On Thursday 21 December, the member states extended, by written procedure, the European Union’s economic sanctions against Russia until 31 July 2018.
On 14 December, the European Council agreed at a political level to extend these measures which relate, inter alia, to the financial and energy sectors, particularly the oil sector, as well as dual use goods and include an embargo on arms exports and imports (see EUROPE 11926).
These measures, initially introduced on 31 July 2014 for a...