Syria

General Information

• About Syria and EU in general, see the EU External Action Website Syrian page
• The European Commission Delegation in Damascus has its own website
• The EU imposed sanctions. The EU Council bans import of Syrian oil.  See Regulation 878/2011 and Decision 2011/522.
• The Cooperation Agreement has been partially suspended.
• Syria’s Assad must go, and Libya’s resources must benefit all Libyans, say EU MEPs
• EU Council bans investment in Syrian oil industry, now in OJ L 247 and C 28
• Commercial Bank of Syria added to sanctions list, see OJ L 269 and C 303
• Brussels, 14 November 2011 Council reinforces restrictive measures on Syria
• EU High Representative on Syria, 13 December 2011
• EU response to ‘Arab spring’
• President Assad of Syria must step down immediately, says EU Parliament  As he said himself: No sane person can stand against the interests of the country or the people.
• EU banned more persons and companies
• The Arab Ligue on the situation in Syria

Legislation

• The competition legislation was adopted as the Act of Competition Protection and Prevention of Monopoly, 6 April 2008, also available in Arabic

Implementation

Programs

News and other useful information

• November 2008 Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Conference Syria and the European : Dimensions of Cooperation
• A general presentation on the Syrian Arab Republic by the Syrian authorities, 2005
• April 2009 Economic Laws & Institutions in Syria, by Kanaan Al-Ahmar, of Al-Ahmar lawyers