Sanctions

UPDATE ON CHANGES RELATING TO BREXIT This Notice follows on from earlier Notices issued in relation to the changes to the implementation of sanctions resulting from Brexit. As previously advised, with effect from 31st December 2020 the UK introduced its own sanctions regimes that repeal and replace EU sanctions regimes, and the Policy & Resources Committee has made the Sanctions (Implementation of...

UPDATE ON CHANGES RELATING TO BREXIT This Notice follows on from an earlier Notice issued in relation to the changes to the implementation of sanctions resulting from Brexit. The UK has now introduced its own sanctions regimes that repeal and replace EU sanctions regimes. The UK completed the drafting of its sanctions regimes earlier this week and they came into force at 11pm on 31st December 2020...

CHANGES RELATING TO BREXIT Please note the following changes to the legal framework for implementing sanctions measures in the Bailiwick as a result of Brexit. These changes come into force at 11pm on 31st December 2020. Overview The Policy & Resources Committee has made the Sanctions (Implementation of UK Regimes) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Brexit) Regulations, 2020 (the 2020 regulations). A copy...

Please be advised that the EU Council has imposed an asset freeze and travel ban against seven individuals under its Syria sanctions regime. Tala AL –BARAZI, Loubana MOUCHAWEH, Darem TABA'A, Ahmed SAYYED, Tammam RA'AD, Kinan YAGHI and Zuhair KHASIM have been designated under Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1505. The EU Regulation is implemented in the Bailiwick by the Syria (Restrictive...

Please be advised that the EU Council has imposed an asset freeze and travel ban against one individual under its Libya sanctions regime. Yevgeniy Prigozhin has been designated under Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1481. The EU Regulation is implemented in Guernsey by the Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2016. MEASURES WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN All businesses must check...

Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council Committee has added one individual to the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations financial sanctions regime. Jamal Hussein Hassan Zeiniye  has been added to the consolidated list and is subject to an asset freeze. Under section 13 of the Sanctions (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2018 (the Sanctions Law), this amendment is deemed to have...