As announced in its press release, on 24 February 2025, exactly three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU published its 16th package of sanctions against Russia in the Official Journal. The package entered into force on 25 February 2025. The EU also introduced new measures against Belarus and Crimea and Sevastopol and certain non-Government controlled areas of Ukraine, largely aligning with the Russia sanctions measures. Aside from additional designated person listings, this latest package…
Further to yesterday’s post, Council Decision 2016/982 amending Decision 2014/386/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol has been published here in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The EU Council has extended for a further year the measures imposed by Council Regulation 692/2014 and Council Decision 2014/386/CFSP in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia (see our earlier post on the previous one year extension here). The implementing legislation has yet to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Council took this opportunity to reaffirm its previous statement of 19 March 2015 that the EU…
Pursuant to Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/959, which was published in the Official Journal on Saturday 20 June, the European Council has formally extended the EU economic sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol until 23 June 2016.