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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Ref. : TRA CR 1006/17

12 May 2017

Trade and Industry Department Circular

UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS(CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC) REGULATION 2017

This is to announce for general information that on 12 May 2017 the Government gazetted the United Nations Sanctions (Central African Republic) Regulation 2017 ("the 2017 Regulation") (L.N. 79 of 2017).

2.Made under section 3(1) of the United Nations Sanctions Ordinance (Cap. 537), the 2017 Regulation implements sanctions against Central African Republic as renewed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) under Resolution 2339.

3.The sanctions imposed under the 2017 Regulation include:

  • prohibition against the supply, sale, transfer or carriage of arms or related materiel to the Central African Republic or certain persons;

  • prohibition against the provision of assistance or training related to military activities or to the provision, maintenance or use of any arms or related materiel to certain persons;

  • prohibition against making available to certain persons or entities any funds or other financial assets or economic resources, or dealing with funds or other financial assets or economic resources of certain persons or entities; and

  • prohibition against entry into or transit through the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by certain persons.

The 2017 Regulation would expire at midnight on 31 January 2018.

4.An English version and a Chinese version of the UNSC documents relating to the 2017 Regulation are available at the Information Counter on 1/F, Trade and Industry Tower for public inspection. These documents can also be found at UN website http://www.un.org.

WARNING

5.Contravention to the prohibitions imposed by the 2017 Regulation attracts substantial penalties which may amount in some cases to imprisonment for 7 years and/or a fine.

IMPORTANT NOTE

6.This circular is NOT a statement of the Laws of Hong Kong and has NO legal status. Anyone interested in the Amendment Regulation and the Regulation should refer to the Government Gazette for details. The prohibitions in the Regulation will apply to any person and company/registered business irrespective of and notwithstanding the possession of valid licences issued by the Director-General of Trade and Industry under the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60) and its subsidiary legislation and other Enactments.

ENQUIRIES

7.Enquiries concerning this circular can be directed to the undersigned at tel. no. 2398 5490.

Yours faithfully,

 

(Miss Samantha CHENG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.