The European Union will add 11 individuals and 5 legal entities to Syria-related sanctions list next week, a high-ranking EU source said Thursday
BRUSSELS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th January, 2019) The European Union will add 11 individuals and 5 legal entities to Syria-related sanctions list next week, a high-ranking EU source said Thursday.According to the source, the decision is likely to be adopted at a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on September 21.
The source also said that the first sanctions list related to a new regime of restrictive measures to address the use and proliferation of chemical weapons will comprise nine individuals and one legal entity.
Under the new regime, the EU is now be able to impose sanctions on persons and entities involved in the development and use of chemical weapons anywhere, regardless of their nationality and location.
Sanctions consist of a travel ban to the EU and an asset freeze for persons, and an asset freeze for entities. In addition, EU persons and entities are forbidden from making funds available to those listed, according to the Council of the EU.
