The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) published an update to the monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions guidance on 28 January 2022 (see here). The guidance sets out how OFSI will decide when to use its civil enforcement powers to impose monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions, and how such penalties will be calculated. In the recent update, changes were made to the guidance on when OFSI will consider investigation and enforcement…
On Thursday 6 January 2022, the European Commission published Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1, updating the list of dual-use items contained in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 (the “EU Dual Use List”). Regulation (EU) 2021/821, which was published in June last year and came into effect on 9 September last year, introduced key changes to modernise the EU export controls regime for dual use items. Please see our previous post for an overview of changes,…
On 1 November 2021, the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) published an updated Charity Sector Guidance and a blog post in response to Afghanistan’s Taliban takeover in August. A copy of the Guidance is available here. The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 put in place sanctions measures to ensure the UK continues to meet its obligations under the United Nations sanctions regime. While the UK has enforced financial sanctions relating to Afghanistan since…
On 6 September 2021, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) published its 2021 frozen asset reporting notice (see here). The notice is a reminder that all persons that hold or control funds or economic resources belonging to, owned, held, or controlled by a designated person must provide a report to OFSI with the details of these assets by Friday 15 October 2021. This is part of HM Treasury’s annual review of frozen assets to…