Guidance

UK Financial Sanctions FAQs

OFSI publishes FAQs providing short-form guidance and technical information on financial sanctions.

From:
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Published
1 May 2024
Last updated
5 December 2024 — See all updates

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UK Financial Sanctions FAQs

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UK Financial Sanctions FAQs (Withdrawn FAQs)

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OFSI publishes FAQs providing short-form guidance and technical information on financial sanctions. These include FAQs relating to:

  • Specific regimes and countries
  • Licensing
  • Russian oil services ban
  • Definitions

Updates to this page

Published 1 May 2024
Last updated 5 December 2024 + show all updates

  1. FAQ 130 amended to reflect revoked General licences.

  2. FAQs 125-131 added.

  3. FAQ 124 added

  4. FAQ 123 added.

  5. FAQs 49-51, 55, 61-66, 72-73, 76 and 84 amended to reflect new Legal Services General Licence INT/2024/5334756.

  6. FAQ added for General Licence INT/2024/4919848 and Trust services

  7. 20 questions added to the Russia section

  8. FAQs added: FAQ 92, FAQ 93, FAQ 94, FAQ 95, FAQ 96, FAQ 97, FAQ 98 Subheading added: Trust Services Sanctions Subheading added: General Licence INT/2024/4919848

  9. FAQs 35 and 36 added

  10. FAQ 1 was amended on 8 May 2024 to include a link to the FCDO's E-Alert Service.

  11. First published.

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