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Consolidated List of Targets

How often is the Treasury's consolidated list of targets updated?

The consolidated list is updated on the same day as the Treasury issues a financial sanctions Notification advising of additions, deletions or amendments to the list of individuals and entities targeted by the UN, EU and the UK. There is no predetermined timetable as it is dependent on the issuing of a Notification.

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In what formats does the Treasury provide a consolidated list of targets?

The consolidated list of targets is available in the following formats:

  • .HTML - A basic file format used on the Internet;
  • .XLS - A file type for documents created using Microsoft EXCEL, a spreadsheet package;
  • .TXT - An alternative text file to Word;
  • .CSV - Comma Separated Values, the spreadsheet equivalent of .TXT for word processors. The file used by the Treasury is delimited by semi-colons.

Please refer to the Consolidated List Format Guide for further information.

Key resources

The Consolidated List Format Guide is available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website. For alternative ways to read PDF documents and further information on website accessibility visit the HM Treasury accessibility page.

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What is the delimiter in the consolidated list?

The delimiter used is a semi-colon.

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Does the European Union maintain its own consolidated list of targets?

Yes. The European Union has a consolidated list of sanctions targets available from its website. This includes names of individuals and entities that are listed in annexes to various EC Regulations.

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Is the Treasury consolidated list of targets the same as that published by the European Union and the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)?

Not necessarily. The Treasury’s consolidated list consists of the names of targets that have been listed by the United Nations, European Union and the UK under legislation relating to a specific financial sanctions regime. Where there is a legal basis for an asset freeze in the UK, the name of the target will be included on the Treasury’s consolidated list. Lists provided by OFAC etc should include names listed under United Nations sanctions regimes but may not include names listed under European Union imposed sanction regimes. In addition, other lists may include names where domestic sanctions are in place. The European Union consolidated list only includes names of individuals and entities that are listed in annexes to various EC Regulations. This may well exclude any targets listed independently by the UK.

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Does the Treasury have a web-based consolidated list search engine?

No. This is not currently available. Treasury website users must search the consolidated list manually. Most Microsoft programs have a search function to scan a given file or document.

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What is the difference between the list of targets included in the annex to Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002, as amended, and those in the annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001, as amended?

  • Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002

The United Nations imposed financial sanctions against the Taliban whilst they were in power in Afghanistan. One objective was to put pressure on the Taliban to hand over Usama Bin Laden for trial. The financial sanctions were introduced in UNSCR 1267 (1999). UNSCR 1333 (2000) extended the list of targets to include those associated with Usama Bin Laden and the Al-Qaida network. UNSCR 1390 (2002) brought together and extended further the measures introduced in UNSCRs 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000). UNSCR 1455 (2003) reaffirmed the commitment to effect UNSCR 1390 (2002).

The European Union adopted a number of Regulations, the main ones being Council Regulation (EC) No 337/2000, No 467/2001, and subsequently No 881/2002, to give effect to the above-mentioned UNSCRs in Community Law. In practice, all named targets listed by the European Union under Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, as amended, would previously have been listed by the United Nations Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee under UNSCRs 1267 (1999), 1333 (2000), 1390 (2002) and 1455 (2003). The European Union make amendments to the list maintained under Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 on the basis of determinations made by the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee.

The measures adopted in UNSCRs 1267 (1999), 1333 (2000), 1390 (2002) and 1455 (2003) are currently given effect in the UK by the Al-Qaida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 (SI 2006/2952). Targets listed by the UN in this respect make up the consolidated list of targets shown on the Treasury's website under the Al-Qaida and Taliban regime.

  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001

Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the United Nations adopted UNSCR 1373 (2001), denouncing terrorism and, amongst other matters, calling upon member states to use all possible means to prevent and prohibit the financing of terrorism. The UN does not maintain a list of targets in this respect.

UNSCR 1373 (2001) is given effect in the UK by the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001 (SI 2001/3365, as amended) and the Terrorism (United Nations Measure) Order 2006 (SI 2006/2657)

The European Union adopted Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 to give effect to UNSCR 1373 (2001) in Community Law, and imposing, amongst other matters, specific financial sanctions against certain targets with a view to combating terrorism. Targets listed by the European Union are deemed to hold a “community-wide” threat. The European Communities Treaty does not provide the European Union with the legal competency to enforce measures against the “domestic” terrorists of member states.

Targets listed by the European Union under Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 are included in the consolidated list shown on the Treasury's website under the Terrorist Financing regime. In practice, this would be those targets listed in Council Decisions implementing article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001.

The European Union also adopts Common Positions in respect of terrorism, which include certain “domestic” terrorist targets. However, these have no legal force across the European Community and it therefore falls to member states to take action against “domestic targets”. In the UK, action would be taken by HM Treasury under the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 (SI 2006/2657).

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