Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Syria

Type of sectoral sanctions

Restrictions on equipment used for internal repression

Measures

It is prohibited to export equipment, goods and technology which might be used for internal repression, as listed in Annex IA and IX of Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 to Syria. Related technical or financial assistance and services are also prohibited.

Additional Sanctions

Arms export
Aviation and jet fuel
Cultural property
Financial measures
Flights, airports, aircrafts
Gold, precious metals, diamonds
Inspections
Investments
Luxury goods
Other items
Petrol products
Restrictions on equipment used for internal repression
Restrictions on goods
Telecommunications equipment

Program information

Authority

EU

Program

Restrictive measures against Syria

Regime

EU country specific

Target State

Syria

Official Information

On 27 May 2013, the Council of the EU adopted conclusions in which it condemned the violence and the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights in Syria, the massacres committed by the Syrian armed forces and its militias, all instances of hostage taking of peacekeepers, and the atrocities committed by the Syrian regime. I...

Program URL

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013D0255-20230720