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The EU imposed sanctions on Tunisia at the start of 2011, by Council Decision 2011/72/CFSP and Council Regulation (EU) No 101/2011, following the Tunisian Revolution which led to the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
On 27 January 2020, the EU Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/117, which renewed the EU’s sanctions on Tunisia for 1 year. Those measures designate 48 people said to be responsible for the misappropriation of state funds. The following countries have aligned themselves with this decision: North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Moldova, Armenia and Georgia. …
The EU has renewed its Tunisia sanctions for 1 year until 31 January 2021, which target 48 people determined to be responsible for the misappropriation of Tunisian state funds. The Council have also amended the listings to be supplemented with information regarding the rights of the defence and the right to effective judicial protection. See Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/115 …
Today (29 January), the EU extended its Tunisia sanctions for 1 year, until 31 January 2020, targeting those responsible for the misappropriation of Tunisian state funds. The EU also removed Mohamed Mabrouk from that sanctions list (he recently failed in his application to annul his 2017 and 2018 listings before the EU General Court – see previous blog). See Council Decision (CFSP)...
The EU General Court has upheld Mohamed Mabrouk’s 2017 and 2018 renewed listings under the EU’s Tunisia sanctions, targeting those responsible for the misappropriation of Tunisian state funds – judgment here: T-216/17. The Court rejected (inter alia) the applicant’s claim that the duration of the judicial proceedings in Tunisia (since the beginning of 2011) infringed his right to be tried...
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 (EU) 2018/137). The EU Notice...
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