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Sanctions Profile: Syria
At a glance
In 2005, by UNSC Resolution 1636, the UN Security Council imposed travel bans and asset freezes on people suspected of being involved in the 14 February 2005 terrorist bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, in which Syria was implicated by a UN report. The EU implemented those measures by adopting Council Common Position 2005/888/CFSP and Council Regulation (EC) No 305/2006. See the European Commission’s Guidance and FAQs for further details on these sanctions.
News
NDAA 2020 to enhance N Korea & Syria sanctions
Alongside the sanctions provided for against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline (see post), and Turkey (see post), the National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (passed in the Senate on 17 December) contains further sanctions provisions relating to N Korea and Syria. The Act will now be passed to President Trump for approval. North Korea The legislation calls for secondary sanctions …
North Korea
Syria
3rd OFSI penalty – Telia Carrier UK fined £146k for Syria sanctions violations
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has imposed a penalty of £146,341 on Telia Carrier UK Limited for breach of the Syria (European Union Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2012. This is the 3rd penalty to be imposed by OFSI for sanctions violations. OFSI Notice and OFSI Report. The OFSI report says Telia “indirectly facilitated international telephone calls to SyriaTel”, and thereby …
1st Canadian Syria sanctions prosecution
Nader Mohamad Kalai, a Syrian national resident in Halifax, Canada, has been charged with breaching the Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations. Prosecutors allege he made a payment of 15million Syrian pounds, equivalent to $140,000 Canadian dollars, to property and telecoms company Syrialink. Mr Kalai is the first person in Canada to be prosecuted for violating Syria sanctions. He has pleaded …
US sanctions Russian front company for transporting jet fuel to Syria
OFAC has designated 1 entity, 3 people and 5 vessels that are said to have facilitated the delivery of jet fuel to Russian forces operating in Syria pursuant to E.O. 13582. Maritime Assistance LLC, a Moscow-based front company, has been listed for supporting US-designated OJSC Sovfracht, whose designation and the indictment of several of its employees in 2018 were based …
Russia
Danish authorities preliminarily charge Dan-Bunkering for violations of EU Syria sanctions
Dan-Bunkering, a subsidiary of Bunking Holdings, has been preliminarily charged with violating the EU’s Syria sanctions regime by the Danish State Prosecutor for Serious Economic and International Crime (SØIK). Dan-Bunkering is alleged to have sold and supplied at least 30,000 tons of jet fuel for use in Syria from 2015 to 2017 through sales to the Russian shipping company Sovfracht. …
Current Sanctions
Consolidated Regulation
Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012
Parent Regulation
Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012
Amended by:
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 55/2012
Council Regulation (EU) No 168/2012
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 266/2012
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 410/2012
Council Regulation (EU) No 509/2012
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2012/544/CFSP
Council Regulation (EU) No 545/2012
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 673/2012
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 742/2012
Council Regulation (EU) No 867/2012
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 944/2012
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1117/2012
Council Regulation (EU) No 325/2013
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 363/2013
Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013
Council Regulation (EU) No 697/2013
Council Regulation (EU) No 1332/2013
Council Regulation (EU) No 124/2014
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 578/2014
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 693/2014
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 793/2014
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1013/2014
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1105/2014
Council Regulation (EU) No 1323/2014
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/108
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/375
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/780
Council Regulation (EU) 2015/827
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/828
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/961
Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1828
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2350
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/840
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1735
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1893
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1984
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1996
Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2137
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/480
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/907
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1241
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1327
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1751
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/282
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/420
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/774
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/85
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/350
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/798
Consolidated
Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP
Parent Decision
Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP
Amended by: