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Customs Engineering & Law

17 May 2024

Directive (EU) 2024/1226: harmonisation of criminal penalties applied by Member States in the event of circumvention of EU sanctions

The purpose of Directive (EU) 2024/1226, published on 29 April 2024, is to harmonise the criminal penalties applied by the…

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Customs Engineering & Law

19 January 2024

Correlation table codes CN / dual use goods updated

The EU correlation table between customs codes (Combined Nomenclature) and “dual-use goods” codes has been updated as of 2 January…

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Customs Engineering & Law

24 October 2023

The EU Customs Reform

The EU Customs reform 2025-2035 The EU Customs Reform B RAGER  

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Cybersecurity

31 July 2023

The European Union’s blocking statute against extraterritorial legislation: an effective instrument for protecting the EU’s economic interests?

The Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation…

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Cybersecurity

8 June 2023

The French 1968 Blocking Act: a shield against foreign interference and extraterritorial legislation

The so-called "Blocking Act" of 1968, modernised in 1980 and implemented in 2022, enables French companies to counter the interference…

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Customs Engineering & Law

26 May 2023

Sanctions against Russia – Circumventing the sanctions

G7 leaders met in Hiroshima last Friday 19 May to coordinate on new sanctions against Russia[1]. The heads of state…

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Customs Engineering & Law

17 January 2023

Correlation table codes CN / dual use goods updated

The EU correlation table between customs codes (Combined Nomenclature) and "dual-use goods" codes has been updated as of 17 January…

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Customs Engineering & Law

9 January 2023

War in Ukraine: Do international sanctions still qualify as force majeure?

The sanctions regimes adopted by the European Union and its allies following the invasion of Ukraine on 22 February 2022…

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Cybersecurity

8 July 2022

French Decree 2022/901: the consequences for the defence industry and civil aviation

On 19 June 2022, Decree 2022/901 on war material, arms and ammunition and sensitive operations relating to national defence or…

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Export control

6 June 2022

6th Package of Sanctions Against Russia: Council Regulation (EU) 2022/879

The 6th package of sanctions imposed by the European Union on Russia for its actions in Ukraine entered into force…

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