Guidance

Financial sanctions, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations

Certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations are subject to financial sanctions.

Published 16 May 2013
Last updated 15 May 2019 — see all updates

• From: HM Treasury and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Documents

Current list of designated persons: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations

PDF, 318KB, 35 pages

Latest HM Treasury notice, 15/05/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations

PDF, 224KB, 4 pages

HM Treasury notice, 07/05/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations

PDF, 240KB, 4 pages

HM Treasury notice, 02/05/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations

PDF, 224KB, 4 pages

HM Treasury notice, 29/04/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/663)

PDF, 246KB, 4 pages

Details

If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the regulations in this guidance would be affected.

Find out about the new regulations that would come into effect under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (the Sanctions Act).

UN Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999)

This resolution (and its successor resolutions) requires all member states to take the following action against individuals and organisations associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida, and Usama bin Laden/the Taliban:

• freeze assets
• prevent entry into/transit through their territories
• prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale and transfer of arms and military equipment

UN Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011)

This split the sanctions regime into two groups:

• Al-Qaida regime
• Taliban regime (Afghanistan)

UN Security Resolution 2253 (2015)

This renamed the Al-Qaida Sanctions List, the ‘ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List’. It also ensures that individuals and organisations supporting ISIL (Da’esh) are eligible for listing by the UN (also under EU in Regulation 2016/363).

EU Regulation (2016/1686)

Implemented on 22 September 2016, this permits the EU to make autonomous Al-Qaida and ISIL (Da’esh) listings.

EU autonomous listings are included in the ‘ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations’ section of the UK’s consolidated list and can be identified by the text ‘EU listing only’ in the ‘Other Information’ field.

EU Regulation (881/2002)

UN measures are implemented in the EU by Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002.

EU Regulations 881/2002 and 2016/1686 are enforced in the UK by the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2742 as renamed by S.I. 2016/937).

There are a number of differences between the Al-Qaida and ISIL regimes (see EU Regulations 881/2002 and 2016/1686).

Usama bin Laden

On 21 February 2013, the UN decided to remove Usama bin Laden from their financial sanctions list (following resolutions 1267(1999) and 1989(2011)).

They imposed a separate process for unfreezing funds owned or controlled by Bin Laden (in line with paragraph 32 of UNSCR 2083 (2012).

To implement this, the EU adopted Regulation 596/2013 which:

• removed Bin Laden from Annex I to EU Regulation 881/2002
• added him to a separate annex, Annex Ia of the same regulations (Usama Bin Laden is currently the only entry in that Annex)

As part of this change, his funds remain frozen and any attempt to unfreeze these assets requires approval by the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Committee.

However, making funds available to individuals or entities listed in Annex Ia is no longer prohibited.

Current EU regulations

• 12.07.2017 Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/1251

• 16.06.2017 Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/998

• 21.09.2016 Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 This introduced the EU autonomous regime.

• 14.03.2016 Council Regulation (EU) 2016/363 Updating the name of the Regulation 881/2002 to include ISIL (Da’esh) and adding Article 2a describing what is included under Article 2.

• 01.08.2011 Council Regulation (EU) No 754/2011 This reflected UNSCR 1988 (2011) and UNSCR 1989 (2011) revisions to the UN Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions regime, including splitting the Al-Qaida regime from the country-specific Afghanistan regime. It also amended 881/2002 to only cover the Al-Qaida network. Afghanistan regime targets, previously listed under 881/2002, moved to Annex I of the Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011.

• 29.05.2002 Council Regulation (EC) 881/2002 This imposes restrictive measures against specific individuals and organisations associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida.

Current UK legislation

• the Al Qaida (Asset Freezing) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/937). This amended the Al-Qaida (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2742) to incorporate changes made by EU Regulation 2016/363 (to incorporate changes adopted by UNSCR 2253 (2015), which ensured, amongst other things, that persons or entities supporting ISIL (Da’esh) are eligible for listing by the UN) and EU Regulation 2016/1686 (the EU autonomous listing component)

• the Al-Qaida (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 is the original enforcement Regulation (this version does not show the amendments made by S.I. 2016/937)

• the consolidated Regulation (The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2742 as renamed by S.I. 2016/937)) that makes provision for enforcing EU Council Regulations 881/2002 and 2016/1686, will be made available on legislation.gov.uk in due course

Regulations if the UK leaves the EU without a deal

• The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

General Licenses

There are general licenses applicable to individuals and entities designated under this regime. To see the areas covered by these general licenses, see counter financing of terrorism, general licenses

Published 16 May 2013
Last updated 15 May 2019 + show all updates

1. 15 May 2019 Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 15/05/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.
2. 7 May 2019 Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 07/05/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.
3. 2 May 2019 Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 02/05/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.
4. 29 April 2019 Updated with Latest HM Treasury notice, 29/04/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/663).
5. 24 April 2019 Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 24/04/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/622)'.
6. 9 April 2019 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 09/04/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations' added.
7. 28 March 2019 Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 28/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.
8. 25 March 2019 Updated with Latest HM Treasury notice, 25/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations.
9. 20 March 2019 Updated 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 20/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/431)'.
10. 6 March 2019 Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 06/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/353)'.
11. 1 March 2019 Updated with: 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 01/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.
12. 18 February 2019 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 18/02/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (reg 2019/270).
13. 15 February 2019 Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 15/02/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/257)'.
14. 23 November 2018 Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 23/11/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.
15. 20 November 2018 Updated with 'latest HM Treasury notice, 20/11/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.
16. 19 October 2018 Updated with 'latest HM Treasury notice, 19/10/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/1562)'.
17. 16 October 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 16/10/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations and HM Treasury Notice, 16/10/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/1539).
18. 9 October 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 09/10/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/1494).
19. 5 October 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 05/10/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations.
20. 28 August 2018 Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 28/08/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/204)'.
21. 24 August 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 24/08/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations.
22. 15 August 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 15/08/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/1138)
23. 10 August 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 10/08/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations.
24. 24 July 2018 HM Treasury notice, 24/07/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/1033) added
25. 16 July 2018 Updated with 'latest HM Treasury Notice, 16/07/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/999)'.
26. 22 June 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 22/06/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/888).
27. 19 June 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 19/06/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations.
28. 12 June 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 12/06/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/855).
29. 5 June 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 05/06/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/816).
30. 21 May 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 21/05/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/733).
31. 6 April 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 06/04/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/537)
32. 3 April 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 03/04/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations
33. 9 March 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 09/03/18, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/349)
34. 7 March 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 07/03/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations
35. 1 March 2018 Updated consolidated list.
36. 26 February 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 26/02/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/281)
37. 22 February 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 22/02/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Oganisations (Reg 2018/256)
38. 15 January 2018 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 15/01/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Oganisations (Reg 2018/50)
39. 11 October 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 11/10/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations
40. 2 October 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 02/10/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/1773)
41. 18 September 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice 18/09/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations
42. 4 September 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 04/09/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/1516).
43. 25 August 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 25/08/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/1500).
44. 21 August 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notices 21/08/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida organisations
45. 4 August 2017 Updated due to latest HM Treasury notice 04/08/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/1411).
46. 27 July 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notices, 27/07/2017, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (Reg 2017/1390 and 1235)
47. 25 July 2017 Updated to correct an error in the current list of designated persons: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
48. 24 July 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 24/07/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations
49. 12 July 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 12/07/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/1251)
50. 7 July 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 07/07/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations
51. 21 June 2017 Updated with Latest HM Treasury notice, 21/06/2017, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (Reg 2017/1094)
52. 19 June 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 19/06/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations
53. 16 June 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 16/06/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/998)
54. 8 May 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 08/05/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/778)
55. 20 April 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 20/04/2017, The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (Reg 2017/700)
56. 6 April 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 06/04/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/637)
57. 5 April 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 05/04/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/630)
58. 28 March 2017 Updated to include: Latest HM Treasury Notice, 28/03/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/557)
59. 27 March 2017 Formatting amendments made to latest notice.
60. 23 March 2017 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 23/03/2017, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (Reg 2017/494)
61. 28 February 2017 Updated with Latest HM Treasury notice, 27/02/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/326)
62. 22 February 2017 Updated with Latest HM Treasury Notice, 22/02/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/296)
63. 10 February 2017 Updated with Latest HM Treasury Notice, 10/02/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/221)
64. 30 January 2017 Updated with HM Treasury notice, 30/01/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/142)
65. 19 December 2016 Updated with: HM Treasury notice, 19/12/2016, Syria (Reg 2016/2262)
66. 31 October 2016 Updated with: HM Treasury notice, 31/10/2016, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2016/1906)
67. 25 October 2016 Updated: 'Current UK legislation' section
68. 25 October 2016 Updated the 'Current UK legislation' section
69. 18 October 2016 Updated to reflect legislative changes over the past year and clarifying the restrictions on any funds and economic resources of Usama Bin Laden
70. 17 October 2016 Updated with: HM Treasury notice, 17/10/2016, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2016/1827)
71. 4 October 2016 Updated list due to new HM Treasury Notice, 04/10/2016, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2016/1739)
72. 21 September 2016 Updated: HM Treasury notice, 21/09/2016, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2016/1683)
73. 14 September 2016 Updated with HM Treasury notice, 14/09/2016, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2016/1641)
74. 30 August 2016 Updated ISIL (Da-esh) & Al-Qaida organisations (Regulation 2016/1430)
75. 9 August 2016 Updated with HM Treasury notice 09/08/2016 ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida organisations (Regulation 2016/1347)
76. 22 July 2016 Updated due to new notice - Al-Qaida (Regulation 2016/1186)
77. 11 July 2016 Updated: ISIL (Da-esh) & Al-Qaida organisations (Regulation 2016/1113)
78. 6 July 2016 Updated: HM Treasury notice, 06/07/2016 Al-Qaida (Regulation 2016/1063)
79. 24 June 2016 Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 24/06/16 Al-Qaida (Regulation 881/2002)
80. 26 April 2016 Updated with 26.04.2016 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/647
81. 4 April 2016 link to EU regulation added on the page itself - no update to notices
82. 1 April 2016 Updated due to new notice: (Regulation 2016/473)
83. 17 March 2016 change to add the words 'ISIL (Da'esh)' to title and updated regime list to reflect this
84. 7 March 2016 Updated with latest notice
85. 3 March 2016 New notice added: Al-Qaida (Regulation 2016/294)
86. 19 January 2016 Updated with latest notice
87. 7 January 2016 Updated with latest notice
88. 7 December 2015 Updated list due to notice Al-Qaida (Regulation 2015/2245)
89. 13 October 2015 The consolidated list has been updated due to formatting errors found in the last update.
90. 12 October 2015 The consolidated list has been updated due to semicolon errors found in the last update (09/10/2015).
91. 9 October 2015 Updated due to new notice and list - Al-Qaida (Regulation 2015/1815)
92. 1 October 2015 New notice added
93. 17 September 2015 New notice added
94. 28 August 2015 Updated notice due to new list - Al-Qaida (Reg 2015/1473)
95. 18 August 2015 notice Al-Qaida (Reg 2015/1390) added
96. 14 August 2015 Updated list - new notice - Al-Qaida (Reg 2015/1390)
97. 3 August 2015 Notice 2015/1322 added
98. 15 May 2015 Updated list due to notice - Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/769
99. 21 April 2015 New notice
100. 13 April 2015 updated list due to notice (Reg 2015/576)
101. 31 March 2015 Updated list due to notice (Reg 2015/532)
102. 23 March 2015 Updated with Al-Qaida (Reg 2015/480)
103. 20 February 2015 Updated with latest notice
104. 4 February 2015 Updated notice
105. 20 January 2015 Updated with new list due to notice Al-Qaida (Reg 2015/64).
106. 3 December 2014 Updated to include Latest HM Treasury notice, 02/12/14 Al-Qaida (Reg 1273/2014)
107. 5 November 2014 added notice 05/11/14 Al-Qaida (Reg 1193/2014)
108. 17 October 2014 Updated with notice Al-Qaida (Reg 1058/2014)
109. 30 September 2014 Updated with notice Al-Qaida (Reg 1022/2014).
110. 3 September 2014 added notice Al-Qaida (Reg 934/2014) and updated consolidated list
111. 29 August 2014 added notice: Al-Qaida (Reg 930/2014)
112. 22 August 2014 added notice: Al-Qaida (Reg 914/2014)
113. 8 July 2014 added notice: Al-Qaida (Reg 735/2014 )
114. 16 June 2014 added notice: Al-Qaida (Reg 630/2014 )
115. 29 May 2014 added notice Al-Qaida (Reg 583/2014)
116. 6 May 2014 added notice Al-Qaida (Reg 450/2014)
117. 2 April 2014 added notice Al-Qaida (Reg 329/2014 ) and updated consolidated list
118. 14 January 2014 Added HM Treasury notice Al-Qaida (Reg 16/2014 and Reg 21/2014)
119. 17 December 2013 added HM Treasury notice Al-Qaida (Reg 1338/2013)
120. 6 December 2013 added HM Treasury notice Al-Qaida (Reg 1267/2013)
121. 5 November 2013 added Notice 05/11/2013 Al-Qaida (Reg 1091/2013)
122. 21 October 2013 added Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2013
123. 11 October 2013 added Al-Qaida (Reg 965/2013)
124. 4 October 2013 added Notice 041013 Al-Qaida (Reg 943/2013)
125. 23 September 2013 Added Notice Al-Qaida 23/09/2013 (Reg 895/2013)
126. 17 September 2013 added Notice Al-Qaida 17/09/13 (Reg 880/2013)
127. 5 September 2013 added Notice Al-Qaida 05/09/13s (Reg 852/2013)
128. 3 September 2013 added Notice Al-Qaida 03/09/13 (Reg 831/2013)
129. 6 August 2013 added latest HM Treasury Notice, 06/08/13 Al-Qaida (Reg 754/2013)
130. 31 July 2013 new notice 31/07/13 Al-Qaida (Reg 731/2013)
131. 19 July 2013 new notice, new list
132. 11 July 2013 new sanctions 11/07/13
133. 2 July 2013 new notice, new list
134. 28 June 2013 updated lists
135. 16 May 2013 First published.