On 26 December 2023, Chinaâs Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced new sanctions measures under the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law against the following parties for their involvement in the imposition of US restrictive measures on Chinese entities over their links to alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: The sanctioned parties are prohibited from entering China (including mainland and the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative regions). In addition, all properties (including movable and…
On 19 July, the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) issued a general licence (available here) that permits payments by UK air carriers and aircraft operators to Belarus’ air traffic control service Belaeronavigatsia, an entity designated under the UK’s sanctions against Belarus. The licence permits payments to Belaeronavigatsia for air traffic services provided pursuant to an emergency situation (being a situation requiring an aircraft to land in or overfly Belarus to avoid endangering the…
Chinaâs Export Control Law (âECLâ) came into effect on 1 December 2020, providing a framework to a series of separate administrative regulations on export controls issued prior to the lawâs enactment. While no implementing rules or regulations under the ECL have been enacted since its passage into law, Chinaâs Ministry of Commerce (âMOFCOMâ) recently released Announcement No. 10 of 2021, on âInternal Compliance Guidelines on the Export of Dual-Use Itemsâ (hereafter, the âGuidelinesâ) pursuant to…
On 31 December 2020, the UKâs Brexit transition period with the EU ended, and the UK became a third country with respect to the EU from a sanctions and export controls perspective. The UK now has its own autonomous sanctions and export control regimes â closely related to the EUâs regimes, but with important differences and complexities that clients need to be aware of. We have written an alert that summarises the key considerations for companies in…