Last Updated: January 19, 2026
General Organisation of Tobaccode-listed
Aliases
Organisation Generale Du Tabac
Address
General Establishment of Tobacco, Salhieh Street, Damascus, Syria
Official reason
Provides financial support to the Syrian regime. The General Organisation of Tobacco is wholly owned by the Syrian state. The profits that the organisation makes, including through the sale of licenses to market foreign brands of tobacco and taxes levied on imports of foreign brands of tobacco are transferred to the Syrian state.
Other Information
General Establishment of Tobacco, Salhieh Street, Damascus (Designated 15 May 2012). Associations with the Makhlouf Family & therefore Assad
Date of listing
2020-12-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UK country specific
Target State
Syria
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans, Transport sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to ensure that certain sanctions measures relating to Syria continue to operate effectively. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 and the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amen...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 7 of the Regulations.
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