US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule amending various provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to account for changes to controls on exports of arms and related materiel to Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. These actions follow the recent termination of the arms embargos of … Continue Reading
The ECO has updated and amended five OGELs following an update to the EU dual-use list, which was published in the EU Official Journal, on 15 November 2016. The updates include changes to the goods schedule of each relevant licence. Of note, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia have been removed from the list of excluded destinations … Continue Reading
The EU Council repealed its restrictive measures against Côte d’Ivoire on 10 June 2016. The adoption of Security Council Regulation 2283 on 28 April 2016, which terminates with immediate effect all UN sanctions against Côte d’Ivoire, has led to the Council lifting the entirety of the Union’s own additional restrictive measures against the country. Regulation … Continue Reading