Background The European Union continues to expand its sanctions regime against Russia and Belarus. The latest – the 18th – EU Russia/Belarus sanctions package was published on 19 July 2025, and included a range of additional sanctions, mainly targeting the Russian energy, banking and military industries, but also individuals and the Russian shadow fleet (see our previous blog post on the 18th sanctions package). EU sanctions against Russia are enacted in the form of regulations,…
Poland has adopted significant amendments to the Act of 13 April 2022 on Special Measures Relative to Counteracting the Support for the Aggression Against Ukraine and Relative to National Security Protection (known as the Polish Sanctions Act) and other related legislation, such as the Act of 16 November 2016 on the National Revenue Administration and the Act of 1 March 2018 on Counteracting Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism. The main goal of this legislation…
On 29 May 2023, Poland imposed sanctions on 365 citizens of Belarus, as well as other individuals and entities. Polish law requires an individual decision and scope of sanctions to be determined with respect to each designated person, however the measures typically include: Polish authorities declared that all designated individuals will also receive a Schengen zone entry ban. The designated persons include: The designations are linked to, inter alia, the sentencing of a Polish-Belarussian journalist…
Poland has introduced significant amendments to the Act of 13 April 2022 on special measures relative to counteracting the support for the aggression against Ukraine and relative to national security protection (“Polish Sanctions Regulation”). See here for our previous blog post on the Polish Sanctions Regulation. The Act of 5 August 2022 that amends the Polish Sanctions Regulation and the Act on the National Revenue Administration (“Amendment”) was published on 17 August 2022 and entered…