Guidance: Financial sanctions, Venezuela

Updated: Updated with 'latest HM Treasury Notice 08/11/2018. Venezuela (Reg 2018/1653)'.

Sanctions

Venezuela is subject to financial sanctions imposed by the EU. You can view Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 on restrictive measures in Venezuela online.

Implementation date

These sanctions were introduced on 13 November 2017.

Context

The EU introduced this sanctions regime because of:

serious human rights violations / abuses actions, policies and activities that undermine democracy or the rule of law in Venezuela. EU regulations

You can view Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 on restrictive measures in Venezuela online. You can find the most recent amendments to the Regulation by searching on EUR-Lex – an online database that provides free access to EU law, international agreements and other public documents. Just:

enter the Regulation number into the search bar open the relevant page and click ‘document information’ UK regulations Venezuela (European Union Financial Sanctions) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1094)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-venezuela

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