22/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - Regulation relaxing embargo adopted. On Monday 22 July, the Foreign Affairs Council adopted the implementing regulation on the restrictive measures on Syria, with a view to relaxing various sanctions related to oil. The decision to relax the embargo was made at the Council of 22 April 2013 (see EUROPE 10832). It aims to help the civilian population and support the opposition. The regulation, which will officially enter into force when it is published in the...