Canada publishes consolidated sanctions list

Canada has published a Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions List. The consolidated list includes individuals and entities subject to specific sanctions regulations made under the Special Economic Measures Act (‘SEMA’).

The Canadian Parliament’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (‘FAAE’) recommended in April that ‘the Government of Canada should produce and maintain a comprehensive, public and easily accessible list of all individuals and entities targeted by Canadian sanctions containing all information necessary to assist with the proper identification of those listed.’

Practitioners in sanctions law have been pushing for this move for some time. ‘Before today, Canadian companies had to review each regulation promulgated under the Special Economic Measures Act when conducting due diligence,’ said Cyndee Todgham Cherniak of Toronto trade law firm LexSage. ‘However…the Global Affairs Consolidated Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions List does not include sanctions under the United Nations Act. As a result, it is still necessary to review each regulation promulgated under the United Nations Act.’

For the Consolidated Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions List, see:
http://www.international.gc.ca/sanctions/consolidated-recapitulative.aspx?lang=eng