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SANCTIONS NOTICE ISIL (DA’ESH) AND AL-QAIDA NETWORK

28th April 2016
ISIL (DA’ESH) AND AL-QAIDA NETWORK This Notice is issued further to the addition of five natural persons to 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 under Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 by...

Unsupported Software

27th April 2016
​The Commission has recently become aware that a number of firms using our Online Services are using software that is no longer supported by the manufacturer and is therefore classed as end-of-life. Software manufacturers do not ordinarily provide security updates (commonly known as patches) for software that is unsupported. As noted in the Commission’s guidance on cyber security (published on 2nd...

Guidance on the Commission’s general approach to enforcement

22nd April 2016
Guernsey’s financial services regulator has published a guidance note on its general approach to the enforcement process which it administers. This brings together the extensive public guidance which is already available on the Commission’s website. The paper has been published in response to a decision made by the States of Guernsey in January of this year requiring the Commission to publish such...

Sanctions Notices - Central African Republic, North Korea and Iran

20th April 2016
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 Central African Republic, North Korea and Iran. Central African Republic Council Regulation (EU) 224/2014, as implemented by the Central African Republic (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014, the...

Sanctions Notices - Libya & ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Network

4th April 2016
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 Libya and ISIL (Da’esh) and the Al-Qaida Network. LIBYA Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/44, as implemented by the Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2016, has been amended by Council Implementing...

Sanctions Notices - Russian Federation and ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Network

1st April 2016
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 Russian Federation, together with ISIL (Da’esh) and the Al-Qaida Network. RUSSIAN FEDERATION EU officials have issued a warning to EU banks about the first issuance of sovereign bonds by the Russian Federation...

Sanctions Notices - ISIL (Da'esh) and Al Qaida Network, Ukraine and Central African Republic

29th March 2016
​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 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Network, Ukraine and Central African Republic. ISIL (DA’ESH) AND AL-QAIDA NETWORK Amendments have been made to the Al-Qaida sanctions regime under Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 by...

Instruction No. 01/2016 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses

22nd March 2016
The Commission is today issuing Instruction Number 01/2016 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses replacing Instruction No. 04/2015 issued on 19 November 2015. Myanmar has now been added to Part B of the Instruction which lists countries and territories with improving Global AML/CFT Compliance. This means that financial services businesses and prescribed businesses may apply a...

Sanctions Notices - North Korea and Ukraine

14th March 2016
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 North Korea and Ukraine. NORTH KOREA Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2007, the North Korea (Restrictive Measures)...