The G7 announced the creation of a new Enforcement Coordination Mechanism “to bolster compliance and enforcement of our measures and deny Russia the benefit of G7 economies” on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The International Group of Seven (“G7”) is an intergovernmental forum whose members include the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan, with the European Union as a “non-enumerated” member. As such, Germany, France and Italy are EU Member…
On 22 February 2023, Dutch Customs published a press release on its website indicating that the additional EU sanctions measures against Russia and Belarus will enter into force on 24 February 2023. Although relevant legislative texts have not yet been published, the release suggests that the “tenth package” of EU sanctions against Russia will include: an extension of the export restrictions related to dual-use goods and goods which could contribute to the enhancement of Russian…
In a judgment of 10 January 2023 (ECLI:NL:HR:2023:2), the Dutch Supreme Court confirmed that the applicable standard of proof for “intentional” violations of EU sanctions under Dutch law is generally low. The judgment confirmed that, although the intent of the accused with regard to the constituent elements of the relevant sanctions prohibition must be sufficiently proven to establish an intentional violation, intent does not need to be proven as to the unlawfulness of the conduct.…
On 9 March 2022, the EU announced the imposition of further sanctions against Russia and Belarus. In addition to the introduction of new restrictions (see below), the EU press release notes that the relevant amendments aim to create a closer alignment between sanctions in place against Russia and Belarus, so as to prevent circumvention of these sanctions. Russia Regulation (EU) 2022/394 (amending Regulation (EU) 833/2014) among others include the following amendments: Introduction of new product…