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Canada: Government expands sanctions to the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine

Announcement

29 Sep 2022

In September 2022, the government of Canada expanded the trade and investment restrictions applicable to the DNR and LNR regions of Ukraine to include the Kherson oblast of Ukraine as well as the Zaporizhzhia oblast of Ukraine. 

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Number of interventions

4

4 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

29 Oct 2022

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 29 Sep 2022
Control on personal transactions In force
On 29 September 2022, the government of Canada amended Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations (SOR/2022-203), prohibiting any Canadian citizen from acquiring any property in the Kherson and Z...
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Announced: 29 Sep 2022
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force
On 29 September 2022, the government of Canada amended Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations (SOR/2022-203), prohibiting any investment in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine in ...
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Announced: 29 Sep 2022
Export ban In force
On 29 September 2022, the government of Canada amended Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations (SOR/2022-203) to impose a complete export ban on the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine...
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Announced: 29 Sep 2022
Import ban In force
On 29 September 2022, the government of Canada amended Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations (SOR/2022-203) to impose a complete import ban on the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine...
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