Brussels, 02/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - The new sanctions imposed by the EU against Syria with a view to halting the repression there were published on Friday 2 December in the EU Official Journal (see EUROPE 10507).
The EU has stepped up restrictions in the following areas: - energy: embargo on exports to Syria of key equipment and technology to the Syrian oil and gas sectors; - financial: prohibition for European financial institutions to open up branches or accounts in Syria and for...