On 11 December 2017, the Council extended its current sanctions regime against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) until 12 December 2018. These sanctions were adopted in response to the obstruction of the electoral process and the related human rights violations in DRC (See Council (CFSP) Decision 2017/2282). EU Candidate Countries Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania, … Continue Reading
On 23 October, the EU renewed existing sanctions on Guinea until 27 October 2018, and those on Moldova until 31 October 2018. It also published a notice to those on the Guinea list renewing their inclusion in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP and Annex II to Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009, explaining that they may request that this be … Continue Reading
The Council of the European Union (the “Council”) has issued Council Decisions amending sanctions regimes in force with respect to Guinea, Moldova, Yemen and Zimbabwe. See Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1923 (Guinea), Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1925 (Moldova), Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2015/1927 (Yemen) and Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1924 (Zimbabwe), inter alia, amending the list of individuals … Continue Reading
EU candidate countries the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania and potential candidate Bosnia and Herzegovina have aligned their national sanctions policies with the latest amendments to the EU sanctions in place with respect to Belarus and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. These countries have been joined by the EFTA countries … Continue Reading
