On Friday 10 October, Norway strengthened its restrictive measures against Russia to reflect the measures introduced by the EU on 12 September.  With the announcement of the adoption of Forskrift-2014-10-10-1278, which took immediate effect, the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende stated, “Russia’s actions in Ukraine remain a matter of serious concern. A fragile ceasefire is in place, but Russia has not complied with the demands made by the international community, including immediate, complete…

We recently reported that Norway had yet to enact ‘Stage 3’ sectoral sanctions against Russia and would likely do so imminently. In light of the continued deteriorating situation in Ukraine, Norway enacted Forskrift 2014-08-15-1076 concerning restrictive measures that undermine or threaten Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence and stability (the “Regulation”) on 15 August, which entered into force immediately. In a press release of the same date, the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende…

On 25 and 29 July, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published two amending regulations (Forskrifts) (see here and here) which add further designations to the Norwegian sanctions list under the Norwegian Sanctions Act. These regulations mirror those of the EU and these new designations have already been targeted by the EU. Please note that the EU designations of 30 July set out in EU Implementing Regulation 826/2014 do not yet appear to have been…

On 9 May 2014, Norway implemented a regulation (the “Regulation”) imposing “restrictive measures against persons deemed responsible for embezzlement of public funds, as well as persons who are considered to have participated in human rights violations in Ukraine”. The Regulation, which is effective from 9 May 2014, designates a further 22 individuals in connection with the crises in Ukraine. Again, as with our blog on Norway on 12 May 2014, this new list of individuals mirrors the persons who…