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Lebanon (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) sanctions: guidance

Guidance on the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Export Control Joint Unit, and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Published
3 November 2020
Last updated
95 FebruaryDecember 20232024 — See all updates

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Lebanon (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) sanctions: guidance

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The UK’s sanctions framework has changed. This page tells you about UK sanctions that are now in force.

This guidance assists people in implementing and complying with the Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. It covers the prohibitions and requirements imposed by the regulations. It also provides guidance on best practice for:

  • complying with the prohibitions and requirements
  • enforcing them
  • circumstances where they do not apply

This guidance should be read alongside more detailed sanctions guidance published by departments including the Home Office and HM Treasury, through the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).

Updates to this page

Published 3 November 2020
Last updated 95 FebruaryDecember 20232024 + show all updates

  1. These changes reflect the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2024 and taken together make a range of technical changes with the purpose of improving OFSI’s ability to gather intelligence on industry’s compliance with financial sanctions, strengthen OFSI’s enforcement powers, enable OFSI to conduct its licensing responsibilities more efficiently, and clarify financial sanctions legislation where there is existing uncertainty.

  2. Updated to reflect provisions of UN Humanitarian Exception SI

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