Besides the sanctions of the United Nations Security Council, Europe also provides its own EU-sanctions within the framework of its common foreign and security policy (CFSP). These European sanctions have direct effect in Belgium. A consolidated list of sanctions on the website of the European Commission is available
The Law of 13 May 2003 provides penalties for breaches of aforementioned regulations and decisions. You will find below the list of countries under embargo with the last consolidated regulation and, where applicable, the regulations which amended the last consolidated version:
- Afghanistan
- Al Qaida/Daesh
- Belarus (Byelorussia)
- Myanmar/Burma
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Central African Republic
- Decision 2013/798 changed by Corr. 2020/1312
- Congo (Democratic Republic of)
- Decision 2010/788 changed by Decision 2020/2144
- Regulation 2005/1183 changed by Regulation 2020/2021 changed by Regulation 2020/2133
- Decision 2010/788 changed by Decision 2020/2144
- Crimea and Sevastopol
- Eritrea (abrogated)
- Decision 2010/127 changed by Decision 2018/1944
- Regulation 2010/667 changed by Regulation 2018/1932
- Decision 2010/127 changed by Decision 2018/1944
- Guinea (Republic of)
- Guinea Bissau
- Irak
Common Position 2003/495 (PDF, 602.6 KB)
- Regulation 2003/1210 changed by Regulation 2021/53 changed by Regulation 2021/131
- Nicaragua
- North Korea
- Somalia
- Decision 2010/231 changed by Decision 2021/54
- Regulation 2010/356 changed by Regulation 2020/169 changed by Regulation 2021/48 + Corr. 2021/48
- Decision 2010/231 changed by Decision 2021/54
- South Sudan
- Republic of Maldives (abrogated)
- Syria
- Decision 2013/255 changed by Decision 2021/30
- Regulation 2012/36 changed by Regulation 2021/29
- Decision 2013/255 changed by Decision 2021/30
- Terrorism
- Common Position 2001/931 changed by Decision 2019/1341 changed by Decision 2020/20 changed by Decision 2020/1132 changed by Decision 2021/142
- Regulation 2001/2580 changed by Regulation 2019/1337 changed by Regulation 2020/19 changed by Regulation 2020/1128 changed by Regulation 2021/138
- Transinitrian region (Republic of Moldova)
- Tunisia
- Decision 2011/72 changed by Decision 2021/55
- Regulation 2011/101 changed by Regulation 2021/49
- Decision 2011/72 changed by Decision 2021/55
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- People:
- Territory:
- Ukraine/Rusland:
- Venezuela
- Zimbabwe
- The proliferation and use of chemical weapons
- Cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
- Restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses