Day: December 11, 2018

On 11 December, EU Regulation 2018/1933/EU amended the listing criteria for the EU Somalia sanctions regime.

EU Regulation 2018/1934/EU has amended the information provided for Gabriel JOK RIAK MAKOL, who is one of those persons listed under the EU South Sudan sanctions regime.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2018.314.01.0009.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2018:314:TOC

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2018.314.01.0011.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2018:314:TOC

EU Regulation 2018/1932/EU follows the decision of the UN Security Council on 14 December and formally revokes the Eritrea sanctions regime.

See also Council Decision 2018/1944/CFSP.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2018.314.01.0008.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2018:314:TOC

EU Regulation 2018/1931/EU has amended the information on 8 persons listed by the EU.

See also EU Council Decision 2018/1940/CFSP.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2018.314.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2018:314:TOC

Food & Drink Business in Australia on 11 December reported that a high profile New Zealand winemaker has been fined for adding sugar to wine that was for sale in the EU.  It also falsified documents to conceal the addition of the sugar. Yealands Estate was fined $NZ400,000, its former general manager winery operations and former chief winemaker were each also fined, as was the winery’s former owner Peter Yealands.

http://www.foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au/news/nz-winemakers-fined-under-wine-act#X2LlhEEVCzlRyHWS.99