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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
EU Commission guidance on Covid-19 humanitarian aid & Syria sanctions
The European Commission is publishing guidance on how Covid-19-related humanitarian aid and medical assistance can be delivered to places that are subject to EU sanctions. The first is a Commission Notice on Syria. The guidance answers numerous questions about the definition of humanitarian relief, opening bank accounts for humanitarian aid purposes, whether organisations can liase with designated people if necessary, …
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OFAC fact sheet on humanitarian assistance to designated countries
OFAC has published a fact sheet to highlight the most relevant exemptions, exceptions, and authorisations for humanitarian assistance and trade, with a particular focus on Covid-19-related humanitarian and PPE supplies, under the Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, and Ukraine/Russia-related? sanctions programs. Among other international actors, the UN and EU have recently called for the US to clarify its humanitarian aid sanctions exemptions (see post and post), …
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EU Council declaration on Syria chemical weapons sanctions
The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has made a Declaration following the first report of the Investigations and Identification Team to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The report found that the Syrian Arab Air Force had used chemical weapons in 3 instances in March 2017. The Declaration says the EU has previous imposed sanctions …
US Treasury statement on humanitarian aid to sanctioned countries
The US Treasury has issued a statement emphasising its support for the flow of humanitarian aid to countries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and reiterating its broad exemptions for medical supplies and equipment to countries including Iran, Venezuela, Syria and North Korea. For transactions not already exempt through existing general and specific licences, OFAC says it is prepared to issue …
UN Special Rapporteur for food calls for immediate sanctions relief
Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has called for the immediate lifting of sanctions on Syria, Venezuela, Iran, Cuba and Zimbabwe, as such measures “severely undermine the ordinary citizens’ fundamental right to sufficient and adequate food” in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Special Rapporter issued a statement saying that countries under unilateral economic sanctions are …
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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
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/211
Consolidated
Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP
Parent Decision
Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP
Amended by: