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European sanctions

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

As of 1.06.2021, the consolidated regulations on this page will no longer be updated with the new regulations.

You can find information about the European regulations on the European websites:

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
- Decision 2011/486
  - Regulation 753/2011

Al Qaida/Daesh
Belarus (Byelorussia)
- Decision 2012/642
  - Regulation 2006/765
Myanmar/Burma
- Decision 2013/184
  - Regulation 2013/401

Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Decision 2011/173

Burundi
- Decision 2015/1763
  - Regulation 2015/1755

Central African Republic
- Decision 2013/798
  - Regulation 2014/224

Congo (Democratic Republic of)
- Decision 2010/788
  - Regulation 2005/1183

Crimea and Sevastopol
- Decision 2014/386
  - Regulation 2014/692 (PDF, 268.95 KB)

!!! Egypt !!! (repealed)
- Decision 2011/172
  - Regulation 2011/270

Eritrea (repealed)
- Decision 2010/127 changed by Decision 2018/1944
  - Regulation 2010/667 changed by Regulation 2018/1932

Guinea (Republic of)
- Decision 2010/638
  - Regulation 2009/1284

Guinea Bissau
- Decision 2012/285
  - Regulation 2012/377

Irak
- Common Position 2003/495 (PDF, 602.6 KB)
  - Regulation 2003/1210

Iran
- Decision 2011/235
  - Regulation 2011/359
- Decision 2010/413
  - Regulation 2012/267

Lebanon
- Decision 2007/860 (PDF, 38.02 KB)
  - Regulation (PDF, 38.02 KB) 2006/305
  - Regulation 2006/1412

Libya
- Decision 2015/1333
  - Regulation 2016/44

Mali
- Decision 2017/1775
  - Regulation 2017/1770

Nicaragua
- Decision 2019/1720
  - Regulation 2019/1716

North Korea
- Decision 2016/849
  - Regulation 2017/1509
Somalia
- Decision 2010/231
  - Regulation 2010/356

South Sudan
- Decision 2015/740
  - Regulation 2015/735

Sudan
- Decision 2014/450
  - Regulation 2014/747

Republic of Maldives (repealed)
- Decision 2018/1006 (PDF, 61.09 KB) changed by Decision 2019/993
  - Regulation 2018/1001 (PDF, 84.17 KB) changed by Regulation 2019/985

Syria
- Decision 2013/255 changed by Decision 2021/855
  - Regulation 2012/36

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)
- Decision 2010/573

Tunisia
- Decision 2011/72
  - Regulation 2011/101
Turkey
- Decision 2019/1894
  - Regulation 2019/1890

Ukraine
- People:
  - Decision 2014/119
    - Regulation 2014/208
- Territory:
  - Decision 2014/145
    - Regulation 2014/269
- Ukraine/Rusland:
  - Decision 2014/512
    - Regulation 2014/833

Venezuela
- Decision 2017/2074
  - Regulation 2017/2063

Yemen
- Decision 2014/932
  - Regulation 2014/1352

Zimbabwe
- Decision 2011/101
  - Regulation 314/2004

The proliferation and use of chemical weapons
- Decision 2018/1544 changed by Corrigendum 2020/1482
  - Regulation 2018/1542

Cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States
- Decision 2019/797
  - Regulation 2019/796

Restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
- Decision 2020/1999
  - Regulation 2020/1998