General Permit Allowing Specified Activities and Transactions that Are Prohibited Under the Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations (SOR/2025-61)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs issues the annexed General Permit Allowing Specified Activities and Transactions that Are Prohibited Under the Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations under paragraph 2(b) of the Special Economic Measures Permit Authorization OrderFootnote ^a and subsection 4(5)Footnote ^b of the Special Economic Measures ActFootnote ^c.

• Return to footnote ^aSOR/2025-50

• Return to footnote ^bS.C. 2022, c. 10, s. 438(3)

• Return to footnote ^cS.C. 1992, c. 17

Ottawa, February 27, 2025

La ministre des Affaires étrangères, Mélanie Joly Minister of Foreign Affairs

General Permit

Marginal note:Authorized activities and transactions

1 Any person in Canada or Canadian outside Canada may, under this General Permit, carry out any of the following activities and transactions that are otherwise prohibited under the Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations if the activities and transactions are aimed at the democratization and stabilization of Syria or the delivery of humanitarian assistance to or within Syria:

• (a) provide any financial or related service to or for the benefit of an entity listed in the schedule;

• (b) provide or acquire financial or other related services to, from or for the benefit of or on the direction or order of Syria or any person in Syria.

Validity Period

Marginal note:360 days

2 This General Permit ceases to have effect on the 360th day after the day on which it comes into force.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Registration

3 This General Permit comes into force on the day on which it is registered.