EU removes Libya high-seas inspection powers after UN authorisation expires

13 October 2026

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The EU has amended its Libya sanctions regime by removing Article 22a from Regulation (EU) 2016/44. The article authorised EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, the EU’s military operation in the Mediterranean, to inspect vessels on the...

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Michael O'Kane

Michael is Senior Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. He has acted in many of the most high profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters & Peters and as a prosecutor. Michael was called…

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