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On 12 August 2015 (State on 4 March 2016)
1 The sale, supply, export and transit of military equipment of all kinds, including arms and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, as well as accessories and parts thereof To the Republic of South Sudan or for use in the Republic of South Sudan is prohibited.
2 The direct or indirect supply of services of all kinds, including financial services, brokerage services and technical training, as well as the direct or indirect allocation of financial means relating to the sale, the supply, the The exportation, transit, manufacture or use of the goods cited in para. 1 or in connection with military activities in the Republic of South Sudan are prohibited.
3 The prohibitions set out in paras. 1 and 2 do not apply to the temporary export of protective clothing, including bullet-proof vests and helmets, by United Nations, European Union (EU), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) personnel And the Confederation, as well as representatives of the media and humanitarian workers, for their personal use.
4 The State Secretariat for the Economy (SECO) may, after consulting the relevant departments of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAE), authorise exceptions to the prohibitions laid down in paras. 1 and 2 for:
5 The provisions of the Act of 13 December 1996 on the control of property 1 And the Federal Act of 13 December 1996 on war material 2 Are reserved.
1 The assets and economic resources belonging to or under direct or indirect control shall be frozen:
2 It is prohibited to provide assets to natural persons, undertakings and entities subject to the freezing of assets or to make available, directly or indirectly, assets or economic resources.
3 The SECO may, exceptionally, authorise payments from frozen accounts, transfers of frozen capital assets and the release of frozen economic resources, in order to:
4 The SECO issues authorizations within the meaning of para. 3, after consulting the relevant departments of the FDFA and the Federal Department of Finance, and, where appropriate, after notification to the relevant committee of the United Nations Security Council and in accordance with the decisions of that Committee.
For the purposes of this order:
1 The entry into Switzerland and the transit through Switzerland are prohibited to the natural persons mentioned in the Annex.
2 The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) may grant derogations:
1 The texts of the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council are available online at: www.un.org/fr > Rule of law > Peace and security > Security Council > Documents > Resolutions.
1 SECO monitors the enforcement of coercive measures under s. 1 and 2.
2 The SEM shall monitor the implementation of the prohibition on entry and transit provided for in Art. 4.
3 Border control is the responsibility of the Federal Customs Administration.
4 On the instruction of the SECO, the competent authorities shall take the necessary measures for the freezing of economic resources, for example the mention of a blocking of the land register or the seizure or sealing of luxury goods.
1 Persons or institutions who hold or manage assets or who are aware of economic resources that must be admitted to be subject to the freezing of assets under s. 2, para. 1, must report them immediately to the SECO.
2 The declaration must state the name of the beneficiary, the object and value of the assets and the economic resources frozen.
The lists relating to natural persons, undertakings and entities that the United Nations Security Council or its competent committee have established or updated (annex) are automatically included. The entries in the Annex are not published in the Official Manual of Federal Law (RO) or in the Systematic Collection of Federal Law (RS).
1 New content according to the c. I 15 of the O of 4 March 2016 on the automatic resumption of the United Nations Security Council sanctions lists, in force since 4 March 2016 ( RO 2016 671 ).
This order shall enter into force on 12 August 2015 at 6 p.m.
(art. 2, para. 1, let. A, 4, para. 1, and 8)
Note
1. This annex corresponds to the lists of natural persons, undertakings and entities designated by the United Nations Security Council or its competent committee 2 .
2. As a general rule, the lists are entered by the SECO in the SESAM database (SECO Sanctions Management) on the working day following their submission by the United Nations 3 .
1 New content according to the c. I 15 of the O of 4 March 2016 on the automatic resumption of the United Nations Security Council sanctions lists, in force since 4 March 2016 ( RO 2016 671 ).
2 The list can be accessed at the following address: www.un.org/fr/sc > Subsidiary bodies > Sanctions > Sanctions Committee for South Sudan > Materials on the list of sanctions.
3 The SESAM database is freely accessible via the Internet: www.seco.admin.ch > Themes > External Economic Policy > Sanctions/Embargos. A printed version of the list can be ordered from the SECO, Sanctions Sector, Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne.