On 23 January 2012, the Council of the European Union (EU) added new names to its list of designated parties under the Syria sanctions regime through Council Decision 2012/37/CFSP. This Decision, along with the accompanying Council Implementing Regulation 55/2012 (which implements Article 33(1) of Regulation 36/2012 (“the new Syria Sanctions Regulation”)), was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 24 January 2012 and entered into force that same day.

For more information on the new Syria Sanctions Regulation published earlier this month, see our previous alert of 20 January 2012.

Please see full alert below for more information.