Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Type of sectoral sanctions
Vessels
Measures
Prior authorisation by the national competent authority of the Member State concerned is required for the export to Libya of goods listed in Annex VII of Council Regulation (EU) 2016/44 of 18 January 2016 (which could be used for smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings), as well as for related technical assistance, brokering services,...
Additional Sanctions
Arms export
Arms procurement
Flights, airports, aircrafts
Inspections
Ports and vessels
Restrictions on equipment used for internal repression
Vessels
Vigilance
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya
Regime
UN, EU country specific
Target State
Libya
Official Information
In view of the seriousness of the situation in Libya, on 26 February 2011 the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1970 (2011), introducing restrictive measures in relation to persons and entities involved in serious human rights abuses against persons in Libya. The Security Council has since adopted a number of other resolutions on Libya that ha...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02015D1333-20230712