The European Union’s sanctions against the Syrian regime has been extended until 1 June 2014. The Sanctions impose EU wide asset freezes and travel bans on 179 persons and 54 entities. Measures supplement existing export and import bans, an oil embargo and restrictions on investments, financial activity and the transport sector. At the same time, the EU has relaxed rules to allow EU governments to authorise the provision of banking services to opposition groups in Syria, provided such services do not breach the Council’s measures.

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