Brussels, 07/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - On 4 February, the Court of the EU upheld (joint cases T-174/12 and T-80/12) the sanctions put in place by the Council in 2012 against the Lebanese bank Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank (SLCB) due to its links with the Syrian state bank Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) and its involvement in funding the Syrian regime.
In its ruling, it rejects the application by the bank for the cancellation of the acts of the Council keeping it on the list of entities...