The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

CHAPTER 3U.K.Trade prohibitions relating to import, purchase and transportation

Import of arms and related materiel, crude oil and petroleum productsU.K.

36.—(1) The import of the following goods which are consigned from Syria is prohibited—

(a)arms and related materiel;

(b)crude oil and petroleum products.

(2) The import of the goods mentioned in paragraph (1) which originate in Syria is prohibited.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

[F1Acquisition] of military goods and technology, crude oil and petroleum productsU.K.

37.—(1) A person must not—

(a)directly or indirectly acquire goods or technology to which this paragraph applies which originate in Syria;

(b)directly or indirectly acquire goods or technology to which this paragraph applies which are located in Syria [F2;]

[F3(c)directly or indirectly acquire goods or technology to which this paragraph applies from a person connected with Syria.]

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to—

(a)crude oil and petroleum products,

(b)military goods, and

(c)military technology.

(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

(4) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but—

(a)it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology originated in Syria;

(b)it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods or technology were located in Syria [F4;]

[F5(c)it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(c) (“P”) to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person was connected with Syria.]

Transport of military goods, crude oil and petroleum productsU.K.

38.—(1) A person must not directly or indirectly supply or deliver goods to which this paragraph applies from a place in Syria to a third country where those goods—

(a)originate in Syria, or

(b)are consigned from Syria.

(2) A person must not directly or indirectly supply or deliver crude oil and petroleum products from a place in a non-UK country to a place in a different non-UK country where the crude oil or petroleum products originate in Syria.

(3) Paragraph (1) applies to—

(a)crude oil and petroleum products, and

(b)military goods.

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

(5) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence, but—

(a)it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(a) or (2) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods originated in Syria;

(b)it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1)(b) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the goods were consigned from Syria.

(6) In this regulation—

“non-UK country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man;

“third country” means a country that is not the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or Syria.

Transfer of military technologyU.K.

39.—(1) A person must not transfer military technology to persons outside the United Kingdom or to a place outside the United Kingdom, where the transfer is from a place in Syria.

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

(3) A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the transfer was from a place in Syria.

Prohibitions relating to the associated provision of financial services and fundsU.K.

40.—(1) A person must not directly or indirectly provide financial services or funds in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement whose object or effect is—

(a)the import of goods to which regulation 36 applies which—

(i)originate in Syria, or

(ii)are consigned from Syria;

(b)the direct or indirect acquisition of goods or technology to which regulation 37(1) applies—

(i)originating in Syria, or

(ii)located in Syria;

(c)the direct or indirect supply or delivery of goods to which regulation 38(1) applies from a place in Syria to a third country, where those goods—

(i)originate in Syria, or

(ii)are consigned from Syria;

(d)the direct or indirect supply or delivery of crude oil and petroleum products from a place in a non-UK country to a place in a different non-UK country where the crude oil or petroleum products originate in Syria;

(e)the transfer of military technology to persons outside the United Kingdom or to a place outside the United Kingdom where the transfer is from a place in Syria.

(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

(3) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening a prohibition in paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the financial services or funds (as the case may be) were provided in pursuance of or in connection with an arrangement mentioned in that paragraph.