On Friday, Finnish regulators recapped recent United Nations Sanctions Committees updates: Financial sanctions Terrorist sanctions Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/628 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/620 Myanmar / Burma Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/627 Iran Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/609 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/603 Export and import restrictions Myanmar / Burma Council Decision […]
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Or… “What's left of US sanctions on Iran”… VII. Key U.S. Legal Authorities That Remain in Place After Implementation Day A number of U.S. legal authorities that are outside the scope of the JCPOA and are directed toward, or have been used to address, U.S. concerns with respect to, Iran […]
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And this is how it's all going to get done – and to enable the “snap-back” if Iran breaks its side of the deal: VI. Waivers Commitment: Pursuant to the U.S. commitment in section 11 of Annex V of the JCPOA, on Adoption Day, the Secretary of State issued waiver […]
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V. Termination of Executive Orders To effectuate the lifting of sanctions set out in sections 4.1 to 4.7 of Annex II of the JCPOA and described in section II of this Guidance, the United States committed in section 4 of Annex II and section 17.4 of Annex V of the […]
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IV. Other Trade Measures Commitment: Pursuant to section 5 of Annex II and section 17.5 of Annex V of the JCPOA, the USG committed to license three categories of activity that would otherwise be prohibited under the ITSR, provided that relevant transactions do not involve individuals or entities on the […]
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III. Sanctions List Removals In addition to the measures described above, to implement its commitments under the JCPOA, on Implementation Day, the USG removed the individuals and entities specified in Attachment 3 to Annex II of the JCPOA from the SDN List, FSE List, and/or NS-ISA List, as appropriate.73 See […]
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G. Sanctions Related to the Automotive Sector Commitment: Section 4.7 of Annex II and section 17.1 of Annex V of the JCPOA provide for the lifting, on Implementation Day, of secondary sanctions that apply to non-U.S. persons with respect to the sale, supply, or transfer of goods or services used […]
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On Friday, in addition to changes to the SEMA (Iran) Regulations regarding investments in Iran and provision & acquisition of services with Iran, the RIUNRI (Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on Iran) page also explains that the UN 2231 committee 20 individuals and 17 entities from its Consolidated List […]
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F. Sanctions Related to Software and Metals Commitment: Section 4.6 of Annex II and section 17.2 of Annex V of the JCPOA provide for the lifting, on Implementation Day, of secondary sanctions that apply to non-U.S. persons with respect to trade with Iran in graphite, raw or semi-finished metals such […]
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E. Sanctions Related to Gold and Other Precious Metals Commitment: Section 4.5 of Annex II and section 17.1 of Annex V of the JCPOA provide for the lifting, on Implementation Day, of secondary sanctions that apply to non-U.S. persons with respect to Iran’s trade in gold and other precious metals […]
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