By Maya Lester KC & Michael O’Kane

Sanctions Profile: Iraq

At a glance

UN sanctions on Iraq were first imposed in 1990, by UN Security Council Resolution 661, in response to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. The current UN Sanctions Committee and regime on Iraq was established in 2003 as the successor to the 1990 committee, by UN Security Council Resolutions 1483 and 1518.

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UN removes 2 from Iraq sanctions

The UN Security Council 1518 Sanctions Committee (Iraq sanctions) has de-listed former Iraqi government minister Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur and former Republican Guard Chief of Staff Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi. Both were originally listed on 27 June 2003. Mr al-Rawi is reported to have died in 2018. Press Release. The UK and Switzerland have also made the de-listings. Notice …

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EU implements UN sanctions humanitarian exemption & amends Somalia sanctions regime

The European Council has implemented the humanitarian exemption to UN sanctions set out by UNSC Resolution 2664 (2022) with respect to its Somalia, CAR, Yemen, Haiti, Iraq and Lebanon (assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri) sanctions regimes. See previous post. Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/338 and Council Regulation (EU) 2023/331. Under the exemption, the making available of funds or economic …

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US terrorism designations

Yesterday, OFAC added 4 individuals and 2 entities linked to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to the SDN list  (Notice)

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OFAC deletes some Iraq entries from SDN list

Yesterday, OFAC deleted 5 entries from its Iraq sanctions list (Notice)

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Iraq sanctions list removals

On 19 May 2022, the UN removed Khalaf M. M. Al-Dulaymi (also Al-Dulimi); Midco Financial, S.A; and Montana Management, Inc. from its Iraq sanctions list. All had been listed in April 2004. Press Release. The UK (Notice) and Switzerland (Notice) have also removed the 3 from their sanctions lists. The same Mr Al-Dulimi brought a case to the European Court …

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Current Sanctions

EU UK

Consolidated

Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003

Parent Regulation

Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003

Amended by:

Council Regulation (EC) No 1799/2003

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2119/2003

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2003

Commission Regulation (EC) No 924/2004

Commission Regulation (EC) No 979/2004

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1086/2004

Council Regulation (EC) No 1412/2004

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/2004

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1087/2005

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1286/2005

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1450/2005

Commission Regulation (EC) No 785/2006

Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006

Council Regulation (EC) No 195/2008

Council Regulation (EC) No 175/2009

Council Regulation (EU) No 168/2010

Council Regulation (EU) No 131/2011

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 88/2012

Council Regulation (EU) No 85/2013

Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013

Council Regulation (EU) No 791/2014

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1398

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1453

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1642

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1695

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2363

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/44

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/184

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/441

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2217

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/875

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/979

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1025

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1066

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1124

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1218

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1286

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1476

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1661

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1781

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/23

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/51

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/162

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/432

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/567

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/808

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1103

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1141

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/37

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/53

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1111

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1472

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1715

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2203

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/401

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/665

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/815

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/580

Consolidated

Common Position 2003/495/CFSP

Common Position

Common Position 2003/495/CFSP

Amended by:

Common Position 2003/735/CFSP

Common Position 2004/553/CFSP

Common Position 2008/186/CFSP

Common Position 2009/175/CFSP

Council Decision 2010/128/CFSP

Council Decision 2011/100/CFSP

Council Decision 2012/812/CFSP

Council Decision 2014/484/CFSP

Council Regulation (EEC) No 3541/92

The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, (SI 2020/707)

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