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EU decision leads to swift disconnect of Iranian financial institutions

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • European Union, Iran
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  • March 20 2012

On March 15, 2012, the Council of the European Union (Council) adopted Council Decision 2012152CFSP (amending Decision 2010413CFSP

EU sanctions against Iran

  • Dechert LLP
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  • European Union, Iran
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  • February 3 2012

Recent weeks have seen the international community introducing a wave of new sanctions against Iran aimed at ratcheting up the pressure on Iran’s nuclear activity

European Union announces adoption of stricter sanctions vs. Iran

  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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  • European Union, Iran
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  • January 30 2012

On January 23, 2012, the Council of the European Union agreed to impose additional restrictive measures against Iran in the range of industrial sectors, inter alia: in the energy sector, including an embargo of Iranian crude oil imports to the EU; in the financial sector, including against the Central Bank of Iran; in the transport sector; additional export restrictions on gold and on sensitive dual-use goods and technology; as well as additional designations of specific persons and entities

EU expanded sanctions against Iran and Belarus, and conclusions in relation to Libya and Syria, update on U.S. sanctions on Iran

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Belarus, European Union, Iran, Libya, Syria, USA
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  • October 12 2011

Today, the EU has added 29 persons to the list of those targeted by an asset freeze and a visa ban because of their involvement in human rights violations in Iran

UK and EU sanctions against Syria

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Syria, United Kingdom
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  • September 28 2011

Since anti-government protests began in Syria in March, unrest has continued and spread across the country

United Nations, European Union, and the United States ease economic sanctions against Libya

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union, Libya, USA
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  • September 19 2011

On Friday 16 September 2011, the United Nations (UN) Security Council adopted Regulation 2009 (2011), which paves the way for further lifting of economic sanctions against Libya, most notably by removing the Libyan National Oil Corporation and Zuietina Oil Company from the sanctions list

Council issues Syria and Taliban sanctions.

  • Dentons
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  • European Union, Syria
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  • August 5 2011

The Council has adopted legislation imposing restrictive measures on individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with the Taliban and extending the scope of the sanctions against Syria to cover additional individuals

Treasury updates on sanctions

  • Dentons
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  • European Union
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  • April 28 2011

Treasury has updated the sanctions lists in respect of BurmaMyanmar, to reflect a change to the list in the 2008 European Council Regulation

Financial sanctions for Libya: an update on UN, EU and Dutch legislation

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, Libya, Netherlands
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  • April 6 2011

On 3 March 2011, Clifford Chance published a client briefing "Sanctions affecting Libya" outlining the first regulations with sanction provisions relating to the current situation in Libya

EU imposes more and more sanctions and restrictive measures: compliance is an absolute necessity

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • European Union, Libya
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  • March 29 2011

Following the social unrest in the Middle East and parts of Africa, the United Nations Security Council recently adopted a number of Resolutions