Sanctions Profile: Lebanon

The EU implemented the UN’s sanctions by Common Position 2005/888/CFSP and Council Regulation (EC) No 305/2006. There are no autonomous EU sanctions in force on Lebanon.

In 2006, the UN also introduced an arms embargo and ban on the provision of related services, by UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The intention of the measures was to assist the Lebanese government in exercising full sovereignty over its territory and ensure no weapons are in the country without its consent. The EU implemented these measures by Common Position 2006/625/CFSP and Council Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006.

Summary of Current UN Sanctions:

General

• Arms embargo

Targeted

• Asset freeze
• Travel ban

Designation Criteria

All individuals designated by the Commission or the Government of Lebanon as suspected of involvement in the planning, sponsoring, organising or perpetrating of the terrorist attack in Beirut (14 February 2005).

Summary of Current EU Sanctions:

General

• Arms embargo

Targeted

• Asset freeze
• Travel ban

Designation Criteria

People and entities designated by the UN Sanctions Committee, established pursuant to UNSC Resolution 1636 (2005), on suspicion of involvement in the terrorist attack in Beirut (14 February 2005).