Financial Sanctions Notice ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida 3 August 2020

Introduction

1. Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 (“the Regulation”) imposing financial sanctions against the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations has been amended so that an asset freeze now applies to the person listed in the Annex to this Notice.

Notice summary (Full details are provided in the Annex to this Notice)

2. The following entry has been added and is now subject to an asset freeze:

• Bryan D’ANCONA

What you must do

3. You must:

• 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.
• 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 (“MER”).
• report any findings to MER, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with the Regulation.
• provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that MER may request. Information reported to MER may be passed on to other regulatory authorities or law enforcement.

4. Failure to comply with financial sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.

Legislative details

5. The Regulation is implemented in Jersey by EU Legislation (Sanctions – ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida) (Jersey) Order 2016 (‘the ISIL Order’) implemented under the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 (“SAFL”).

6. On 30 July 2020 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1124 (“the Amending Regulation”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the Council of the European Union.

7. The Amending Regulation amended Annex I to the Regulation with effect from 30 July 2020. Any changes to the Annex are effective immediately in Jersey by virtue of the ambulatory provisions of the ISIL Order.

Further Information

8. A copy of the Amending Regulation can be obtained from the website of the Official Journal of the European Union.

9. Copies of Jersey sanctions Orders and other legislation, including the ISIL Order and SAFL, can be found on the Jersey Legal Information Board website.

10. Copies of recent Notices, certain EU Regulations and Jersey legislation can be found  on the restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Terrorist Organisations financial sanctions page on the Jersey Financial Services Commission website.

11. For more information on Financial Sanctions please see the Jersey Financial Services Commission guidance on financial sanctions.

Enquiries

12. Non-media enquiries, reports 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: ISIL (DA’ESH) AND AL-QAIDA ORGANISATIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1124

AMENDING ANNEX I TO COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2016/1686

ADDITIONS

Individuals

1. D’ANCONA, Bryan

DOB: 26/01/1997. POB: Nice, France Nationality: French Other Information: EU listing only. Listed on: 31/07/2020 Last Updated: 31/07/2020

Ministry of External Relations

3 August 2020

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