International financial sanctions

International financial sanctions i.a. in the context of the fight against terrorist financing, may consist of the prohibition or restriction of certain financial activities/services and the freeze of funds, assets or other economic resources. Persons, entities and groups falling under these prohibitions and restrictive measures are, for example, persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network or Taliban or persons cited under the European regulations that are directly applicable and concern the situation in e.g. Belarus, Iran, etc..

Pursuant to the Law of 27 October 2010 concerning financial restrictive measures in the context of the fight against terrorist financing, or a directly applicable European regulation concerning other financial restrictive measures, the application of international financial sanctions must be enforced by any Luxembourg natural or legal person, as well as any other natural or legal person operating in or from the Luxembourg territory.

The current national Luxembourg list details of European regulations, directly applicable, and of the implementation, by way of ministerial regulations, of certain UN sanctions lists, on the basis of abovementioned Law of 27 October 2010.

As regards professionals of the financial sector, the CSSF is the competent authority to monitor the implementation of these restrictive measures. In this respect, the regulations of the European Union which are directly applicable to Luxembourg should be mentioned in the context of, for example, the situation in Belarus, North Korea, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Syria or Tunisia.

All corrections or amendments to each regulation can be consulted on EUR-Lex website, directly via the link available on CSSF’s website.

* Countries where prohibitions and restrictive financial measures include measures relating to the prevention, suppression and disruption of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and its financing