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Michael O'Kane

France publishes Bill to transpose EU sanctions criminalisation Directive

13/03/2026 — The French Parliament has proposed a Bill to transpose the EU sanctions criminalisation directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1226) into national law. The criminalisation directive aims...
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Maya Lester KC

US sanctions North Korean IT and Hamas charity networks

13/03/2026 — The US has added 6 people and 6 entities to its North Korean (EO 13810) and counterterrorism (EO13224) sanctions lists. 6 people and 2...
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Michael O'Kane

EU statement on third country alignment with IRGC proscription

13/03/2026 — Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Ukraine have aligned with the EU’s decision to proscribe the IRGC as a...
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Maya Lester KC

UK issues reporting form for relevant persons to notify OFSI in accordance with Syria petroleum products humanitarian exception

13/03/2026 — The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has published a form that ‘relevant persons’ can use to notify OFSI that they are relying...
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In focusRussia sanctions

Sanctions are imposed on Russia by the EU, UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand and others, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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Michael O'Kane

US issues general licence authorising delivery and sale of Russian oil

13/03/2026 — The US has issued General Licence 134, which authorises the delivery and sale of Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products loaded on vessels as...
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Maya Lester KC

EU Court of Justice judgment on ownership and control – 50% shareholder creates rebuttable presumption of control

12/03/2026 — The European Court of Justice has given judgment in Case C‑84/24 EM System v AB SEB Bank, a request for a preliminary ruling from...
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Maya Lester KC

EU Court of Justice says freezing of funds prevents voting rights in SBK depository receipt case

12/03/2026 — The European Court of Justice has given judgment in Case C‑465/24 SBK Art v Fortenova Group STAK, a request for a preliminary ruling from...
US Venezuela
Michael O'Kane

US general licence authorising sale and import of Venezuelan-origin gold into US

12/03/2026 — The US has issued Venezuela general licence 51, which authorises the sale and import of Venezuelan-origin gold into US. GL 51 authorises all transactions...

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