Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Switzerland imposes further sanctions on Russia on 1 April 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Situation in Ukraine: Switzerland tightens sanctions against Belarus and Russia on 18 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert Switzerland adopts further sanctions against Russia on 22 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Switzerland adopts further comprehensive sanctions packages imposed by the European Union against Russia on 7 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “Switzerland imposes sanctions on Russia” on 1 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
The Swiss Federal Council has discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine at its meeting of 23 February 2022. It condemns Russia’s recognition of the two non-government-controlled territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as independent states as a violation of international law. While the Swiss government has not decided on adopting any sanctions or measures yet, it has stated that it wishes to ensure that Switzerland will not be used as a platform to circumvent sanctions imposed by the EU, as it has already done since 2014, and is therefore examining the newly adopted EU sanctions closely.
Join us for a brief webinar on 1 March 2022 to hear from our experts on the latest sanctions measures introduced against Russia and certain parts of Ukraine. We are well-positioned in all relevant jurisdictions to help you understand and respond to the various sanctions measures. Our panel will comprise of Baker McKenzie trade and sanctions attorneys from Ukraine, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, Japan, Australia and Switzerland. The panel will summarise the key measures and propose key practical take-aways for businesses to focus on.
The Swiss government has opened the consultation process on a further revision of the Swiss Cartel Act after previous failed attempts. The main objective of the proposed revision is the modernization of Swiss merger control. By changing the current qualified market dominance test to the Significant Impediment to Effective Competition test, the regulation of mergers shall be adapted to the standards already prevailing in the EU and the threshold for prohibiting a transaction should thus become lower.
As a result of the EU Commission’s decision not to proceed any further with updating the Mutual Recognition Agreement with Switzerland (MRA) with effect from 26 May 2021, Switzerland no longer has access to the European single market for medical devices on an equal partnership basis but is since treated as a “third country”.
On 17 September 2021, the Federal Council adopted a partial revision of the Chemicals Control Ordinance, which entered into force on 1 November 2021. With the revision, the licensing procedures for the production of certain chemicals for research, medical and pharmaceutical purposes have been simplified.