The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) amended the Ordinance on Sanctions against Syria as to introduce a formal authorisation requirement for the trade of isopropanol to Syria.
Operations covered by the control requirements are: the sale, the shipment, the export and the transit of isopropanol to Syria, or for use in Syria. Financing operations in connection with such a good are also subject to authorisation.
The amendment, which is in force since the 1st June 2018, excludes the possibility that a supply of isopropanol or any other goods which the European Union has placed under an export restriction can be exported to Syria without the knowledge of the Swiss authorities.
As for isopropanol, the EU imposes a licence requirement since the entry into force of Council Regulation 697/2013 (OJ L 198/28 of 23/07/2013).