Myanmar sanctions: guidance
Guidance on the Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021
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This guidance assists people in implementing and complying with the Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021. It covers the prohibitions and requirements imposed by the regulations. It also provides guidance on best practice for:
- complying with the prohibitions and requirements
- enforcing them
- circumstances where they do not apply
This guidance should be read alongside more detailed sanctions guidance published by departments including the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Home Office and HM Treasury, through the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).
Updates to this page
Last updated 10 October 2024 + show all updates
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Added the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) as a supporting organisation, who took over civil enforcement for sanctions in October 2024. As part of these new powers, OTSI has introduced a new service to apply for sanctions licences for the provision of services, which replaces the previous process of applying via SPIRE. Applications for goods-related exports sanctions licences remain via SPIRE.
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First published.