Statutory guidance

Yemen sanctions: guidance

Statutory guidance for the Yemen sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Export Control Joint Unit and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Published
31 December 2020
Last updated
25 March 2026 — See all updates

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Yemen sanctions: statutory guidance

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The Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020, and certain other regulations, are in force to implement certain UN obligations and to meet the UK’s policy objectives. 

This summary gives a quick overview of the sanctions in place under the regime. It is not comprehensive and is not a replacement for the statutory guidance or the regulations themselves. 

Summary 

Regime is limited in scope to: 

  • sanctions targeting designated persons         

Designated persons  

The UK Sanctions List tells you who is designated under the regime and which sanctions have been applied to them. A designated person can be an individual, a business or an organisation. 

The statutory guidance lists in detail the sanctions that can apply in respect of designated persons, including: 

  • an asset freeze on their funds and other assets 
  • making available funds or economic resources to them or for their benefit 
  • director disqualification  
  • a ban on exporting to them or otherwise supplying to them or for their benefit military goods or military technology  
  • a ban on providing them with technical assistance, armed personnel, financial services or funds or associated brokering services if this enables or facilitates armed hostilities 
  • a ban on transferring to them or for their benefit any military technology 
  • immigration sanction (travel ban) 

Related financial services, brokering services and technical assistance are also subject to sanctions. 

Sanctioned goods and services  

Besides the prohibition on supplying certain goods and services to designated persons, there are no sanctions that apply in respect of goods and services under this regime.

Updates to this page

Published 31 December 2020
Last updated 25 March 2026 show all updates

  1. Added summary of the regime's purposes, scope and prohibitions.

  2. Page has been updated for better clarity and usability. No material changes to text.

  3. Addition to Section 3.1 on Exceptions reflecting the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Treasury Debt) Regulations 2025.

  4. Page navigation has been updated for better usability. No material changes to text.

  5. Updated to reflect provisions of UN Humanitarian Exception SI

  6. First published.

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