The history of the EU's sanctions against Lebanon:
On 14 February 2005, the former prime minister of the Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri, and some twenty other people were killed in a bomb attack in Beirut. The UN Security Council condemned the attack and passed Resolution 1636 (2005) on specific restrictive measures directed against individuals registered by the Security Council Sanctions Committee for Lebanon as suspected of involvement in the attack. To date, no individuals have been registered by the Committee.
In view of the war in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel in summer 2006, the UN Security Council decided on sanctions against Lebanon in Resolution 1701 (2006), which includes a partial weapons embargo combined with a ban on supplying technical assistance related to arms exports, etc.
What those sanctions entail:
1. Arms embargo The arms embargo means that the sale or supply of arms is prohibited to entities, natural and legal persons and others in Lebanon. The same applies to the provision of technical and financial assistance and other services associated with arms and related materiel. The prohibitions do not apply to the sale or supply of goods or services for use by the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) or by the Lebanese armed forces, or if the transaction has been authorised by the Government of Lebanon or UNIFIL. Sales and supplies of this kind must always be approved by the competent national authority.
2. Travel restrictions Individuals suspected of involvement in the planning, sponsoring, organising or perpetrating of the attack against Rafiq Hariri and some twenty other persons are subject to a prohibition against entry into or transit through the EU. The EU list of those subjected to the travel restrictions is to reflect the list prepared and updated by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee for Lebanon. To date, no individuals have been listed by the Sanction Committee.
3. Freezing of funds Individuals suspected of involvement in the planning, sponsoring, organising or perpetrating of the attack against Rafiq Hariri and some twenty other persons are subject to having their funds and economic resources frozen. The EU list of those subjected to having their funds frozen is to reflect the list prepared and updated by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee for Lebanon. To date, no individuals have been listed by the Sanction Committee.
The relevant EU documents:
Council Common Position 2005/888/CFSP, which contains provisions on travel restrictions and freezing of funds. The parts of these provisions pertaining to EU law are regulated by Council Regulation (EC) No 305/2006.
Council Common Position 2006/625/CFSP, which contains provisions on the arms embargo with associated prohibitions against technical and financial assistance. The parts of these provisions pertaining to EU law are regulated by Council Regulation (EC) No 1412/2006. This regulation was subsequently updated by Council Regulation (EU) No 555/2010 so as to adapt to the general EU sanctions guidelines.
Link:
Sweden EU Lebanon sanctions page