Swiss Government to Establish New Department for Export Controls, Sanctions

The Swiss government will create a separate department for export controls and sanctions under the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, the Swiss Federal Council announced, according to an unofficial translation. Starting Sept. 1, the previous departments of sanctions, arms control and arms control policy, export controls on industrial products and export control policy dual-use will be moved out of the ​​bilateral economic relations area and combined in the Export Controls and Sanctions service area, it said.