71Consequently, the General Court did not err in law by analysing, in paragraph 64 of the judgment under appeal, paragraph 2 of both Article 27 and Article 28 of Decision 2013/255, as amended, to the effect that the newly introduced criteria, and more specifically those relating to being a leading businessperson operating in Syria, are autonomous and sufficient in themselves to justify the application of restrictive measures, without there being any need also to provide evidence of the support that those persons provide to the existing regime or the benefit that they derive from it.
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