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Sanctions Profile: Egypt
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EU sanctions relating to Egypt were first imposed in 2011, by Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011, in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
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EU upholds Egypt sanctions listings of former President Mubarak
The EU General Court has upheld the 2017 and 2018 Egypt sanctions listings (targeting the misappropriation of State funds) of the former President of Egypt, Mohamed Hosni Elsayed Mubarak. See judgment: T-358/17 (12 December 2018) and Press Release. The Court rejected Mr Mubarak’s arguments that there was no legal basis for his listings, that the Egyptian […]
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EU upholds Egypt sanctions listings
The EU General Court has upheld the 2016 and 2017 Egypt sanctions listings (targeting the misappropriation of state funds) of Suzanne Thabet, the wife of the former President Mubarak, their sons, Gamal Mubarak and Alaa Mubarak, and their sons’ wives, Khadiga El Gammal and Heidy Rasekh. See joined judgment: T-274/16 and T-275/16. The Court did […]
EU Court upholds Mr Ezz’s Egypt sanctions listings
In March 2015, the EU Court of Justice dismissed the appeal brought by Ahmed Ezz and 3 of his spouses (Abla Salama, Khadiga Yassin and Shahinaz al Naggar) against the General Court’s judgment refusing to annul their initial listings on the EU’s Egypt misappropriation sanctions (see previous blog). The General Court has now dismissed the […]
EU renews Egypt sanctions for 1 year; de-lists 6 people
The EU has renewed its Egypt asset-freezing sanctions list for 1 year until 22 March 2019. It has also removed 6 people from that list (without giving reasons), namely: Ahmed Abdelaziz Ezz; Abla Mohamed Fawzi Ali Ahmed Salama; Khadiga Ahmed Ahmed Kamel Yassin; Shahinaz Abdel Aziz Abdel Wahab Al Naggar; Ahmed Alaeldin Amin Abdemaksoud Elmaghraby; […]
EU renews all listings under Tunisia sanctions regime
The EU has renewed the listings of all persons and entities (and amended one entry) under its Tunisia sanctions list until 31 January 2019, namely, all those appearing in the Annex to Council Decision 2011/72/CFSP (as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/141) and in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 101/2011 (as implemented by Council Implementing Regulation […]
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Consolidated
Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011
Date
Link
Parent Regulation
Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011
Amended by:
Date
22/03/2011Link
Council Regulation (EU) No 1099/2012
Date
27/11/2012Link
Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013
Date
10/06/2013Link
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/490
Date
22/03/2017Link
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/491
Date
22/03/2017Link
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/465
Date
21/03/2018Link
Consolidated
Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP
Date
Link
Parent Decision
Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP
Amended by:
Date
22/03/2011Link
Council Decision 2012/159/CFSP
Date
20/03/2012Link
Council Decision 2012/723/CFSP
Date
27/11/2012Link
Council Decision 2013/144/CFSP
Date
22/03/2013Link
Council Decision 2014/153/CFSP
Date
21/03/2014Link
Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/486
Date
21/03/2015Link
Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/411
Date
19/03/2016Link
Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/496
Date
22/03/2017Link
Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2017/498
Date
22/03/2017Link
Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/466
Date
21/03/2018Link
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018
Date
23/05/2018Link
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2018
Date
22/11/2018Link
Sanctions Review Procedure (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
Date
07/01/2019Link