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CBUAE Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions

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Central Bank of the UAE — Guidance for LFIs on the Implementation of Targeted Financial Sanctions (supervisory guidance, not statute) is one of the rulebooks issued by the Central Bank of the UAE. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of CBUAE Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

CBUAE Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions contents

7 articles in 2 chapters. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.

CBUAE Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions

6 articles
  1. Section 2.1-2.72 Sanctions Compliance Program

  2. Section 2.82.8 Record Keeping

  3. Section 3.23.2 Maintenance of UN Consolidated List and Local Terrorist List

  4. Section 3.3-3.63.3-3.6 Screening Operations

  5. Section 3.73.7 Confirmed Match

  6. Section 44 Notification to CBUAE and Executive Office

Section 2.8

1 article
  1. Section 2.8-retRecord Retention — Sanctions risk assessment, transaction, CDD, account file, correspondence, ID co

What CBUAE Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions covers

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What is Central Bank of the UAE — Guidance for LFIs on the Implementation of Targeted Financial Sanctions (supervisory guidance, not statute)?

Central Bank of the UAE — Guidance for LFIs on the Implementation of Targeted Financial Sanctions (supervisory guidance, not statute) is issued by the Central Bank of the UAE. It has 7 articles across 2 chapters.

What does CBUAE Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions cover?

It is organised into: CBUAE Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions; Section 2.8.

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