The Burma (Freezing of Funds) Regulations 2000
These Regulations provide that breaches of certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1081/2000 of 22nd May 2000 (“the EC Regulation”) are to be criminal offences. The provisions in question are:Article 2, which provides for the freezing of funds of certain persons related to important government functions in Burma, and prohibits the making of funds available to or for the benefit of those persons;Article 5, which prohibits the knowing and intentional participation in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the provisions of the EC Regulation.