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January 19, 2016: SECO modifies Syria sanctions listings
On Tuesday, Swiss regulators amended a whole slew of persons and entities sanctioned under the Syrian sanctions program – it's a 34-page PDF, so Mr. Watchlist will not list the contents here. However,...
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January 19, 2016: EU, HMT remove 1, change a few Al-Qaida sanctions listings
On Tuesday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/47 by removing the following person: ABD AL HAFIZ, Abd, Al Wahab DOB: (1) 07/09/1967. (2)...
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January 20, 2016: HMT, EU updates Libyan regulations
Financial Sanctions: Libya regime and Financial Sanctions FAQs On 18 January 2016, the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 consolidating the existing restrictive measures into a new...
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January 22, 2016: HMT announces 2 Freezing Orders
On Friday, Her Majesty's Treasury announced freezing orders against the following persons, adding them to the HMT Consolidated List: 1. KOVTUN, Dmitri, VadimovichDOB: (1) 25/09/1965. (2)...
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January 21, 2016: Streamlining the process Down Under
This time, DFAT eschewed including the PDF version of the UN update of an Iranian sanctions change and just sent an email with a link: Notice of Changes to the Consolidated List Iran sanctions changes...
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January 25, 2016: Bank Sepah removed from EU/HMT’s Iranian nuclear...
On Monday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) implemented Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/74 by delisting the following firms previously subjected to Iran's nuclear proliferation sanctions: BANK...
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January 26, 2016: Amendments to Cuban regulations being published today
Today (Wednesday, January 27th), OFAC is issuing amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulation (CACR) in line with the December 2014 policy changes announced by President Obama “intended to further...
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Amendments to Cuban Asset Control Regulations: The Layman Section
Breaking this up because it's an 18 page PDF. This will make it easier to digest…. And I'm going to skip the sections that non-lawyers will not understand with the current CACR in front of them....
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OFAC Enforcement Action: WATG Holdings & subsidiary run afoul of Cuban sanctions
The firm provided architectural design services for a Cuban hotel between 2009 and 2010, for which it was paid $284,515. The settlement? Roughly half – $140,000, for a non self-disclosed, non-egregious...
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JCPOA Implementation Day Guidance: Background
The JCPOA Implementation Day Guidance document consists of a background section, then 7 specialized sections. The whole is a 42 page PDF, so we'll break it up into those 8 pieces (and possibly more for...
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Cuban Asset Control Regulation Amendments, Part 2
Some flavor from the amendments document, in relatively clear English: (d) General license for travel-related transactions incident to exportation or reexportation of certain items. (1) The...
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JCPOA Implementation Day Guidance: General Notes (Section 1)
I. General Notes In reviewing the JCPOA and this guidance, members of the regulated public should be aware of the following: The sanctions-related commitments described in the JCPOA are directed...
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Notice to Exporters 2016/06: License updates, including dual-use licenses
Following changes to the EU dual-use list, the following Open General Export Licences have been amended and republished: Open general export licence (export for repair/replacement under warranty:...
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Cuban Asset Control Regulations, Part 3
§ 515.567 Public performances, clinics, workshops, athletic and other competitions, and exhibitions. (a) General license for amateur and semi-professional international sports federation competitions....
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Cuban Asset Control Regulation Amendments, Part 2
Some flavor from the amendments document, in relatively clear English: (d) General license for travel-related transactions incident to exportation or reexportation of certain items. (1) The...
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JCPOA Implementation Day Guidance: General Notes (Section 1)
I. General Notes In reviewing the JCPOA and this guidance, members of the regulated public should be aware of the following: The sanctions-related commitments described in the JCPOA are directed...
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Notice to Exporters 2016/06: License updates, including dual-use licenses
Following changes to the EU dual-use list, the following Open General Export Licences have been amended and republished: Open general export licence (export for repair/replacement under warranty:...
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Cuban Asset Control Regulations, Part 3
§ 515.567 Public performances, clinics, workshops, athletic and other competitions, and exhibitions. (a) General license for amateur and semi-professional international sports federation competitions....
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JCPOA Implementation Day Guidance: Financial and Banking-related Sanctions
A. Financial and Banking-related Sanctions Commitment: Section 4.1 of Annex II and section 17.1 of Annex V of the JCPOA provide for the lifting, on Implementation Day, of secondary sanctions that...
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January 26, 2016: DFAT says “oops”
Iran sanctions changes Further to our email on 22 January, additional corrections have been made to the Consolidated List to reconcile some typographical errors. Accordingly, on 27 January 2016, DFAT...
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