COVID-19 and the New Spanish Foreign Direct Investment Regulation
Public authorities all around the world are taking action aimed at combating the effects of COVID-19 in international and domestic markets. In Spain, one of the concerns of the Government has been to cope with the existing foreign investment legal framework (considered the ninth most open by the OECD) and the threats that such a framework may entail ─especially for… … Keep Reading
EU Restricts Export of Personal Protective Equipment
IIn order to protect the EU’s health workers - the first line of defense against COVID-19 - the EU will now be controlling certain personal protective equipment. … Keep Reading
EU commission has published the Export Control Handbook for Chemicals
In December 2019, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission published the Export Control Handbook for Chemicals. By Philippe Zamboni di Salerano, Loyens & Loeff | March 10, 2020 This is a useful guidance document which deserves the attention of all those involved in the distribution and export of chemicals. … Keep Reading
New update of the EU Control List of dual-use items
On 17 October 2019, an update of the dual-use export Control List in Annex I to Regulation (EC) N° 428/2009 was adopted by the European Commission to align it with the changes that occurred with the decision taken within the framework of the international non-proliferation regimes and export control arrangements in 2018. … Keep Reading
Brussels Conference 2019
We are proud and happy to invite you for the 5th edition of the Brussels conference on Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (this year focusing on economic sanctions). … Keep Reading
EU Council finally agrees negotiating mandate for the recast of the EU Dual Regulation
After the release of the EU Commission’s proposal in 2016 it took the Council almost three years of discussions to agree on this negotiating mandate (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/39555/mandate-for-negociations.pdf). The Council prefers a lighter’ version of the recast focusing primarily on harmonization and simplification. Now it is up to the EU Council, Parliament & Commission to agree on a new text. … Keep Reading
Belgium (finally) implements sanctions for violation of the EU Blocking Regulation
Last week, the Belgian Act implementing the EU Blocking Regulation was published in the Belgian Official Gazette (see here). … Keep Reading
EU adopts sanctions regime on cyber-attacks
On 17 May 2019, the EU adopted a brand new sanctions regime to deter and respond to cyber-attacks. This follows the adoption, on June 2018, by the European Council of conclusions outlining the necessity to strengthen the EU ability to address cyber threats originating from outside the EU. … Keep Reading