{"id":"F2012L01765","name":"Autonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation 2012","slug":"autonomous-sanctions-export-sanctioned-goods-syria-designation-2012","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":89735,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01765-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Autonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation 2012","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation 2012\n\nas amended\n\nmade under regulation 4 of the\n\nAutonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011\n\nThis compilation was prepared on 20 August 2013 \ntaking into account amendments up to Autonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation Amendment 2013\n\nPrepared by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra\n\nContents\n\n1 Name of Instrument \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n2 Commencement \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n3 Definitions\n\n4 Designation of export sanctioned goods\n\nSchedule 1 Designation of export sanctioned goods\n\nNotes\n\n1 Name of Designation \\[see Note 1\\]\n\nThis Designation is the Autonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation 2012.\n\n2 Commencement \\[see Note 1\\]\n\nThis Designation commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3 Definitions\n\nIn this Designation:\n\n> CAS means a Chemical Abstract Number.\n\n4 Designation of export sanctioned goods\n\nFor regulation 4 of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, Schedule 1 lists goods designated to be export sanctioned goods for Syria.\n\nSchedule 1 List of goods\n\n(section 4)\n\nPart 1 Items of particular concern if destined for end users in Syria\n\nDivision 1 Materials, chemicals, micro‑organisms and toxins\n\n| Item | Description | CAS No. |\n| ---- | ------------------------------------------- | --------- |\n| 1. | Acetylene | 74-86-2 |\n| 2. | Acetone | 67-64-1 |\n| 3. | Aluminium chloride | 7446-70-0 |\n| 4. | Antimony | 7440-36-0 |\n| 5. | Arsenic | 7440-38-2 |\n| 6. | Arsenic trioxide | 1327-53-3 |\n| 7. | Bis(2-chloroethyl)ethylamine hydrochloride | 3590-07-6 |\n| 8. | Bis(2-chloroethyl)methylamine hydrochloride | 55-86-7 |\n| 9. | Benzil | 134-81-6 |\n| 10. | Benzaldehyde | 100-52-7 |\n| 11. | Benzoin | 119-53-9 |\n| 12. | 2-bromochloroethane | 107-04-0 |\n| 13. | Butyrylcholinestrerase (BCHE) | |\n| 14. | Chlorine | 7782-50-5 |\n| 15. | Dichloromethane | 75-09-2 |\n| 16. | Diethyl ether | 60-29-7 |\n| 17. | Dimethyl ether | 115-10-6 |\n| 18. | Dimethylaminoethanol | 108-01-0 |\n| 19. | N,N-Dimethylaniline | 121-69-7 |\n| 20. | Dicyclohexylamine (DCA) | 101-83-7 |\n| 21. | Diethylenetriamine | 111-40-0 |\n| 22. | Ethylene | 74-85-1 |\n| 23. | Ethylene dichloride | 107-06-2 |\n| 24. | 2-methoxyethanol | 109-86-4 |\n| 25. | Ethyl bromide | 74-96-4 |\n| 26. | Ethyl chloride | 75-00-3 |\n| 27. | Ethylamine | 75-04-7 |\n| 28. | Ethylene oxide | 75-21-8 |\n| 29. | Fluorapatite | 1306-05-4 |\n| 30. | Hexamine | 100-97-0 |\n| 31. | Hydrogen sulphide | 7783-06-4 |\n| 32. | Isocyanatomethane | 624-83-9 |\n| 33. | Isopropanol, 95% concentration or greater | 67-63-0 |\n| 34. | Isopropyl bromide | 75-26-3 |\n| 35. | Isopropyl ether | 108-20-3 |\n| 36. | Mandelic acid | 90-64-2 |\n| 37. | Methylamine | 74-89-5 |\n| 38. | Methyl bromide | 74-83-9 |\n| 39. | Methyl chloride | 74-87-3 |\n| 40. | Methyl iodide | 74-88-4 |\n| 41. | Methylmercaptane | 74-93-1 |\n| 42. | Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) | 107-21-1 |\n| 43. | Monoisopropylamine | 75-31-0 |\n| 44. | Nitromethane | 75-52-5 |\n| 45. | Obidoxime chloride | 114-90-9 |\n| 46. | Oxalyl chloride | 79-37-8 |\n| 47. | Picric acid | 88-89-1 |\n| 48. | Potassium bromide | 7758-02-3 |\n| 49. | Potassium sulphide | 1312-73-8 |\n| 50. | Potassium thiocyanate | 333-20-0 |\n| 51. | Pyridine | 110-86-1 |\n| 52. | Pyridostigimine bromide | 101-26-8 |\n| 53. | Quinaldine | 91-63-4 |\n| 54. | Sodium bromide | 7647-15-6 |\n| 55. | Sodium metal | 7440-23-5 |\n| 56. | Thiophosphoryl chloride | 3982-91-0 |\n| 57. | Tributylamine | 102-82-9 |\n| 58. | Tributylphosphite | 102-85-2 |\n| 59. | Triethylamine | 121-44-8 |\n| 60. | Triisobutylphosphite | 1606-96-8 |\n| 61. | Trimethlyamine | 75-50-3 |\n| 62. | Tris(2-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride | 817-09-4 |\n| 63. | Sodium hypochlorite | 7681-52-9 |\n\n| 64. | Sulfur trioxide | 7446-11-9 |\n| --- | ----------------------- | --------------------- |\n| 65. | White/yellow phosphorus | 12185-10-3, 7723-14-0 |\n\nDivision 2 Materials Processing\n\n| Item | Description |\n| ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1. | Floor-mounted fume hoods (walk-in style) with a minimum nominal width of 2.5 meters. |\n| 2. | Full face-mask air-purifying and air-supplying respirators. |\n| 3. | Class II biosafety cabinets and glove boxes. |\n| 4. | Batch centrifuges with a rotor capacity of 4 L or greater, usable with biological materials. |\n| 5. | Fermenters with an internal volume of 10 L – 20 L, usable with biological materials. |\n| 6. | Conventional or turbulent air-flow clean-air rooms and self-contained fan-HEPA filter units that may be used for P3 or P4 (BSL 3, BSL 4, L3, L4) containment facilities. |\n| 7. | Reaction vessels or reactors, with or without agitators, with total internal (geometric) volume greater than 0.1 m³ (100 l) and less than 20 m³ (20000 l). |\n| 8. | Agitators for use in reaction vessels or reactors specified in item 7. |\n| 9. | Impellers, blades or shafts designed for agitators specified in item 8. |\n| 10. | Heat exchangers or condensers with a heat transfer surface area of greater than 0.15 m², and less than 20 m². |\n| 11. | Tubes, plates, coils or blocks (cores) designed for heat exchangers or condensers specified in item 10. |\n| 12. | Multiple-seal, single seal and seal-less pumps with manufacturer's specified maximum flow-rate greater than 0.6 m3/h. |\n| 13. | Valves with nominal sizes greater than 1.0 cm |\n| 14. | Casings (valve bodies) or preformed casing liners designed for valves specified in item 13.Technical note: The 'nominal size' is defined as the smaller of the inlet and outlet port diameters. |\n| 15. | Storage tanks, containers or receivers with a total internal (geometric) volume greater than 0.1 m³ (100 l). |\n| 16. | Distillation or absorption columns of internal diameter greater than 0.1 m. |\n| 17. | Liquid distributors, vapour distributors or liquid collectors designed for distillation or absorption columns specified in item 16. |\n| 18. | Vacuum pumps with manufacturer's specified maximum flow-rate greater than 5 m³/h (under standard temperature (273 K (0o C)) and pressure (101.3 kPa) conditions), in which all surfaces that come into direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed are made from any of the following materials:(a) nickel or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight;(b) alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight;(c) fluoropolymers (polymeric or elastomeric materials with more than 35% fluorine by weight);(d) glass or glass-lined (including vitrified or enamelled coating);(e) graphite or carbon-graphite;(f) tantalum or tantalum alloys;(g) titanium or titanium alloys;(h) zirconium or zirconium alloys;(i) ceramics;(j) ferrosilicon (high silicon iron alloys); or(k) niobium (columbium) or niobium alloys.Technical note: carbon-graphite is a composition consisting of amorphous carbon and graphite, in which the graphite content is eight percent or more by weight. |\n| 19. | Casings (pump bodies), preformed casing liners, impellers, rotors or jet pump nozzles designed for vacuum pumps specified in item 18. |\n| 20. | Laboratory equipment, including parts and accessories for such equipment, for the analysis or detection, destructive or non-destructive, of chemical substances. |\n\n> Note\n\n1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.\n\n> Notes to the Autonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation 2012\n\n> Note 1\n\n> Note: The Autonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation (in force under subregulation 4 of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.\n\n> Note: > Note: Table of Instruments\n\n| Title | Date of FRLI registration | Date ofcommencement | Application, saving ortransitional provisions |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |\n| Autonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation 2012 | 24 August 2012 (see F2012L01765) | 25 August 2012 | — |\n| Autonomous Sanctions (Export Sanctioned Goods – Syria) Designation Amendment 2013 | 3 July 2013 (see F2013L01311) | 4 July 2013 | — |\n| | | | |\n| | | | |\n| | | | |\n| | | | |\n\n> Note: > Note: Table of Amendments\n\n```html\n

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