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 May 2006, by Regulation 765/2006. The...