Introduction
1. The Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the “UK Regulations”) were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and provide for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons, entities or bodies reasonably suspected of involvement in conduct enabling or facilitating the disappearances of four people or the failure to investigate properly or institute criminal proceedings against the persons responsible for those disappearances; the commission of serious human rights violations in Belarus; the repression of civil society or democratic opposition in Belarus; or other actions, policies or activities which undermine democracy or the rule of law in Belarus.
2. On 24 March 2022 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated the UK Sanctions List to reflect changes to those persons designated under the UK Regulations. A link to the UK Sanctions List can be found below.
3. The Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021 (the “Order”), made under the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 (“SAFL”), links to the UK Regulations.
4. Any changes to asset-freeze designations made under the UK Regulations are effective immediately by virtue of the ambulatory provisions in Jersey’s sanctions legislation.
5. An asset freeze now applies to the persons listed in the Annex to this Notice under Part 3 of SAFL.
Notice summary (Full details are provided in the Annex to this Notice)
6. The following designations have been made and are now subject to an asset freeze:
- BANK DABRABYT JOINT STOCK COMPANY
- CJSC BELBIZNESLIZING
- INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL PRIVATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE MINOTOR-SERVICE
- JSC TRANSVIAEXPORT AIRLINES
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BELINVEST-ENGINEERING
- OJSC KB RADAR-MANAGING COMPANY HOLDING RADAR SYSTEM
What you must do
7. You must:
- immediately check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the persons set out in the Annex to this Notice.
- freeze such accounts, and other funds or economic resources without notice and without delay.
- refrain from dealing with the funds or assets or making them available (directly or indirectly) to such persons unless licensed by the Minister for External Relations and Financial Services (“MERFS”).
- report any findings to MERFS, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with SAFL.
- provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that MERFS may request. Information reported to MERFS may be passed on to other regulatory authorities or law enforcement.
8. Failure to comply with sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.
Further Information
9. Further information on sanctions can be found on the Government of Jersey website and the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) website.
10. Jersey guidance on the Belarus sanctions regime is available on JFSC website.
11. Copies of Jersey sanctions legislation, including the Order and SAFL, can be found on the Jersey Legal Information Board website.
12. A copy of the UK Regulations can be obtained from legislation.gov.uk and other relevant information about this regime can be found on gov.uk.
13. A copy of the UK Sanctions List can be found here.
14. A copy of the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Consolidated List can be found here.
Enquiries
15. Non-media enquiries, sanctions compliance reporting, and licence applications should be addressed to:
Head of International Compliance
Office of the Chief Executive
External Relations
sanctions@gov.je
ANNEX TO NOTICE
FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: BELARUS
ADDITIONS
Entities
1. BANK DABRABYT JOINT STOCK COMPANY
Address: premises 1, Kommunisticheskaya Str. 49, Minsk, Belarus. Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): BEL0120 (UK Statement of Reasons): Designated for the purposes of an asset freeze under the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The designation is made as a designation by name under the urgent procedure. The relevant provision by reference to which the Minister considers that condition B is met is Executive Order 14038. The purposes of this provision correspond or are similar to the purposes of the UK’s Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which have as their purposes to: a) respect democratic principles and institutions, the separation of powers and the rule of law in Belarus, b) refrain from actions, policies or activities which repress civil society in Belarus, c) investigate properly and institute criminal proceedings against the persons responsible for the disappearances of Yury Zakharanka, Viktar Hanchar, Anatol Krasouski and Dzmitry Zavadski, and d) comply with international human rights law and to respect human rights, including in particular to— i. respect the right to life of persons in Belarus; ii. respect the right of persons not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Belarus, including inhuman or degrading conditions in prisons; iii. afford persons in Belarus charged with criminal offences the right to a fair trial; iv. respect the right to liberty and security, including refraining from the arbitrary arrest and detention of persons in Belarus Listed on: 24/03/2022 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 24/03/2022 Last Updated: 24/03/2022 UK Consolidated Group ID: 14979.
2. CJSC BELBIZNESLIZING
Address: office 919, 29 Masherov Ave., Minsk, Belarus. Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): BEL0121 (UK Statement of Reasons): Designated for the purposes of an asset freeze under the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The designation is made as a designation by name under the urgent procedure. The relevant provision by reference to which the Minister considers that condition B is met is Executive Order 14038. The purposes of this provision correspond or are similar to the purposes of the UK’s Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which have as their purposes to: a) respect democratic principles and institutions, the separation of powers and the rule of law in Belarus, b) refrain from actions, policies or activities which repress civil society in Belarus, c) investigate properly and institute criminal proceedings against the persons responsible for the disappearances of Yury Zakharanka, Viktar Hanchar, Anatol Krasouski and Dzmitry Zavadski, and d) comply with international human rights law and to respect human rights, including in particular to— i. respect the right to life of persons in Belarus; ii. respect the right of persons not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Belarus, including inhuman or degrading conditions in prisons; iii. afford persons in Belarus charged with criminal offences the right to a fair trial; iv. respect the right to liberty and security, including refraining from the arbitrary arrest and detention of persons in Belarus. Listed on: 24/03/2022 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 24/03/2022 Last Updated: 24/03/2022 UK Consolidated Group ID: 14980.
3. INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL PRIVATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE MINOTOR-SERVICE
Address: ul. Karvata, d. 84, kom. 1, Minsk, Belarus. Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): BEL0122 (UK Statement of Reasons): Designated for the purposes of an asset freeze under the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The designation is made as a designation by name under the urgent procedure. The relevant provision by reference to which the Minister considers that condition B is met is Executive Order 14038. The purposes of this provision correspond or are similar to the purposes of the UK’s Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which have as their purposes to: a) respect democratic principles and institutions, the separation of powers and the rule of law in Belarus, b) refrain from actions, policies or activities which repress civil society in Belarus, c) investigate properly and institute criminal proceedings against the persons responsible for the disappearances of Yury Zakharanka, Viktar Hanchar, Anatol Krasouski and Dzmitry Zavadski, and d) comply with international human rights law and to respect human rights, including in particular to— i. respect the right to life of persons in Belarus; ii. respect the right of persons not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Belarus, including inhuman or degrading conditions in prisons; iii. afford persons in Belarus charged with criminal offences the right to a fair trial; iv. respect the right to liberty and security, including refraining from the arbitrary arrest and detention of persons in Belarus Listed on: 24/03/2022 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 24/03/2022 Last Updated: 24/03/2022 UK Consolidated Group ID: 14981.
4. JSC TRANSAVIAEXPORT AIRLINES
Address: 44 Zakharova Str., Minsk, Belarus, 220034. Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): BEL0123 (UK Statement of Reasons): Designated for the purposes of an asset freeze under the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The designation is made as a designation by name under the urgent procedure. The relevant provision by reference to which the Minister considers that condition B is met is Executive Order 14038. The purposes of this provision correspond or are similar to the purposes of the UK’s Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which have as their purposes to: a) respect democratic principles and institutions, the separation of powers and the rule of law in Belarus, b) refrain from actions, policies or activities which repress civil society in Belarus, c) investigate properly and institute criminal proceedings against the persons responsible for the disappearances of Yury Zakharanka, Viktar Hanchar, Anatol Krasouski and Dzmitry Zavadski, and d) comply with international human rights law and to respect human rights, including in particular to— i. respect the right to life of persons in Belarus; ii. respect the right of persons not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Belarus, including inhuman or degrading conditions in prisons; iii. afford persons in Belarus charged with criminal offences the right to a fair trial; iv. respect the right to liberty and security, including refraining from the arbitrary arrest and detention of persons in Belarus Listed on: 24/03/2022 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 24/03/2022 Last Updated: 24/03/2022 UK Consolidated Group ID: 14982.
5. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BELINVEST-ENGINEERING
Address: office 10, 2 Melnikaite Str, Minsk, Belarus. Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): BEL0124 (UK Statement of Reasons): Designated for the purposes of an asset freeze under the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The designation is made as a designation by name under the urgent procedure. The relevant provision by reference to which the Minister considers that condition B is met is Executive Order 14038. The purposes of this provision correspond or are similar to the purposes of the UK’s Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which have as their purposes to: a) respect democratic principles and institutions, the separation of powers and the rule of law in Belarus, b) refrain from actions, policies or activities which repress civil society in Belarus, c) investigate properly and institute criminal proceedings against the persons responsible for the disappearances of Yury Zakharanka, Viktar Hanchar, Anatol Krasouski and Dzmitry Zavadski, and d) comply with international human rights law and to respect human rights, including in particular to— i. respect the right to life of persons in Belarus; ii. respect the right of persons not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Belarus, including inhuman or degrading conditions in prisons; iii. afford persons in Belarus charged with criminal offences the right to a fair trial; iv. respect the right to liberty and security, including refraining from the arbitrary arrest and detention of persons in Belarus Listed on: 24/03/2022 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 24/03/2022 Last Updated: 24/03/2022 UK Consolidated Group ID: 14983.
6. OJSC KB RADAR-MANAGING COMPANY HOLDING RADAR SYSTEM
Address: 64A Partizanskii. Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): BEL0125 (UK Statement of Reasons): Designated for the purposes of an asset freeze under the Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The designation is made as a designation by name under the urgent procedure. The relevant provision by reference to which the Minister considers that condition B is met is Executive Order 14038. The purposes of this provision correspond or are similar to the purposes of the UK’s Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which have as their purposes to: a) respect democratic principles and institutions, the separation of powers and the rule of law in Belarus, b) refrain from actions, policies or activities which repress civil society in Belarus, c) investigate properly and institute criminal proceedings against the persons responsible for the disappearances of Yury Zakharanka, Viktar Hanchar, Anatol Krasouski and Dzmitry Zavadski, and d) comply with international human rights law and to respect human rights, including in particular to— i. respect the right to life of persons in Belarus; ii. respect the right of persons not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Belarus, including inhuman or degrading conditions in prisons; iii. afford persons in Belarus charged with criminal offences the right to a fair trial; iv. respect the right to liberty and security, including refraining from the arbitrary arrest and detention of persons in Belarus Listed on: 24/03/2022 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 24/03/2022 Last Updated: 24/03/2022 UK Consolidated Group ID: 14984.
Ministry of External Relations
24 March 2022
gov.je