Recently the EC has published an update to its “Guidance on non-preferential rules of origin”. The prior version dates back to December 2018. The update mainly provides further clarification of the various assessments that have to be made to verify whether a product falls in scope of the non-preferential rules of origin.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled EU introduces additional sanctions against Russia on 17 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled EU Imposes new Iron and Steel import restrictions from Russia and denies Russia Most Favored Nation status on 17 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled EU imposes additional sanctions on Russia and Belarus on 11 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled EU significantly expands sanctions against Belarus on 6 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
On 4 March 2022, the European Commission announced the introduction of the EU Sanctions Whistleblower Tool. According to the Commission, the Tool can be used to report on “past, ongoing or planned” EU sanctions violations, as well as attempts to circumvent these.
On 23 February 2022, the Council adopted a package of measures to respond to Russia’s decision to recognize the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine as independent entities, and the subsequent decision to send Russian troops into these areas.
On 28 January 2022, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the representative office of the European Union about the expansion of the list of representatives of EU member states and institutions prohibited from entering the territory of the Russian Federation. The names of the banned persons did not become public. No economic sanctions have been imposed against them.
On Thursday 6 January 2022, the European Commission published Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1, updating the list of dual-use items contained in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821. The EU Dual Use List is updated by the European Commission each year to ensure it remains aligned with the control lists of relevant international non-proliferation regimes, in which Member States (and the EU itself) participate.
On 22 December 2021, the European Union Commission published its proposal for a directive to “prevent the misuse of shell companies for tax purposes”. The purpose of the Proposal is to discourage the use and creation of shell companies within the European Union.