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Recent sanctions developments concerning Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Syria and Libya

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Syria
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  • April 26 2013

European Union (“EU“) foreign ministers have voted to lift the majority of its restrictive measures against Myanmar (Burma). Despite its significant

European Commission opened formal state aid investigation into the German exemption of large electricity consumers from network charges

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 22 2013

On 6 March 2013, the European Commission ('the Commission') decided to investigate in-depth the German exemption of large electricity consumers from

Important trade negotiations opened between Japan and the European Union

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Japan
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  • April 15 2013

On 25 March 2013 negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement ("EPA") between the EU and Japan were launched and a first round of negotiations

A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
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  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

EU takes steps towards easing Zimbabwe sanctions

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Zimbabwe
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  • February 27 2013

Susannah Cogman and Jeremy Sher comment on the EU's recent easing of the Zimbabwe sanctions regime. On 19 February 2013, the European Union ("EU"

Iran sanctions update: new EU measures in force

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • January 4 2013

On 22 December 2012, three new EU measures in relation to Iran were published in the EU Official Journal. These expand the existing suite of EU sanctions

ICSID tribunal discusses hierarchy between EU law and ECT in Electrabel case

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Hungary
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  • December 21 2012

Hungary has recently seen claims brought against it by a Belgian investor for breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) dismissed in the case of

Eu strengthens sanctions against iran with particular impact for oil and gas sector and financial institutions

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Iran
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  • October 17 2012

On 15 October 2012, the Council of the European Union announced that it had decided to strengthen significantly the EU's restrictive measures in respect of Iran - increasing the action being taken by the international community against Iran

Consumer goods update October 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
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  • October 9 2012

Welcome to our consumer goods sector update a publication which highlights some key recent legal issues affecting consumer goods businesses

Corporate crime update - July 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, Iran, North Korea, Spain, Syria, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 16 2012

The SFO has announced that it has obtained a civil recovery order against Oxford Publishing Ltd (OPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oxford University Press (OUP