On Monday 26 February, the Council tightened its restrictive measures against North Korea by finalising transposition into EU law of the measures imposed by the UN Security Council Resolution 2397 (2017) on 22 December 2017 in relation to that country’s nuclear and ballistic missile activities.
The transposed measures include the strengthening of the export ban to North Korea of all refined petroleum products by reducing the number of barrels that may be exported from 2 million barrels to...