Sanctions and Export Control
The Isle of Man Customs and Excise Division is responsible for the implementation of UN and UK financial and economic sanctions and export and trade licensing controls in the Isle of Man. What Does My Business Have to Do with UN/UK Sanctions, and Export and Trade Controls?
There are also export controls on other goods such as endangered species, and items of cultural interest. Please see the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture imports and exports page, and Manx National Heritage respectively for further information.
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Sanctions Legislation
Russia Sanctions (Application) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0098]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0101]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0102]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 4) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0117]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 5) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0139]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 6) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0161]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0168]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 8) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0219]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 9) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0238]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 10) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0240]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 11) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0245]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 12) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0304]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 13) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0321]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 14) Regulations 2022 [SD 2022/0346]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 [SD 2023/0136]
Russia Sanctions (Application) Regulations 2023 [SD 2023/0157]
Russia Sanctions (Application) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 [SD 2023/0200]
Current Sanctions Guidance
This section tells you how sanctions will operate from 1 January 2021 onwards
EU sanctions will no longer apply in the Isle of Man after 11pm on 31 December 2020.
UK sanctions regimes, which have been applied in Island law with modifications, will come into operation from this time.
It is the policy of the Isle of Man Government to maintain the implementation of international sanctions measures in the Isle of Man, in line with such measures as have effect in the United Kingdom from time to time.
The applied sanctions regulations include:
- the purposes of the sanctions regime (what the Island hopes will be achieved through imposing sanctions)
- who will be subject to sanctions
- the type of sanctions, such as trade and financial sanctions
- details of exemptions that may apply, such as exemptions which allow people to trade with a certain country that would otherwise be prohibited by the regulations
- how the Isle of Man Government will enforce sanctions
- other rules, such as circumstances in which information about sanctions may be shared
What you need to do
Check new legislation and ensure you comply with its requirements, and read the sanctions regime guidance.
Financial Sanctions - General Guidance
List of Entities subject to capital market restrictions
Proscribed terrorist groups and organisations
Sanctions guidance with effect from 1 January 2021
- Afghanistan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- Chemical Weapons
- Counter Terrorism
- Counter Terrorism (International)
- Cyber
- Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Guidance
- Global Human Rights
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Iran
- Iraq
- ISIL (Daesh) and Al-Qaida
- Lebanon
- Lebanon (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others)
- Libya
- Mali
- Myanmar
- Nicaragua
- Republic of Belarus
- Russia
- Somalia
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Syria (Cultural Property)
- Unauthorised Drilling in Eastern Mediterranean
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
Cash Declaration Requirements
If cash in excess of £10,000 (or equivalent in another currency)
- is sent to or taken from or
- is brought into or received in
the Isle of Man, then the person carrying, sending or receiving it must make a declaration to Customs and Excise.
This applies to cash going to, or coming from, anywhere outside the Island; and regardless of whether the cash is being carried by someone, or is sent in the mail, by courier service or is contained in freight, a vehicle or a vessel.
'Cash' includes any banknotes or coins in any currency (including counterfeit), postal orders and cheques of any kind (including travellers' cheques), but excluding cheques drawn on a British or Irish bank. It also includes stored value cards and other document, device, coin or token with a monetary value. (See Notice 9011 MAN for a full definition).
For further information please see 'An introduction to cash entering or leaving the Island' and Notice 9011 MAN.
Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
Proliferation
Export Control and Trade Control
Trade Based Money Laundering
Sanctions Licences
- CEM 85 MAN - Sanctions Licence Application Form
- General Trade Licence - Russia - GTL001: Vessels
- General Trade Licence - Syria - GTL002: Earthquake relief efforts in Syria and Turkey
- General Sanctions Licence - SAN001: Permitted payments to UK Insurance Companies
- General Sanctions Licence - SAN002: Payment to Energy Companies for Gas and/or Electricity
- General Licence - Syria - SYR001: Humanitarian Activity
- General Licence - Belarus - BEL001: Emergency payment(s) directly or via an intermediary to Belaeronavigatsia for air traffic services
- General Licence - Belarus - BEL002: Provision of navigational data to civilian aircrafts for flight safety
- General Licence - Russia - RUS006: Russian Banks – Subsidiaries – Payments for basic needs, routine holding, maintenance, legal fees and insolvency related
- General Licence - Russia - RUS007: Regulatory authorities – Prudential Supervision or Financial Stability
- General Licence - Russia - RUS018: Law Enforcement and Regulatory Authorities Asset Recovery
- General Licence - Russia - RUS019: Continuation of Business of Evraz Plc's North American Subsidiaries
- General Licence - Russia - RUS020: Amsterdam Trade Bank N.V – winding down, basic needs and insolvency related payments
- General Licence - Russia - RUS021: Russian Travel
- General Licence - Russia - RUS022: Russia Designated Persons – Charities and Interim Managers and Trustees
- General Licence - Russia - RUS023: Continuation of Business and Basic Needs for Telecommunications Services and News Media Services
- General Licence - Russia - RUS024: Reissued – Funds of non-designated third parties involving designated credit or financial institutions
- General Licence - Russia - RUS026: Humanitarian Activity
- General Licence - Russia - RUS028: Mongolia Energy Payments
- General Licence - Russia - RUS029: Crown Servants, Contractors and their family members
- General Licence - Russia - RUS030: Bank Fees
- General Licence - Russia - RUS031: Securing Energy for Europe
- General Licence - Russia - RUS034: Transactions related to agricultural commodities including the provision of insurance and other services
- General Licence - Russia - RUS035: Oil Price Cap
- General Licence - Russia - RUS036: Oil Price Cap: Wind-down
- General Licence - Russia - RUS037: Oil Price Cap: Correspondent banking and payment processing
- General Licence - Russia - RUS038: Oil Price Cap: Exempt Projects and Countries
- General Licence - Russia - RUS039: Oil Price Cap: Refined Oil Products Wind-down
- General Licence - Russia - RUS040: Trust Services
- General Licence Report Form RUS040: Trust Services
- General Licence - Russia - RUS041: Annual Returns
Expired General Licences
- General Licence - Belarus - BEL003: Wind down of positions involving bank Dabrabyt
- General Licence - Belarus - BEL004:Financial services regarding wind down of derivatives, repurchase, and reverse repurchase transactions with the National Bank of Belarus, and Ministry of Finance of Belarus
- General Licence - Belarus - BEL005: Transferable securities, money-market instruments, loans and credit arrangements
- General Licence - Russia - RUS001: Payment(s) out of non-frozen funds to certain Crimean Sea Ports
- General Licence - Russia - RUS002: Wind down of positions involving VTB
- General Licence - Russia - RUS003: Asset Freeze, correspondent banking relationships and processing sterling payments in relation to energy
- General Licence - Russia - RUS004: Correspondent banking relationships and processing sterling payments
- General Licence - Russia - RUS005: Transferable securities, money-market instruments, loans and credit arrangements
- General licences - Russia - RUS008: Wind down of positions Sberbank
- General licences - Russia - RUS009: Wind down of positions involving various designated banks
- General Licence - Russia - RUS010: Football Matches
- General Licence - Russia - RUS011: Wind down of derivatives, repurchase, and reverse repurchase transactions with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
- General Licence - Russia - RUS012: Wind down of positions involving various designated banks
- General Licence - Russia - RUS013: REVOKED – Continuation of business and basic needs of GEFCO UK Subsidiaries
- General Licence - Russia - RUS014: Wind down of positions involving Sovcomflot
- General Licence - Russia - RUS015: Payments by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation related to debt issued by them before 1 March 2022
- General Licence - Russia - RUS016: Wind down of positions involving Credit Bank of Moscow
- General Licence - Russia - RUS017: Gazprombank energy payments
- General Licence - Russia - RUS025: Wind down of positions involving Rosbank
- General Licence - Russia - RUS027: Investments in relation to Russia
- General Licence - Russia - RUS032: Loans and securities amendment
- General Licence - Russia - RUS033: Legal Services and Legal fees
Sanctions Guidance prior to Brexit
Financial Sanctions - Guidance
Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations
Current Sanctions Regimes
- Al-Qaida, the Taliban and ISIL (Da'esh) (Sanctions Notice 21)
- Afghanistan (Sanctions Notice 39)
- Belarus (Sanctions Notice 19)
- Burma / Myanmar (Sanctions Notice 11)
- Burundi (Sanctions Notice 44)
- Central African Republic (Sanctions Notice 42)
- Chemical Weapons (Sanctions Notice 49)
- Congo (DRC) (Sanctions Notice 16)
- Cyber Attacks (Sanctions Notice 50)
- Egypt (Sanctions Notice 36)
- Global Human Rights Regime (Sanctions Notice 53)
- Guinea (Sanctions Notice 30)
- Guinea-Bissau (Sanctions Notice 40)
- Iran (Sanctions Notice 24)
- Iraq (Sanctions Notice 10)
- Lebanon (Sanctions Notice 18)
- Libya (Sanctions Notice 35)
- Mali (Sanctions Notice 46)
- Nicaragua (Sanctions Notice 51)
- North Korea (Sanctions Notice 23)
- Somalia (Sanctions Notice 31)
- Sudan and South Sudan (Sanctions Notice 14)
- Syria (Sanctions Notice 38)
- Tunisia (Sanctions Notice 34)
- Turkey (Sanctions Notice 52)
- Ukraine/Russia (Sanctions Notice 41)
- Venezuela (Sanctions Notice 47)
- Yemen (Sanctions Notice 43)
- Zimbabwe (Sanctions Notice 20)
