The Bureau of Industry and Security this week added 37 entities to the Entity List for a range of activities the agency said threaten U.S. national security, including for supporting Russia’s war effort, sending controlled items to China’s military and aiding companies already listed on the Entity List. The entities -- located in Belarus, Myanmar, China, Pakistan, Russia and Taiwan -- will be subject to a license requirement for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations with varying license application review policies. BIS also modified 10 existing Chinese entries on the Entity List. The additions and changes took effect March 2.

The Bureau of Industry and Security added 37 entities to the Entity List for a range of reasons, including for supplying controlled items to Iran, supporting China’s military modernization efforts, illegally providing items to Russia and contributing to surveillance efforts in China and Myanmar. The entities -- located in Belarus, Myanmar, China, Pakistan, Russia and Taiwan -- will be subject to a license requirement for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations with varying license application review policies. BIS also modified 10 existing Chinese entries on the Entity List. The additions and changes take effect March 2.

The EU imposed a sixth round of sanctions on Myanmar following its Feb. 1, 2021, military coup, the European Council announced Feb. 20. The new restrictions add nine individuals and seven entities to the sanctions list, including the nation's energy minister, "prominent businessmen who have supported the regime's repression with arms and dual use goods, and high-ranking officers in the Myanmar armed forces," the council said. The new additions also feature politicians and administrators from the Yangon region who helped carry out the July 2022 execution of four democracy activists.

Australia this week announced new human rights sanctions against people and entities in Myanmar and Iran. The Myanmar sanctions target 16 members of the Myanmar military regime and two military-controlled entities in response to their part in the overthrow of the country’s government in 2021 (see 2102110020). The Iran sanctions target four Iranian people and four entities involved in the production and supply of drones to Russia for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Australia’s announcements were made alongside similar sanctions imposed by the U.S. this week (see 2301310020 and 2301310007).

The EU said it's ready to impose additional restrictive measures on Myanmar, given the continued "absence of any swift progress on the situation," EU High Representative Josep Borrell said on the second anniversary of the military coup in the Southeast Asian country. Borrell said the EU will pass new sanctions on "those directly responsible for and those abetting the undermining of democracy and the serious human rights violations in the country."

Canada added new sanctions barring the export or sale of aviation fuel “to the Myanmar military regime,” it said in a Jan. 31 news release. At the same time, Canada designated six senior Myanmar military figures under its Myanmar sanctions: Htein Win, Htin Latt Oo, Than Hteik, Nyunt Win Swe, Phone Myat and Thet Pon. The announcement came on the second anniversary of a Feb. 1, 2021, military coup d’etat in the country, and was joined by similar actions from the U.S. and the U.K. (see 2301310020 and 2301310023).

The U.K.'s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation added two individuals and two entities to its Myanmar sanctions regime, it said in a Jan. 31 notice. OFSI subjected Win Kyaw Kyaw Aung, former director and shareholder of Asia Sun Trading, and Zaw Min Tun, member of Asia Sun Trading, to a travel ban and asset freeze. The agency also imposed sanctions on Asia Sun Trading and Cargo Link.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated six individuals and three entities connected to Burma’s military regime in conjunction with actions taken by both the U.K. and Canada, according to a Jan. 31 news release. The designations cover individuals and entities that financially support Burma's military regime, which OFAC says has "continued to use violence and oppression to deny the people of Burma the ability to choose their own leaders."

The U.K. has made small corrections to various sanctions listings under its Myanmar, Global Human Rights and Global Anti-Corruption sanctions regimes, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation announced. Under the Myanmar sanctions list, OFSI corrected the entry for the 99th Light Infantry Division, an entity it originally listed Dec. 9. For the Global Human Rights restrictions, OFSI corrected the entries for Kale Kayihura and Artur Shambazov -- entries that also were listed on Dec. 9. Under the Global Anti-Corruption sanctions regime, OFSI corrected the entry for Veselinovic Zvonko.

In a flurry of sanctions moves, the U.K. last week added a host of individuals and entities to six different sanctions regimes. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation added 10 entries to the Iran (human rights) regime, two to the South Sudan list, one to the Mali restrictions, three to the Myanmar regime, eight to the global human rights sanctions list and five to the global anti-corruption regime.