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Financial Sanctions Central African Republic

Tuesday, 6 June 2017

This news release is issued in respect of the financial sanctions in view of the situation in the Central African Republic.

Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 has been amended with effect from 30 May  2017, following the publication of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/906.

The identifying information for eight individuals and two entities has been amended. Details of the changes can be found in the attached annex.

Financial institutions and other persons are required to check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold funds, financial assets, economic benefits and economic resources for the designated individuals. If so, they must freeze such accounts or funds and, unless licensed by the Treasury, refrain from dealing with said funds or economic resources, and suspend the provision of any financial services. They must also report their findings to the Sanctions Officer at the Customs and Excise Division of the Treasury. Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for the designated individual they are not required to report these details again.

Failure to comply with financial sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.

Further details of the sanctions regime related to the Central African Republic and links to the Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to other financial sanctions regimes may be found on the Customs and Excise pages of the Isle of Man Government website

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