Newsletter 295 from June 13, 2014 International Sanction
Amendment to the Appendix to the Ordinance of 25 May 2005 on Sanctions against Sudan (SR 946.231.18)
International Sanctions
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER amended the Appendix to the Ordinance on Sanctions against Sudan on 5 June 2014. The entries on two persons were amended and further information was added to those entries. The amendment came into force at 18:00 hours on 6 June 2014.
The amendment is available for consultation on the SECO website.
Financial intermediaries are requested to report relevant business relationships to SECO in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance on Sanctions against Sudan and to freeze the associated assets.
Amendment to Appendix 2 to the Ordinance of 2 October 2000 on Sanctions against Persons and Organisations with Connections to Osama Bin Laden, the "Al-Qaeda" group or the Taliban (SR 946.203)
International Sanctions
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER amended Appendix 2 to the Ordinance on Sanctions against Persons and Organisations with Connections to Osama Bin Laden, the "Al-Qaeda" group or the Taliban on 5 June 2014. Two companies were added to Appendix 2, two natural persons were deleted and the information on nine other persons was amended. The amendment came into force at 18:00 hours on 6 June 2014.
The amendment is available for consultation on the SECO website.
Financial intermediaries are requested to immediately freeze the associated assets and to report relevant business relationships to SECO, in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance. Reporting to SECO does not release a financial intermediary from its obligation to immediately report to the Reporting Center for Money Laundering in accordance with Article 9 of the Money Laundering Act.
Please note that only the German version is legally binding.