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Norway bans specified Sudan gold trade from 15 September
The sanctions amendment covers listed gold imports, gold-mining goods and related services or finance, with a limited sodium-cyanide contract transition ending 16 March 2027.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 4 September 2026
From 15 September 2026, Norway prohibits direct or indirect purchase, import or transfer of listed gold originating in Sudan where it was exported from Sudan to the EU or a third country after that date.Lovdata The amendment also prohibits supplying specified goods for gold extraction or exploitation to Sudan or for use there, together with related services and financial assistance.
The gold list covers CN 7108, including unwrought or semi-manufactured gold and powder; CN 7112 91, covering specified gold waste and scrapLovdata; and ex CN 7118 90 for gold coins. The gold-mining goods list contains mercury under CN 2805 40 and sodium cyanides and cyanide oxides under CN 2837 11
Lovdata. The supply prohibition applies regardless of whether those mining goods originate in the EU.
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Related restrictions cover technical assistance, brokering and other services, as well as financing or financial assistance connected with the prohibited transactions.Lovdata The amendment's financial-assistance definition includes loans, guarantees, letters of credit, supplier and buyer credits, advances, insurance and reinsurance.
Lovdata It expressly excludes payment, and payment terms, of the agreed price for goods or services in accordance with normal business practice from that definition.
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The Norwegian date adaptations are essential. References to 15 July 2026 in the incorporated articles must be read as 15 September 2026 in Norway.Lovdata The transition date stated as 16 January 2027 must be read as 16 March 2027.
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The contract transition is limited to goods under CN 2837 11Lovdata: it permits performance by 16 March 2027 of contracts concluded before 15 September 2026 and necessary ancillary contracts, without displacing applicable dual-use authorisation requirements
Lovdata. Separate exceptions concern specified humanitarian or emergency uses of mining goods and gold needed for official purposes of protected diplomatic missions or international organisations in Sudan.
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The requirements follow from FOR-2026-09-01-1723, amending § 2 and Annex B of FOR-2006-06-02-573Lovdata, including Articles 1a–1b and Annexes III–IV
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Screen Sudan-related gold and mining-goods transactions against the listed codes before 15 September 2026. Check services, financing, Norwegian date adaptations and any narrowly applicable exception or contract transition.