{"id":15909,"date":"2025-07-18T06:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pecb.com\/?page_id=15909"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:29:26","slug":"pecb-policy-regarding-canadian-and-international-economic-sanctions-and-the-countries-impacted","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.pecb.com\/en\/about\/pecb-policy-regarding-canadian-and-international-economic-sanctions-and-the-countries-impacted","title":{"rendered":"PECB Policy Regarding Canadian and International Economic Sanctions and the Countries Impacted"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15909\" class=\"elementor elementor-15909\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7390518d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7390518d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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services to them.<\/p>\n<p>List of countries where PECB services are not provided:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Russia<\/li>\n<li>Belarus<\/li>\n<li>Iran<\/li>\n<li>The Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine<\/li>\n<li>Syria<\/li>\n<li>North Korea<\/li>\n<li>Transnistria region of Moldova<\/li>\n<\/ol><div><br><\/div>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>&nbsp;PECB Group continues to monitor all relevant sanctions and other developments and may adjust this policy accordingly. 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