Event

Sanctions in the EU’s External Relations

Objective

EU sanctions (restrictive measures) are one of the Union's tools to promote the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The Council imposes EU restrictive measures (such as the freezing of funds and travel bans) through a CFSP Council Decision adopted by unanimity, which is notified to the persons and entities targeted by it. 

These include governments of non-EU countries because of their policies, entities (companies) providing the means to conduct the targeted policies, groups or organisations such as terrorist groups, as well as individuals supporting the targeted policies or involved in terrorist activities. The measures can then be challenged before the General Court of the European Union.  

This hybrid seminar will provide participants with detailed knowledge on the legal aspects of restrictive measures applied by the European Union, including the recent jurisprudence of the CJEU. Moreover, the EU guidelines on the implementation and evaluation of restrictive measures, as well as best practices in the implementation of such restrictive measures, will be analysed and placed within the wider international context of sanctions imposed by other governments and entities. Practical implications and challenges faced with EU restrictive measures by various actors concerned with their application will also be shared.

Key topics

• Update on the latest EU legal framework on restrictive measures and the confiscation of assets
• EU guidelines on restrictive measures, countering their circumvention and assisting with enforcement
• Practical implications and challenges faced with EU restrictive measures by various actors concerned with their application
• Recent case law of the EU courts on sanctions
• Judicial review of restrictive measures
• Procedural aspects of sanctions cases before the Courts of the European Union

Who should attend?

European and national civil servants working in the area of EU restrictive measures, lawyers dealing with sanctions cases, compliance officers.

Hybrid format

If participants cannot attend the conference in Trier, they can still join online! They will be able to interact immediately and directly with speakers and other participants.

For more information about the event, consult the seminar website.

The detailed programme can be found here.