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Sanctions Profile: Chemical Weapons
At a glance
The EU adopted a new sanctions regime in October 2018 to address the use and proliferation of chemical weapons.
News
EU sanctions 6 Russian officials & 1 entity for Navalny poisoning
The EU has listed 6 Russian officials, including the Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), and 1 entity under its chemical weapons sanctions regime for their involvement in the assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny using a toxic nerve agent of the Novichok group in August 2020. They will now be subject to an asset freeze, travel ban, and EU …
Russia
Chemical Weapons
EU preparing sanctions for Navalny poisoning & on Lukashenko
Josep Borrell (EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs) said at a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council yesterday (12 October 2020) that EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs have agreed: to start preparing more sanctions on Belarus, to include Alexander Lukashenko (we reported yesterday that EU had adopted conclusions); and to enact in EU sanctions the listing proposals put forward …
Belarus
EU renews chemical weapons & Nicaragua sanctions regimes for 1 year
Chemical Weapons The EU Council has renewed the sanctions regime addressing the use and proliferation of chemical weapons for 1 year until 16 October 2021. The sanctions (asset freeze and travel ban) currently apply to 9 people, 5 linked to the Syrian regime, and 4 involved in the Salisbury Novichok attack, and 1 Syria-based organisation. See press release. Nicaragua The …
Nicaragua
Germany & France to propose sanctions for Navalny poisoning & UK confirms support
The German and French governments have announced that they will propose to the EU that sanctions (asset freeze and travel ban) should be imposed on a number of individuals whom they consider responsible for the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in August 2020, and an entity involved in the Novichok programme. The decision was reached following the Organisation for the Prohibition …
US Committee on Foreign Affairs request investigation into Navalny poisoning
The Chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eliot L Engel, and ranking member Michael T McCaul have published a letter which makes a formal request that the government investigates whether Russia used chemical weapons in violation of international law, or used lethal chemical weapons against its own nationals in light of the recent poisoning of Alexy Navalny. …
Current Sanctions
Consolidated
Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1542
Parent Regulation
Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1542
Amended by:
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/84
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1463
Consolidated
Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544
Parent Decision
Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544
Amended by: