EU general court annuls 4 Belarus sanctions listings

The 1st Chamber of General Court handed down 4 judgments this week (on 9 December 2014) annulling the designations of 1 person (Vladimir Peftiev) and 4 companies said to be controlled by him, on the EU’s asset freezing targeted sanctions against Belarus. The EU first imposed restrictive measures on President Lukashenko and some Belarusian officials in…