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Sanctions Notice - Central African Republic

7th March 2018
Council Regulation (EU) 224/2014, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Central African Republic (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014, the Central African Republic (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2014 and the Central African Republic (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2014, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation 2018/325. The effect of the amendments...

Sanctions Notice - North Korea

7th March 2018
Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1509, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017, the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2017, and the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2017, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation 2018/324. The effect of the amendments, which are automatically and...

Sanctions Notice - North Korea

27th February 2018
Council Regulation (EU) No 2017/1509, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017, the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2017, and the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2017, has been amended by Council Regulation 2018/285 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/286. The effect of the...

Virtual currencies, crypto currencies and Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO")

27th February 2018
The Commission has a policy of encouraging innovation through initiatives such as our Innovation Soundbox, which offers a supportive environment where existing or future licensees can come and discuss ideas, innovations or future applications with our authorisations or supervisory experts. Globally, one specific area of innovation within financial services has been the increasing use of virtual...

Sanctions Notice - ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Network

26th February 2018
Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686, as implemented by the Al-Qaida (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2013, the Al-Qaida (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2013 and the Al-Qaida (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2013, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/281. The Implementing Regulation is available here: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018...

Sanctions Notice - Syria

26th February 2018
Council Regulation (EC) No 36/2012, as implemented by the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012, the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2012 and the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2012, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/282. The Implementing Regulation is available here: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/282...

Sanctions Notice - Belarus

26th February 2018
Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012, the Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2012 and the Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Sark) Ordinance, 2012, has been amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2018/275. The Regulation is available here: Council Regulation (EU) 2018/275 MEASURES WHICH SHOULD BE...

Sanctions Notice - ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Network

21st February 2018
This Notice is issued further to the previous Sanctions Notice issued in relation to the updating of information relating to one individual (the listed person) on the list of persons associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida maintained under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267. Please be advised that corresponding changes have now been made to the list maintained by the European Union...