Burundi Regime

Council implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2043 of 24 October 2022 implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi

On 25 October 2022, on the basis of a review by the Council, three persons should be removed from the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures, as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2015/1755. The Annex I to the Regulation has since been amended accordingly.

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Please be reminded that all EU/UN sanctions are directly applicable under Maltese law under the National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act, cap 365 of the Laws of Malta as linked here.

Should any of your clients be a person or entity who is listed under UN/EU or national sanctions or who is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a listed person or entity, the freezing measures mentioned under Article 17 of the Act apply.

The Sanctions Monitoring Board is to be informed immediately of the actions that have been taken in relation to the assets of such listed persons.

The Sanctions Monitoring Board may be contacted on sanctions.mfea@gov.mt on any issue relating to sanctions.

Please find below links to the:

EU Financial Sanctions Database

Consolidated UN Sanctions List

EU Sanctions Map

Sanctions Monitoring Board