Syria: Oil
(asked on 15th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the export of oil to Syria is prohibited by the EU.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 6th August 2019
​Article 14(2) of Council Regulation 36/2012 provides that no funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of persons designated under the relevant annexes of the EU Syria sanctions regime. The definition of 'economic resources' at Article 1(f) of the Regulation encompasses assets of every kind, including oil.