26/11/2024 (Agence Europe) – The European Union has extended until 30 November 2025 the sanctions regime linked to Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to a legal act published in the Official Journal of the EU on Tuesday 26 November. The legal document states that this decision is “under constant review. It shall be extended or modified, as appropriate, if the EU Council considers that its objectives have not been met”. At present, two people are sanctioned under this scheme which was adopted in 2019 (see EUROPE 12367/8): Mehmet Ferruh Akalin and Ali Coscun Namoglu, two officials of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), who carried out unauthorised drilling activities (see EUROPE 12435/4). The sanctions consist of an EU travel ban, an asset freeze for these individuals and a ban on making funds available to them. (CG)