# The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Regulation 7: Amendments to regulation 19 (sale or purchase of bonds)


In regulation 19 (sale or purchase of bonds)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) for “Syrian bonds” substitute “Assad regime bonds”;
(ii) for “Syrian regime” substitute “Assad regime”;
(iii) for “after 19th January 2012” substitute “between 19th January 2012 and 8th December 2024”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) for “Syrian bonds” substitute “Assad regime bonds”;
(ii) for “Syrian regime” substitute “Assad regime”;
(iii) for “after 19th January 2012” substitute “between 19th January 2012 and 8th December 2024”;
(c) in paragraph (3)—
(i) for “issue Syrian bonds” substitute “sell or purchase Assad regime bonds”;
(ii) for “Syrian regime” substitute “Assad regime”;
(d) in paragraph (4)—
(i) omit sub-paragraph (a);
(ii) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute “a Syrian credit or financial institution”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “(a) or”;
(iv) in sub-paragraph (d) omit “(a),”;
(e) in paragraph (7)—
(i) for ““Syrian bonds”” substitute ““Assad regime bonds””;
(ii) for “Syrian regime” substitute “Assad regime”;
(f) after paragraph (7) insert—
“(8) For the purposes of this regulation, “Syrian credit or financial institution” means—
(a) a credit or financial institution domiciled in Syria; or
(b) a branch or subsidiary, wherever located, of a credit or financial institution domiciled in Syria.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/507/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/syria-sanctions-eu-exit-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-7
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