Security & Defense

#52026XG02809EU Notice on Continued Syria Sanctions Listings

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

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🇬🇧 English

The notice keeps EU restrictive measures in place for the people and entities listed under the EU’s Syria sanctions regime. Their assets remain frozen, and EU persons and businesses must continue to treat them as sanctioned parties.

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Key Changes

  • Confirms that EU Syria sanctions continue to apply to the listed persons and entities
  • Reminds listed parties that they may request permission to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments
  • Sets 2 February 2027 as the deadline for listed parties to ask the Council to reconsider their listing

Obligations

What this law requires

critical

EU persons and businesses must continue applying the Syria sanctions restrictive measures to persons and entities listed in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP and Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, including maintaining asset-freeze treatment for those designated parties.

EU personsEU businessesentities subject to EU sanctions law
prohibition
high

Designated persons and entities seeking to use frozen funds for basic needs or specific payments must apply to the competent authorities of the relevant EU Member State for authorisation under Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012.

designated personsdesignated entities
licensing
medium

Designated persons and entities seeking reconsideration of their inclusion on the sanctions list must submit a request with supporting documentation to the Council of the European Union before 2 February 2027.

designated personsdesignated entities
before 2 February 2027
disclosure

Affected Parties

Persons and entities listed under the EU Syria sanctions regimeEU companies and financial institutions with sanctions-screening obligations+1 more…

Tags

EU sanctions,Syria,asset freeze