled Kaddour v Council of the European Union (T-461/16)

127Furthermore, it should be pointed out that the measures provided for in Article 27(2) and Article 28(2) of Decision 2013/255, as last amended by Decision 2015/1836 refer to ‘leading businesspersons operating in Syria’ and to ‘persons associated with them, as listed in Annex I’. However, given that, on the one hand, as is apparent from the judgment of 26 October 2016, Jaber v Council (T‑154/15, not published, EU:T:2016:629, paragraph 109), the Council had adduced sufficient evidence in order to establish that Mr Jaber had been rightly included on the lists in question and, on the other hand, as is apparent from the information provided by the Council, the applicant is associated with Mr Jaber, Mr Kaddour is likely to be associated with the regime within the meaning of Article 27(2) and Article 28(2) of Decision 2013/255. In addition, nothing in the case file is capable of calling that finding into question. On the contrary, as has already been stated, the applicant is associated with Mr Jaber in so far as they are both controlling shareholders each with 40% of the shares in a haulage company.