Security & Defense

#32026R1107EU Updates Syria Sanctions List

🇪🇺European Union··Other·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This regulation updates the EU sanctions list linked to Syria. It removes seven entities from the list and revises the entries for 11 individuals already subject to restrictive measures. Businesses, banks, insurers, exporters, and compliance teams should update their sanctions screening data. The changes apply directly across all EU Member States from the day after publication.

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Key Changes

  • Removes seven entities from the EU Syria sanctions list
  • Updates and amends entries for 11 listed individuals
  • Applies directly across all EU Member States after publication

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Update sanctions screening systems and restricted-party lists to reflect the amended Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 from the day after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Businesses, banks, insurers, exporters, and compliance teams subject to EU sanctions compliance
operational
medium

Remove the seven deleted entities from internal sanctions datasets where those datasets implement Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

Entities maintaining sanctions screening or restricted-party datasets based on EU Syria sanctions
operational
high

Replace the entries for the 11 listed natural persons in sanctions screening records with the updated identifying information and reasons set out in the amended Annex II.

Entities maintaining sanctions screening records based on EU Syria sanctions
operational
high

Apply the amended Annex II directly in all EU Member States without waiting for national implementing legislation.

All persons and entities subject to EU law in EU Member States
operational

Affected Parties

EU businesses with Syria-related exposureBanks and financial institutions+2 more…

Tags

EU sanctions,Syria,restrictive measures