On Monday 16 July, the EU Council expressed its intention not to object to the amendment of the blocking law – the 1996 regulation that aims to neutralise the extra-territorial effects of US sanctions in the EU.
High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini hailed "this measure of the Council, which ensures the coherence of the measures the EU is implementing in order to guarantee that the positive effects of the implementation of the agreement...