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Statutory guidance

Chemical weapons sanctions: guidance

Guidance to accompany the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Export Control Joint Unit and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Published
22 October 2019
Last updated
56 DecemberMarch 20242025 — See all updates

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Chemical weapons sanctions: guidance

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This guidance assists people in implementing and complying with the Chemicalregulations. Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. It covers the prohibitions and requirements imposedimposed, byand 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).

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Published 22 October 2019
Last updated 56 DecemberMarch 2024 2025 + show all updates

  1. Page navigation has been updated for better usability. No material changes to text.

  2. 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.

  4. Amended to include guidance on director designation legislation.

  6. First published.

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2026-03-25 08:27
Added summary of the regime’s purposes, scope and prohibitions.

2026-03-12 09:51
Page has been updated for better clarity and usability. No material changes to text.

2025-03-06 12:48
Page navigation has been updated for better usability. No material changes to text.

2024-12-05 10:00
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.

2024-07-22 15:37
Amended to include guidance on director designation legislation.