Sanctions

International Restrictive and Security Measures

Iceland implements restrictive measures adopted by the UN Security Council, on the basis of Chapter VII (Article 41) of the Charter of the United Nations, for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security and/or of securing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, cf. Article 1 of Act No 93/2008. General provisions on the implementation of international restrictive measures are stipulated in Regulation No 119/2009.

Iceland also implements certain restrictive measures adopted by the European Union (EU). Such decisions are taken on the basis of a Declaration by the EU Member States and the EFTA States on Political Dialogue (see Final Act p. 16) , which is part of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) of 1992.

OSCE, the Organisation for Security and Coopertion in Europe, previously the CSCE, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, has only taken one decision on restrictive measures still in force, the arms embargo against Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan.

The headings below include links to the relevant web pages of the UN Security Council sanctions committees or the European Union sanctions website as appropriate, which include more detailed information about the restrictive measures. The regulations referred to are in Icelandic.  

• See also: Export control

Afghanistan - see Terrorist organisations

Al-Qaida and the Taliban - see Terrorist organisations

Azerbaijan - Nagorno-Karabakh

• Arms embargo, OSCE Decision 28 February 1992, cf. UNSCR 853 (1993)

Belarus (06/276) - Regulation No 902/2009

• Travel ban
• Freezing of assets

Bosnia and Herzegovina (04/694) - Regulation No 904/2009

• Travel ban
• Freezing of assets

Burma - see Myanmar

Byelorussia - see Belarus

Congo, Democratic Republic of the (1533/04) – Regulation No 155/2009

• Arms embargo
• Travel ban: List
• Freezing of assets: List

Côte d'Ivoire - see Ivory Coast

Croatia (04/694) - Regulation No 904/2009

• Travel ban
• Freezing of assets

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) - see North-Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo - see Congo

East-Congo - see Congo

Eritrea

• Arms embargo
• Travel ban: No parties have as yet been specified
• Freezing of assets:  No parties have as yet been specified
• Inspection of shipments

Guinea (09/788) - Regulation No 995/2009

• Arms embargo
• Travel ban

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - see Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro

Ivory Coast (1572/04) - Regulation No 140/2009

• Arms embargo
• Travel ban: List
• Freezing of assets: List
• Ban on imports of raw diamonds

Iraq (1518/03) – Regulation No 141/2009

• Arms embargo
• Freezing of assets: List of natural persons
• Freezing of assets: List of legal persons
• Trade in cultural goods

Iran (1737/06) – Regulation No 146/2009

• Arms embargo
• Embargo on nuclear equipment: List: (S/2006/814)
• Embargo on ballistic missile equipment: List: (S/2006/815)
• Embargo on ballistic missile equipment: Guidance rules (S/2006/985) 
• Travel ban and reporting requirement: List
• Freezing of assets: List
• Prohibition on granting financial assistance
• Inspection of shipments

Korea - see North-Korea

Lebanon (1636/05) – Regulation No 120/2009

Liberia (1521/03) – Regulation No 148/2009

• Arms embargo
• Travel ban: List 
• Freezing of assets: List 

Middle-East - see Lebanon

Moldova (08/160) - Regulation No 901/2009

• Travel ban

Myanmar (06/318) - Regulation No 911/2009

• Arms embargo
• Embargo on certain product types
• Embargo on certain trade in services
• Travel ban
• Freezing of assets
• Prohibition against certain investments
• Suspension of certain development cooperation

Nagorno-Karabakh - see Azerbaijan

North-Korea (1718/06) – Regulation No 153/2009, cf. No 734/2009

• Arms embargo 
• Embargo on nuclear equipment: List: (S/2006/814)
• Embargo on ballistic missile equipment: List (S/2006/815)
• Embargo on chemical and bio-chemical weapon equipment: List (S/2006/853)
• Travel ban: No parties have as yet been specified
• Freezing of assets:  No parties have as yet been specified
• Inspection of shipments

Serbia and Montenegro (04/694) - Regulation No 904/2009

• Travel ban
• Freezing of assets

Sierra Leone (1132/97) – Regulation No 147/2009

• Arms embargo
• Travel ban: List 

Somalia (751/92) – Regulation No 121/2009

• Embargo on weapons
• Travel ban: No parties have as yet been specified
• Freezing of assets:  No parties have as yet been specified

Sudan (1591/05) – Regulation No 156/2009

• Arms embargo
• Travel ban: List 
• Freezing of assets: List 
• Inspection of shipments

Syria - see Lebanon

Taliban and Al-Qaida - see Terrorist organisations

Terrorism (1373/01) - Regulation No 122/2009

• Prohibition on financing
• Travel ban: No parties have as yet been specified
• Freezing of assets: No parties have as yet been specified

Terrorist organisations (1267/99) - Regulation No 154/2009

• Arms embargo
• Travel ban: List
• Freezing of assets: List

Weapons of Mass Destruction (1540/04) – Regulation No 123/2009, cf. No 325/2009

• Prohibition on non-state parties

Zimbabwe (04/161) - Regulation No 903/2009

• Arms embargo
• Prohibition against export of equipment for internal repression
• Embargo on certain trade in services
• Travel ban
• Freezing of assets

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