On 11 December 2024, the European Commission issued important updates to its Consolidated FAQs on the implementation of Council Regulation No 833/2014 and Council Regulation No 269/2014 (FAQs). These updates cover multiple topics, including due diligence requirements, circumvention and the introduction of a new chapter dedicated specifically to enhanced due diligence for operators involved in … Continue Reading
While many have focused in recent months on the US enforcement of the forced labor import ban (19 U.S.C. 1307) and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (Public Law No. 117-78), the EU is working on its own set of regulations prohibiting products made with forced labor from entering the EU market. A proposal … Continue Reading
As a result of North Korea’s manifest violations of UN resolutions, in addition to the threat it poses to international peace and security, on 6 April, the EU Council expanded its nuclear-proliferation sanctions on North Korea. The EU’s new restrictive measures further expand the ban on EU investment in and with North Korea to the … Continue Reading
On 11 April 2017, the EU Council renewed the restrictive measures against Iran until 13 April 2018. Currently, the restrictive measures include a travel ban and asset freeze on 82 people and one entity, in addition to a ban on exports to Iran of equipment, which might be used for internal repression or monitoring telecommunications. … Continue Reading
The EU Council has extended its sanctions targeting Burma/Myanmar by one year until 30 April 2018. The sanctions include an arms embargo and an embargo on equipment, which might be used for internal repression. Decision (CFSP) 2017/734 amends Decision 2013/184/CFSP.… Continue Reading
The EU Council has renewed its sanctions against Bosnia and Herzegovina until 31 March 2018. The measures include an asset freeze and travel ban on listed individuals and entities believed to be undermining its sovereignty and territorial integrity, posing a serious threat to the Bosnian security situation, or undermining the Dayton/Paris Peace Agreement. Council Decision … Continue Reading
The EU Council has added six members of the Russian Parliament, all were elected to the State Duma from the Crimea and Sevastopol region of Ukraine in September, to its sanctions adopted with respect to territorial integrity or sovereignty of Ukraine. Regulation (EU) 2016/1955 implementing Regulation 269/2014 and Decision 2016/1961 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP.… Continue Reading
The EU Council has de-listed Tri-Ocean Energy and its subsidiary Tri-Ocean Trading from its sanctions against Syria. The de-listings arose from their successful annulment applications in the General Court of the EU in September 2016. In annulling their listings, the Court said that the Council had not properly identified the two entities, and had not … 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
