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Sanctions Notice - Ukraine, Central African Republic and Russian Federation

8th December 2014
​Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick’s sanctions regime in relation to the Ukraine, the Central African Republic and the Russian Federation, which are set out below. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. UKRAINE Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014, as implemented by the Territorial Integrity etc. of...

Sanctions Notice - Al-Qaida and Terrorist Asset Freezing Measures

5th December 2014
Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick’s sanctions regime, which are set out below. These developments concern sanctions relating to the Al-Qaida network and terrorist asset freezing measures. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. AL–QAIDA NETWORK Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002, as...

Instruction No. 06/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses

14th November 2014
The Commission is today issuing Instruction Number 06/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses replacing Instruction No. 02/2014 issued on 9 July 2014. Libya has been removed from Part C which is the list of countries and territories of concern to the Commission. This means that financial services businesses and prescribed businesses may apply a risk based approach to...

Sanctions Notice - Iran and Terrorist Financing

13th November 2014
Please be advised of the following change to sanctions listings related to Iran and to terrorist financing, which have immediate effect in the Bailiwick. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. IRAN On 3 July 2014 the General Court of the European Union annulled the decision to include certain individuals and entities on the list of persons and entities...

Sanctions Notice - Al-Qaida, Belarus, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia, and the Russian Federation

7th November 2014
​Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick’s sanctions regime, which are set out below. These developments concern sanctions relating to the Al-Qaida network, Belarus, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia, and the Russian Federation. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. AL–QAIDA NETWORK Council...

Sanctions Notice - Libya, Somalia and Syria

22nd October 2014
Please be advised of changes to sanctions listings related to Libya, Somalia and Syria which have automatic and immediate effect in the Bailiwick. Measures which should be taken as a result are set out at the end of this notice. LIBYA Council Regulation (EU) No. 204/2011 of 2 March 2011, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011, the Libya...

New International Standards For Regulating Trust Company Business

17th October 2014
The Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors (“GIFCS”) has today launched a new benchmark for the regulation of Trust and Corporate Service Providers (“TCSPs”). Guernsey has been a champion of this new approach which has seen the GIFCS working group which developed the new standard being chaired by the Commission’s General Counsel, Philip Nicol-Gent. Mr Nicol-Gent said “This is an...

Sanctions Notice - Al-Qaida

13th October 2014
​Please be advised of the following changes to sanctions listings related to the Al-Qaida network which have immediate effect in the Bailiwick. Further to the Sanctions Notice issued on 24th September 2014 about United Nations listings for 14 individuals and 2 entities associated with extremist groups in Iraq and Syria, these individuals and entities have now been added to the list maintained by...

Instruction No. 05/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses

7th October 2014
The Commission is today issuing Instruction Number 05/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses, copies of which can be accessed on the FC&A section of the Commission’s website: Instruction No. 05/2014 for Financial Services Businesses and Instruction No. 05/2014 for Prescribed Businesses 7 October 2014