EU adds six individuals to Annex I chemical-weapons sanctions over Navalny poisoning
EU sanctions-screening and compliance teams must add the six newly listed individuals to denied-party filters and freeze funds and economic resources on any match
Council of the European Union
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Council suspends Visa Code waivers and cuts processing to 45 days for Somali nationals
EU consular visa authorities must apply a 45-day processing standard and drop documentary, multiple-entry and diplomatic-passport waivers for Somali applicants
EU and Switzerland replace the Annex to their Air Transport Agreement, effective 1 July 2026
EU and Swiss air carriers must operate under the replaced Annex's adapted EU regulatory references for bilateral services from 1 July 2026
EU amends Libya sanctions to add UNSCR 2819 basis and new custodian-transfer rules for frozen Libyan Investment Authority assets
EU sanctions teams handling Libya and Libyan Investment Authority assets must add the new UNSCR 2819 listing basis and apply the new conditional custodian-transfer and frozen-reserve investment rules
EU opens wind-down and critical-component derogations from Ukraine asset-freeze for one sanctioned entity
EU operators winding down deals with the sanctioned entity must complete authorised releases by 31 December 2026, and critical-component purchases by 16 March 2027
EU adds 1 entity and 15 individuals to Russia restrictive-measures annex over Navalny case
EU sanctions-screening teams must add 15 named individuals and IPJSC NTK to filters and block matched transactions
EU Council sanctions four Israeli settler organisations and three individuals under Global Human Rights regime
EU sanctions-screening teams must add four settler organisations and three named individuals to asset-freeze filters before the next payment cycle — director-level linkage checks required for each individual-entity pair.
EU expands Iran sanctions criteria to freedom-of-navigation actions
EU sanctions teams must screen for new Iran freedom-of-navigation listing grounds
EU adds Iran freedom-of-navigation sanctions ground
EU sanctions teams must screen Iran exposure against the new freedom-of-navigation listing ground
EU-UK Joint Committee adds machinery approval rule to Windsor Framework
Machinery compliance teams must apply EU 2025/14 under the Windsor Framework