Yemen sanctions: guidance

The Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 came, fullyand intocertain forceother onregulations, 31are Decemberin 2020.force to implement certain UN obligations and to meet the UK’s policy objectives. 

This guidancesummary assistsgives peoplea quick overview of the sanctions in implementingplace under the regime. It is not comprehensive and complyingis withnot a replacement for the regulations. Itstatutory coversguidance or the prohibitionsregulations andthemselves. 

Summary 

Regime requirementsis imposed,limited in scope to: 

• sanctions targeting designated persons         

Designated persons  

The UK Sanctions List tells you who is designated under the regime and provideswhich sanctions have been applied to them. A designated person can be an individual, a business or an organisation. 

The statutory guidance onlists bestin practicedetail for:the sanctions that can apply in respect of designated persons, including: 

• complyingan asset withfreeze theon prohibitionstheir funds and requirementsother assets 
• enforcingmaking available funds or economic resources to them or for their benefit 
• director disqualification  
• a ban on exporting to them or otherwise supplying to them or for their benefit military goods or military technology  
• circumstancesa whereban theyon doproviding notthem applywith technical assistance, armed personnel, financial services or funds or associated brokering services if this enables or facilitates armed hostilities 
• a ban on transferring to them or for their benefit any military technology 
• immigration sanction (travel ban) 

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