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Russia sanctions: the EU’s 13th package of sanctions and guidance on sales of oil tankers

February has seen the EU particularly active: it has published: a) guidelines on how to ensure compliance with its 12th package of sanctions – which impose a prohibition, among other things, on EU nationals selling oil tankers to Russian entities and an obligation to notify the sale of oil ta …

Russia sanctions: the latest updates from the EU, the Oil Price Cap Coalition and the UK

Recently, the Council of the EU published its 12th package of sanctions against Russia in response to Russia’s continuing conflict with Ukraine. As highlighted by the European Commission, the focus of this new package “is to impose additional import and export bans on Russia, combat sanctio …

Il regime di Oil Price Cap alla luce delle prime sanzioni OFAC e delle nuove linee guida della Coalition

Lo scorso 12 ottobre la Oil Price Cap Coalition, che raggruppa Australia, Canada, Unione Europea, Francia, Germania, Italia, Giappone, Regno Unito e Stati Uniti, ha rilasciato una dichiarazione per sottolineare i rischi di violazione dell’Oil Price Cap Regime. A supporto dell’orientamento a …

ESG Insights | EU Green Deal and sanctions against Russia: what’s new for the iron and steel sectors?

Operators and importers in the iron and steel sector will need to be even more attentive to compliance, as the recent regulatory changes have made the rules stricter than ever. Further to the prohibitions imposed by the EU Regulation 388/2014, new prohibitions came into force starting from l …

One year of European sanctions against Russia: revisiting the different packages

On 24th February 2023, marking the sad anniversary of the breakout of the new Russia-Ukrainian war, the European Union published its 10th package of sanctions against Russia. During the past year, the sanction regime imposed by the EU has tried to weaken the Russian economy and prevent Russi …

Russia Sanctions: Oil Price Cap Exemption

The G7, US, EU and Australia have agreed to implement a policy applicable to a broad range of services as they relate to the maritime transport of crude oil and petroleum products of Russian Federation origin. UK, EU and US entities are authorized to provide certain services as they are rela …

Tecnologia e digitalizzazione: le novità legislative nel settore automotive in vigore da luglio 2022

Il prossimo mese di luglio segna un momento importante per il settore dell’automotive: gli impatti del progresso tecnologico che caratterizza questa epoca verranno infatti recepiti nella normativa di riferimento anche in Italia. Le imminenti modifiche legislative introducono e sollevano cr …