The Council of the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2025/610 which amends the sanctions regulation with respect to the Central African Republic. The EU amended the regulation following the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) adoption of Resolution 2745 (2024), which lifted the arms embargo on the Government of the Central African Republic. The EU’s…
The Council of the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2025/608 which amends the sanctions regulation with respect to Haiti. The amended regulation follows the recent adoption of changes to sanctions on Haiti made by the United Nations Council (UNSC). The EU adopted the following changes in line with the UNSC’s decision: adding new definitions…
The European Commission announced Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/611 to amend certain ISIL (Da’esh) and al-Qaida sanctions entries pursuant to a recent United Nations Security Council decision. Specifically, the EU amended 12 entries on the sanctions list pursuant to UNSC Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011), and 2253 (2015). The annex to the amended regulation provides…
The European Commission announced that it has launched a helpdesk to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in complying with the complex landscape of financial sanctions regimes. The EU has over 40 sanctions regimes globally, and the new EU Sanctions Helpdesk now offers a comprehensive range of services designed to help SMEs comply with these…
The Council decided to add Al Azaim Media Foundation to the EU autonomous list of persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with ISIL(Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda, and therefore subject to EU restrictive measures. Al Azaim Media Foundation is the media branch of the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province. For more details, view the relevant Announcement here
