relative file path for layout
Skip to main content  Skip to search  Skip to main menu
Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city
MY COLOUR

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

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

Ref. : GL 217/2

3 March 2023

Dear Sirs,

TRADE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR

United Nations Sanctions (Haiti) Regulation

This is to announce for general information that on 3 March 2023 the Government gazetted the United Nations Sanctions (Haiti) Regulation ("the Regulation") (L.N. 21 of 2023).

2.Made under section 3 of the United Nations Sanctions Ordinance (Cap. 537), the Regulation gives effect to certain decisions on sanctions in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2653, as modified by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2664.

3.The Regulation provides for the prohibition against:

  • the supply, sale, transfer or carriage of arms or related materiel to, or for the benefit of, certain persons or entities;
  • the provision of technical assistance, training or financial or other assistance related to military activities, or related to the provision, maintenance or use of arms or related material, to, or for the benefit of, certain person or entities;
  • making available to, or for the benefit of, certain persons or entities any funds or other financial assets or economic resources;
  • dealing with funds or other financial assets or economic resources belonging to, or owned or controlled by, certain persons or entities; and
  • entry into or transit through the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by certain persons.

4.An English version and a Chinese version of the UNSC documents relating to the Regulation are available at the Integrated Customer Service Centre on 13/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 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 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,

(Nate CHAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

For online access to selected Trade Information Circulars, please visit
Trade and Industry Department's Internet Homepage at http://www.tid.gov.hk

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.