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The Burma (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 - Advisory Warning No. 7 of 2014 (13 August 2014)
Advisory Warning No. 7 of 2014
13 August, 2014
ADVISORY WARNING
The Burma (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2013
(U.K.S.I. 2013 No. 1447)
Tortola, British Virgin Islands – 13 August 2014 - The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (the “FSC”) is advising the public that on 13th June 2013, The Burma (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 (the “Order”) was ratified and extended to the Territory.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Order has been extended to the Territory by virtue of Schedule 1 to the Order.
AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Order gives effect in specified Overseas Territories to sanctions in respect of Burma applied by the European Union in Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP.
On 22 April 2013, by Decision 2013/184/CFSP the Council of the European Union decided to revoke sanctions in respect of Burma except for the embargoes on the supply of arms and related materiel and equipment which might be used for internal repression, together with the prohibition on the provision of technical assistance and military assistance related to such goods. This Order revokes and replaces the Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2009 and the Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Suspension) Order 2012 previously extended to the Territory.
The European Union in Council Decision 2013/184 CFSP of 22nd April, 2013 may be viewed in its entirety at the following URL:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:111:0075...
The Burma (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 may be viewed in its entirety at the following URL:
