Recent changes to Sanctions Measures

On this page you will find information about recent changes to sanctions measures.

This includes the introduction of new sanctions regimes, as well as changes to existing measures.  References to Guernsey Ordinances should be read as including corresponding Ordinances that have been introduced by Alderney and Sark.

Please be aware that this page is intended to provide guidance only, and it remains the responsibility of individuals and businesses within the jurisdiction to familiarise themselves with all changes, to check any relevant records they may hold for matches with sanctioned persons or activities, and to report any findings to the Policy & Resources Committee.

• The effect of changes to listings and other measures

  • Under Bailiwick Ordinances giving effect to EU Regulations and Orders in Council giving effect to United Nations Security Council Resolutions, changes to lists of designated individuals or entities subject to asset freezes and other restrictions are automatically effective without the need for any further domestic legislation.

  • The same is true of changes to designations in relation to terrorist financing by the Policy and Resources Committee, HM Treasury or the EU that are implemented in the Bailiwick by the Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2011.

  • Any accounts, funds or economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by a newly designated person must be treated as frozen with immediate effect, and no funds or economic resources should be made available directly or indirectly to or for the benefit of that person unless authorised by the appropriate licensing authority. Under the Ordinances giving effect to EU Regulations and the Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2011 this is the Policy and Resources Committee.  Under Orders in Council giving effect to United Nations Security Council Resolutions, this is HM Procureur.

  • Changes to UN designations in relation to ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida or the Taliban in Afghanistan under UN Security Council Resolution 1267 are automatically effective in the Bailiwick once corresponding changes have been made to EU designations under Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 and Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011.  In the period between the making of a new UN designation and a corresponding EU designation, businesses and other parties within the Bailiwick are advised to refrain from making assets of any kind directly or indirectly available to any newly designated person, as this would be likely to constitute a terrorist financing offence under sections 8 to 11 of the Terrorism and Crime (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002.  Requests to make assets available may also give rise to knowledge, suspicion or reasonable grounds for knowledge or suspicion that another person is engaged in terrorist financing, in which case a disclosure should be made to the Financial Intelligence Service in the form and manner prescribed by the Terrorism and Crime (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Regulations, 2007, as amended.

• Recent changes

  • Update Table 2018  

    SANCTIONS UPDATE TABLE 2018
    NEW SANCTIONS REGIMES
    Sanctions Regime	Domestic Legislation	Link to underlying enactment
    Republic of Maldives	Republic of Maldives (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2018	Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1001
    Chemical Weapons	The Chemical Weapons (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2018	Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1542
    CHANGES TO EXISTING REGIMES
    Sanctions Regime	Domestic Legislation	Link to updating information
    Afghanistan	Afghanistan (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/648
    Al-Qaida/Isis	Al-Qaida (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2013	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 designation removal 26/12/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 26/12/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/50 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 14/02/2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/256 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/281 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 additions 06/03/2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/349 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 addition 29/03/2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/537 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendments 09/05/2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/733 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendments 29/05/2018  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/816 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendments 05/06/2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/855 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendments 18/06/2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/888 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/999 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendments 17/07/2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1033 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendments 09/08/2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1138 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1204 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1494 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 15/10/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 19/11/2018 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1809
    Belarus	Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2006	Council Regulation (EU) 2018/275
    Burma/Myanmar	Myanmar /Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2013	Council Regulation (EU) 2018/647 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/898 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1117
    Burundi	Burundi (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2015	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1605
    Central African Republic	Central African Republic (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/325 Council Regulation (EU) 2018/387 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/698
    Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order, 2003
    	Democratic Republic of the Congo (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order, 2005
    Egypt	Egypt (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/465
    Eritrea	Eritrea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012
    Iran (nuclear proliferation)	Iran (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/827
    Iran (human rights)	Iran (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/565
    Iraq	Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Channel Islands Order, 2000	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 24/11/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 07/06/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 13/07/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 23/07/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 07/08/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 19/09/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 24/09/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 28/09/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 01/10/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 02/11/2018 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 13/11/2018
    	Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Channel Islands Order, 2003
    Lebanon and Syria	Lebanon and Syria (United Nations Measures) (Channel Islands) Order, 2006
    Libya	Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2016	Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/126 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/166 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/200 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/711 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/870 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1073 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1245 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1285 Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1285 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1863
    Mali	Mali (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017
    North Korea	North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2007
    	North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/12 Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/53 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/87 Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/12 Council Regulation (EU) 2018/285 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/286 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/324 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/548 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/602 Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation 2018/286 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/714 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/814 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1009 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1074 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1231 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1284 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1606 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1654
    Republic of Guinea	Republic of Guinea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1604
    Republic of Guinea-Bissau	Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/31
    Republic of Maldives	Republic of Maldives (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2018
    Russia	Russian Federation (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2212
    Somalia	Somalia (United Nations Sanctions) Channel Islands Order, 2002
    	Somalia (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/413 Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1933
    South Sudan	South Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2015	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/164 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1115 Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1116 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1934
    Sudan	Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/512
    Syria	Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/282 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/420 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/774 Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/774 Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 36/2012
    Tunisia	Tunisia (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/137
    Ukraine (misappropriation of funds/human rights)	Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/326
    Ukraine (territorial integrity)	Territorial Integrity etc. of Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/388 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/705 Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/705 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1072 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1230 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1929
    Ukraine (Crimea and Sevastopol)	Crimea and Sevastopol (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014
    Venezuela	Venezuela (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/88 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/899 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1653
    Yemen	Yemen (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/689
    Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe (Freezing of Funds and Economic Resources) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2004	Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/223
    	Zimbabwe (Sale, Supply, Export, Financing and Financial Assistance and Shipment of Equipment) (Penalties and Licences) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2004
    Chemical Weapons	The Chemical Weapons (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2018
    Terrorist financing	Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2011	General Notice of Renewal of Final Designations 05/12/2017 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designation 25/01/2018 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designation 29/01/2018 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designation 07/02/2018 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designations 20/02/2018 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/468 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1071

• 2017 updates

  • Update Table 2017  

    SANCTIONS UPDATE TABLE 2017
    NEW SANCTIONS REGIMES
    Sanctions Regime	Domestic Legislation	Link to underlying enactment
    Mali	Mali (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017	Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1770
    North Korea	North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017	Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509
    Venezuela	Venezuela (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017	Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063
    CHANGES TO EXISTING REGIMES
    Sanctions Regime	Domestic Legislation	Link to updating information
    Afghanistan	Afghanistan (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1988 amendment 16/02/2017 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/404
    Al-Qaida/Isis	Al-Qaida (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2013	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 18/01/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/142 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 03/02/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/221 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1267 amendment 15/02/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/296 Financial Sanctions Notice 22/02/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1267 amendment 22/02/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/326 Financial Sanctions Notice 25/02/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 16/03/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 21/03/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/494 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/557 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 29/03/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 30/03/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/630 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/637 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 08/04/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/700 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 01/05/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 01/05/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/778 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 07/06/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/998 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 16/06/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 20/06/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1094 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 03/07/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 06/07/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1235 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1251 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 20/07/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 20/07/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1390 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 28/07/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1411 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 09/08/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1488 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 18/08/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1500 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 28/08/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1516 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 12/09/2017 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1571 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1773 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 04/10/17 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1834 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 amendment 21/11/2017
    Belarus	Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2006	Council Regulation (EU) 2017/331
    Burma/Myanmar	Myanmar /Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2013
    Burundi	Burundi (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2015
    Central African Republic	Central African Republic (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Regulation (EU) 2017/400 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2339 amendment 17/05/2017 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/890 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/906 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1090
    Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order, 2003
    	Democratic Republic of the Congo (United Nations Sanctions) (Channel Islands) Order, 2005
    Egypt	Egypt (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/490 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/491
    Eritrea	Eritrea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012
    Iran (nuclear proliferation)	Iran (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/77 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/964 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1124
    Iran (human rights)	Iran (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/685
    Iraq	Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Channel Islands Order, 2000	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 26/01/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 21/02/2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 amendment 08/03/2017
    	Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Channel Islands Order, 2003
    Lebanon and Syria	Lebanon and Syria (United Nations Measures) (Channel Islands) Order, 2006
    Libya	Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2016	Council Regulation (EU) 2017/488 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/489 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1325 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1419 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1423 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1456 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1974 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2006 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2260
    Mali	Mali (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017
    North Korea	North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2007	Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/80 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/330 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/658 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/661 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/970 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/993 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1330 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1457 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1501
    	North Korea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017	Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1509 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1548 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1568 Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1568 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1836 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1858 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1859 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1897 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2062
    Republic of Guinea	Republic of Guinea (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012
    Republic of Guinea-Bissau	Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/403
    Russia	Russian Federation (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014
    Somalia	Somalia (United Nations Sanctions) Channel Islands Order, 2002
    	Somalia (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/395 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2415
    South Sudan	South Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2015	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/402
    Sudan	Sudan (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/401 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1942
    Syria	Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/480 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/907 Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/907 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1241 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1327 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1751
    Tunisia	Tunisia (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/149
    Ukraine (misappropriation of funds/human rights)	Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/374
    Ukraine (territorial integrity)	Territorial Integrity etc. of Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/437 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1374 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1417 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1547 Council Implementing Regulation 2017/1549 Corrigendum - Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1549 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2153
    Ukraine (Crimea and Sevastopol)	Crimea and Sevastopol (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014
    Venezuela	Venezuela (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2017
    Yemen	Yemen (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/628
    Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe (Freezing of Funds and Economic Resources) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2004	Council Regulation (EU) 2017/284
    	Zimbabwe (Sale, Supply, Export, Financing and Financial Assistance and Shipment of Equipment) (Penalties and Licences) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2004
    Terrorist financing	Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2011	Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2373 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designation 10/01/2017 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designations 10/02/2017 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designations 23/02/2017 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designation 28/04/2017 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/965 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designations 21/07/2017 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1420 General Notice of Renewal of Final Designations 13/10/2017 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2061 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2064

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