Notice to Exporters: Trade Sanctions Circumvention On 22 May 2023, the United Kingdom Export Control Joint Unitissued a notice to exporters(the Notice) aimed at preventing circumvention of Russia-related trade sanctions, export controls, and other restrictive measures, as well as increasing awareness...
On 6 September 2024, sections of the Russia Regulations that relate to the provision of legal advisory services were amended. Regulation 54D prohibits the provision of legal advisory services to non-UK persons that would facilitate the breach of sanctions. The recent amendments clarified the scope o...
On 12 September 2024, the UK Government published the regulatory framework providing the scope and powers of the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI), the authority responsible for the implementation and enforcement of certain trade sanctions in the United King...
27 of which relate to Russia sanctions. None of these investigations has yet reached the point of prosecution. In October 2024, one of the live investigations into a breach of Russia sanctions was referred to the CPS and is awaiting a charging decision. ...
It is our understanding that OTSI will soon establish its own online licensing system, and will therefore not utilize the “SPIRE” online system currently in use for trade sanctions licensing, as implemented by DBT’s Export Joint Control Unit (“ECJU”). OTSI’s administrative and enforceme...
The EU will also target dual-use goods — which can be put to both civilian and military uses — as well as Russian individuals. The sanctions will include export controls. In addition, the EU condemned the involvement of Belarus, which has abetted Russia's invasion, and said san...
Even where data is restricted under export controls of the US, UK, EU or Japan, in most cases the restriction is limited to export, reexport or transfer to a small number of countries, primarily those that are subject to US, UK, EU, or Japan economic sanctions. Office 365 does not ...
which have targeted the UK and the US. This is the first time that the UK has made designations under itsCyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issuedthis press releasein tandem with the designations....
The creation of OTSI is a clear signal of intent that the UK government is focused on enforcing breaches of the UK’s trade sanctions. This is consistent with the position of the EU and the US governments, which are also seeking to prevent the circumvention of trade sanctions an...
Deputy Director, Export Control and Sanctions Policy, Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU), Department of Business and Trade Michael Kuenzli Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army of Defense Exports and Cooperation DASA DEC, US Army Ole-Morten Parelius Director of Licensing, Norwegian Agency for Export...