UK gives effect to Crimea/Sevastopol import restrictions in UK overseas territories

The European Union prohibited the import into the European Union of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol on 23 July 2014 (see previous blog). The UK has now published a statutory instrument, the Russia, Crimea and Sevastopol (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2014, which gives effect those EU prohibitions in certain specified UK Overseas Territories. The…