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EU relations with Russia were the subject of an “in-depth discussion” during yesterday’s meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (the “Council”), according to the published ‘Outcome of the Council Meeting’. Commenting on the meeting in her formal remarks, EU High Representative and Vice-President Federica Mogherini described the discussion as “long, very…

Council Regulation (EU) No 1351/2014 (the “New Regulation”) enters into force today, 20 December 2014, and introduces substantial sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol as the EU looks to reinforce that it does not recognise their annexation to Russia and to strengthen existing measures against them targeting trade and investment in Crimea…

The EU is conducting a review of its export control policy with a view to creating a more integrated EU export control regime ensuring security and a more level playing field (“Review of Export Control Policy”). This arose out of the European Foreign Affairs Council’s call for the continued pursuit…