Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations
SOR/2014-60
Registration 2014-03-17
Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations
P.C. 2014-284 2014-03-17
Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that the situation in Ukraine constitutes a grave breach of international peace and security that has resulted or is likely to result in a serious international crisis;
Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, pursuant to subsections 4(1) to (3) of the Special Economic Measures ActFootnote a, makes the annexed Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations.
Return to footnote aS.C. 1992, c. 17
Interpretation
Marginal note:Definitions
1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.
Convention
Convention
Convention means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at Vienna on April 18, 1961. (Convention)
designated person
personne désignée
designated person means a person who is in Ukraine, or is a national of Ukraine who does not ordinarily reside in Canada, and whose name is listed in the schedule. (personne désignée)
Minister
ministre
Minister means the Minister of Foreign Affairs. (ministre)
pension
pension
pension means a benefit paid under the Old Age Security Act, the Canada Pension Plan or an Act respecting the Quebec Pension Plan, CQLR, c. R-9, any superannuation, pension or benefit paid under or in respect of any retirement savings plan or under any retirement plan, any amount paid under or in respect of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act or the Pension Benefits Division Act, and any other payment made in respect of disability. (pension)
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine includes
(a) any political subdivision of Ukraine;
(b) the government, and any department, of Ukraine or of a political subdivision of Ukraine; and
(c) any agency of Ukraine or of a political subdivision of Ukraine. (Ukraine)
List
Marginal note:Schedule
2 A person whose name is listed in the schedule is a person in respect of whom the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe is
(a) a person engaged in activities that directly or indirectly facilitate, support, provide funding for or contribute to a violation or attempted violation of the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine or that obstruct the work of international organizations in Ukraine;
(b) an associate or family member of a person described in paragraph (a);
(c) an entity owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person set out in paragraph (a);
(d) an entity whose ownership or control was purported to be altered by a person who has violated or attempted to violate the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine; or
(e) a senior official of an entity engaged in activities described in paragraph (a) or of an entity described in paragraph (c) or (d).
- SOR/2014-93, s. 1
- SOR/2014-172, s. 1
Prohibitions
Marginal note:Prohibited transactions and activities
3 It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to
(a) deal in any property, wherever situated, held by or on behalf of a designated person;
(b) enter into or facilitate, directly or indirectly, any transaction related to a dealing referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) provide any financial or other related service in respect of a dealing referred to in paragraph (a);
(d) make any goods, wherever situated, available to a designated person; or
(e) provide any financial or related service to or for the benefit of a designated person.
Marginal note:Non-application
4 Section 3 does not apply in respect of
(a) any payment made by or on behalf of a designated person that is due under a contract entered into before the person became a designated person, provided that the payment is not made to or for the benefit of a designated person;
(b) pension payments to any person in Canada or any Canadian outside Canada;
(c) any transaction in respect of any account at a financial institution held by a diplomatic mission, if the transaction is required in order for the mission to fulfill its diplomatic functions as set out in Article 3 of the Convention or, if the diplomatic mission has been temporarily or permanently recalled, when the transaction is required in order to maintain the mission premises;
(d) any transaction to international organizations with diplomatic status, a United Nations agency, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or Canadian non-governmental organizations that have entered into a grant or contribution agreement with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development;
(e) any transactions necessary for a Canadian to transfer to a non-designated person any accounts, funds or investments of a Canadian held by a designated person on the day on which that person became a designated person;
(f) financial services required in order for a designated person to obtain legal services in Canada with respect to the application of any of the prohibitions set out in these Regulations; and
(g) loan repayments made to any person in Canada, or any Canadian outside Canada, in respect of loans entered into before the coming into force of these Regulations, enforcement of security in respect of those loans, or payments by guarantors guaranteeing those loans.
Marginal note:Assisting prohibited act
5 It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to do anything that causes, assists or promotes, or is intended to cause, assist or promote, any act or thing prohibited under section 3.
Obligations
Marginal note:Duty to determine
6 Each of the following entities must determine on a continuing basis whether it is in possession or control of property owned or controlled by or on behalf of a designated person:
(a) authorized foreign banks, as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act, in respect of their business in Canada or banks to which that Act applies;
(b) cooperative credit societies, savings and credit unions and caisses populaires regulated by a provincial Act and associations regulated by the Cooperative Credit Associations Act;
(c) foreign companies, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Insurance Companies Act, in respect of their insurance business in Canada;
(d) companies, provincial companies and societies, as those terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Insurance Companies Act;
(e) fraternal benefit societies regulated by a provincial Act in respect of their insurance activities and insurance companies and other entities engaged in the business of insuring risks that are regulated by a provincial Act;
(f) companies to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies;
(g) trust companies regulated by a provincial Act;
(h) loan companies regulated by a provincial Act;
(i) entities that engage in any activity described in paragraph 5(h) of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, if the activity involves the opening of an account for a client; and
(j) entities authorized under provincial legislation to engage in the business of dealing in securities, or to provide portfolio management or investment counselling services.
Marginal note:Disclosure
7 (1) Every person in Canada and every Canadian outside Canada must disclose without delay to the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(a) the existence of property in their possession or control that they have reason to believe is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a designated person or by an entity owned or controlled by a designated person; and
(b) information about a transaction or proposed transaction in respect of property referred to in paragraph (a).
Marginal note:Immunity
(2) No person contravenes subsection (1) by disclosing in good faith under that subsection.
Applications
Marginal note:Application to no longer be a designated person
8 (1) A designated person may apply in writing to the Minister to have their name removed from the schedule.
Marginal note:Recommendation
(2) On receipt of the application, the Minister must decide whether there are reasonable grounds to recommend to the Governor in Council that the applicant’s name be removed from the schedule.
Marginal note:Decision
(3) The Minister must make a decision on the application within 90 days after the day on which the application is received.
Marginal note:Notice
(4) The Minister must give notice without delay to the applicant of the decision taken.
Marginal note:New application
(5) If there has been a material change in circumstances since the last application was submitted, a person may submit another application under subsection (1).
Marginal note:Application for a certificate
9 (1) A person claiming not to be a designated person may apply to the Minister for a certificate stating that they are not the person who has been designated under section 2.
Marginal note:Decision
(2) If it is established that the person is not a designated person, the Minister must issue a certificate to the applicant within 30 days after the day on which the application is received.
Application Prior to Publication
Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act
10 For the purpose of paragraph 11(2)(a) of the Statutory Instruments Act, these Regulations apply before they are published in the Canada Gazette.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Registration
11 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.
SCHEDULE(Sections 1, 2 and 8)Persons
PART 1
Individuals
- 1Serhiy Valeriyovich AKSYONOV
- 2Volodymyr Andriyovych KONSTANTYNOV
- 3Viktor Volodymyrovich MEDVEDCHUK
- 4Rustam Ilmirovich TEMIRGALIEV
- 5Deniz Valentinovich BEREZOVSKIY
- 6Aleksei Mikhailovich CHALIY
- 7Pyotr Anatoliyovych ZIMA
- 8Yuriy ZHEREBTSOV
- 9Sergey Pavlovych TSEKOV
- 10Mikhail MALYSHEV
- 11Valery MEDVEDEV
- 12Olga Fedorovna KOVATIDI
- 13German PROKOPIV
- 14Valeriy BOLOTOV
- 15Andriy PURGIN
- 16Denys PUSHYLIN
- 17Sergey Gennadevich TSYPLAKOV
- 18Petr Grigorievich JAROSH
- 19Oleg Grigorievich KOZYURA
- 20Viacheslav PONOMARIOV
- 21Igor Mykolaiovych BEZLER
- 22Igor KAKIDZYANOV
- 23Oleg TSARIOV
- 24Roman LYAGIN
- 25Aleksandr MALYKHIN
- 26Natalia Vladimirovna POKLONSKAYA
- 27Igor Sergeievich SHEVCHENKO
- 28Viktor Yuriiovych ANOSOV
- 29Viacheslav Anatoliiovych APRAKSIMOV
- 30Fedir Dmytrovych BEREZIN
- 31Ruslan Yunirovish ILKAEV
- 32Valery Vladimirovich KAUROV
- 33Oleksandr Sergiyovych KHODAKOVSKYI
- 34Mykola Ivanovych KOZITSYN
- 35Oleksii Borysovych MOZGOVYI
- 36Valerii Kostiantynovych MUSIIENKO
- 37Viacheslav Mykolaiovych PETROV
- 38Ihor Venedyktovych PLOTNYTSKY
- 39Yurii Oleksandrovych PROTSENKO
- 40Oleh Anatoliiovych VASIN
- 41Serhii Anatoliyovych ZDRILIUK
- 42Vladimir ANTYUFEYEV
- 43Marat BASHIROV
- 44Alexsandr Yurivich BORODAI
- 45Yuriy IVAKIN
- 46Alexandr Alexsandrovich KALYUSSKY
- 47Aleksey KARYAKIN
- 48Alexandr KHRYAKOV
- 49Vasyl NIKITIN
- 50Pavel Yurevich GUBAREV
- 51Ekaterina Yurevna GUBAREVA
- 52Oksana TCHIGRINA
- 53Boris LITVINOV
- 54Sergey ABISOV
- 55Oleh BEREZA
- 56Oleksandr KARAMAN
- 57Volodimir KONONOV
- 58Georgiy L’vovich MURADOV
- 59Andriy Yurevich PINCHUK
- 60Miroslav Vladimirovich RUDENKO
- 61Mikhail Sergeyevich SHEREMET
- 62Gennadiy Nikolaiovych TSYPKALOV
- 63Oleksandr ZAKHARCHENKO
- 64Larisa AIRAPETYAN
- 65Eduard BASURIN
- 66Olga BESEDINA
- 67Oleg BUGROV
- 68Vladyslav DEYNEGO
- 69Pavel DREMOV also known as “Batya” or “Kazak”
- 70Ekaterina FILIPPOVA
- 71Sergey IGNATOV
- 72Zaur ISMAILOV
- 73Ravil KHALIKOV
- 74Ihor KOSTENOK
- 75Serhiy KOZYAKOV
- 76Lesya LAPTEVA
- 77Sergey LITVIN
- 78Evgeny MANUILOV
- 79Yevgeniy MIKHAYLOV
- 80Alexey MILCHAKOV also known as “Fritz” or “Serbian”
- 81Dmitry NEKLYUDOV
- 82Yevgeniy ORLOV
- 83Arseny PAVLOV also known as “Motorola”
- 84Dmitry SEMYONOV
- 85Aleksandr SHUBIN
- 86Yuriy SIVOKONENKO
- 87Aleksandr TIMOFEEV
- 88Mikhail TOLSTYKH also known as “Givi”
- 89Viktor YATSENKO
PART 2
Entities
- 1Chernomorneftegaz
- 2Feodosia
- 3Donetsk People’s Republic
- 4Luhansk People’s Republic
- 5Federal State of Novorossiya
- 6International Union of Public Associations “Great Don Army”
- 7Sobol
- 8Luhansk Guard
- 9Army of the Southeast
- 10Donbass People’s Militia
- 11Vostok battalion
- 12Kerch ferry
- 13Sevastopol commercial seaport
- 14Kerch commercial seaport
- 15Universal-Avia
- 16Resort “Nizhnyaya Oreanda”
- 17Azov distillery plant
- 18National Association of producers “Massandra”
- 19Magarach of the national institute of wine
- 20Factory of sparkling wine Novy Svet
- 21Cossack National Guard
- 22Donetsk Republic
- 23Free Donbass
- 24Kalmius Battalion
- 25Luhansk Economic Union
- 26Oplot
- 27Peace to Luhansk Region
- 28People’s Union
- 29Prizrak Brigade
- 30Profaktor, TOV
- 31Smert aka Death Battalion
- 32Somali Battalion
- 33Sparta Battalion
- 34The South-East Movement
- 35Zarya Battalion
- SOR/2014-63, s. 1
- SOR/2014-93, ss. 2, 3
- SOR/2014-109, s. 1
- SOR/2014-172, ss. 2, 3
- SOR/2014-180, s. 1
- SOR/2014-183, ss. 1, 2
- SOR/2014-196, ss. 1, 2
- SOR/2014-317, s. 1
- SOR/2015-40, ss. 1, 2
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