The Council adopted additional restrictive measures on 15 October 2026 against three individuals and nine entities involved in importing sanctioned goods into Russia and in circumventing EU sanctions related to oil and financial transactions. The listings target parallel-import and sanctions-circumvention networks: they include MOVERS GROUP LLC, a Russia-based cargo-delivery company...
The Council renewed the EU's chemical-weapons restrictive-measures framework (Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 / Regulation (EU) 2018/1542) by Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/2286 of 12 October 2026 (published 13 October 2026). The framework, which applied until 16 October 2026, is extended until 30 October 2031, and the existing individual and entity listings are...
On 8-9 October 2026, EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held the second EU-China Trade and Investment Consultations (TIC) in Beijing, issuing a joint statement (12 October 2026) with a list of deliverables. Both sides will continue, within WTO rules, to explore tariff reductions or...
On 12 October 2026 the Council added 3 individuals and 4 entities to the EU's sanctions lists against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), via Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2278 (implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1509) and Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/2283 (amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/849). The listings relate to North Korea's...
On 12 October 2026 the Council added 77 individuals to the EU's Ukraine territorial-integrity sanctions list (Regulation (EU) No 269/2014), via Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2292 and Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/2291, over the illegal Russian State Duma elections held in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Those listed - for...
On 12 October 2026 the Council adopted its single largest-ever set of sanctions listings: 1,569 individuals and entities in Russia's military-industrial complex, under the Ukraine territorial-integrity regime (Regulation (EU) No 269/2014), via Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2281 and Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/2279. The listings comprise 826 Russian companies and 743...
On 9 October 2026 the Council adopted several sanctions acts (published in the OJ of 12 October 2026). It extended the Nicaragua restrictive measures from 15 October 2026 to 15 October 2027 (Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/2272) and updated the statement of reasons for one listed person (Council Implementing Regulation (EU)...
The EU updated two sanctions regimes on 9 October 2026. Under the Sudan regime (Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2147, on activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan), the Council extended the restrictive measures by one year - from 10 October 2026 to 10 October 2027 -...
On 8 October 2026 the EU listed Russian businesswoman Olga Alekseevna Belyavtseva (DOB 25.10.1969, Lipetsk) under its Russia/Ukraine territorial-integrity sanctions regime, via Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2263 (implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014) and Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/2264 (amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP). Belyavtseva was previously listed under the EU's separate Russia 'destabilising...
Council decided on 8 October 2026 to prolong by one year, until 9 October 2027, the individual restrictive measures against those responsible for Russia's destabilising actions abroad - citing Russia's continued and intensified hybrid activities, including Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) against the EU, its member states and partners....
The Council added six persons and two entities to the EU's Democratic Republic of the Congo sanctions list, through Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2191 (implementing Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005), following their designation by the UN Security Council Committee under Resolution 1533 (2004) on 14 July 2026. Four of those persons...
The Council renewed the EU's restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi (Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763) for a further year, until 31 October 2027, through Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/2197, following a review. The measures - asset freezes and travel bans on listed persons responsible for undermining democracy or obstructing...
The Council added a further 10 individuals and 17 entities to the EU's restrictive measures over actions undermining Ukraine's territorial integrity, targeting the systematic unlawful deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia and occupied territories, and their forced assimilation through indoctrination and militarised education. Entities listed include the...
The Council listed ten individuals under the EU's restrictive measures regime for serious human-rights violations in Russia (established March 2024), for supporting the repression of democratic opposition. Those listed are three judges of the Russian Supreme Court and an official of the Prosecutor General's Office involved in barring the Yabloko...
Council added Xenia Fedorova - a Russian media figure and former President and Director of Information of Russia Today (RT) France - to the EU's restrictive measures over Russia's destabilising activities (Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 and Decision (CFSP) 2024/2643), for engaging in foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). The listing follows...
Council amended the EU's Afghanistan restrictive-measures regime — Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 and Decision 2011/486/CFSP — to update the identifying data for 24 persons and one entity on the sanctions list (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2138 and Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2026/2137). The change follows updates by the UN Security Council's 1988...