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Nov 20, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Andrew Pidgirsky |George Leahy
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May 13, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Andrew Pidgirsky |George Leahy
Washington, D.C. (May 7, 2024) – On April
17, 2024, the U.S. government renewed sanctions on the Venezuelan
oil and gas sector, following a determination by the U.S. State Department
that the Maduro Government had "not fully met the
commitments" of a political agreement with the Unitary
Platform.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | George Leahy
Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2024) - On February
29, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of
Foreign Assets Control issued Venezuela General License (GL) 45B
and, on March 1, 2024, published related Frequently Asked Question
(FAQ) 1167 and updated FAQs 1137
and 1141.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | George Leahy
Washington, D.C. (March 8, 2024) – On
February 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office
of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of State, and
U.S. Department of Commerce announced significant new Russia-related
sanctions on more than 500 entities.
The new sanctions follow both the death of Aleksey Navalny and
the two-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | George Leahy |Andrew Pidgirsky
Washington, D.C. (February 6, 2024) - On
January 30, 2024, the United States took steps to reimpose
sanctions on Venezuela, following actions by the Maduro government
deemed by the U.S. Department of State to be inconsistent with
prior agreements. These steps include retracting general licenses
and an indication that further sanction-related action may be
taken, should such actions by the Maduro government continue.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | George Leahy |Jane Luxton |Andrew Pidgirsky
Washington, D.C. (December 19, 2023) – On
December 11, 2023, the United States Department of Commerce,
Department of the Treasury, Department of Justice, Department of
State, and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint "Quint-Seal Compliance Note"
("Compliance Note"), targeted at entities operating in
the global maritime and transportation industries.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | George Leahy |Jane Luxton |Andrew Pidgirsky
Washington, D.C. (December 8, 2023) - On
November 15, 2023, the European Union (EU) High Representative
Josep Borrell, together with the European Commission, submitted to
the Council of the European Union (the Council) a proposal for the
12th package of EU Russia-related sanctions.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | George Leahy |Andrew Pidgirsky |Jane Luxton
Washington, D.C. (November 3, 2023) - On
October 18, 2023, the United States Department of the
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) several Venezuela-related sanctions
in response to a political agreement between the Maduro government
and the Unitary Platform.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | George Leahy
Washington, D.C. (November 1, 2023) - On
October 23, 2023, the European Commission issued a Frequently Asked
Questions ("FAQ") document clarifying the European
Union's ("EU") blocking sanctions "50%
Rule." The FAQ applies specifically to subsidiaries of the 13
Russian entities currently subject to blocking sanctions under
Annex XIX to Council Regulation 833/2014, including Russian energy,
transportation, and technology companies Rosneft, Transneft,
Rostec, KAMAZ, and Sovcomflot, among others.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | George Leahy
Washington, D.C. (October 26, 2023) - On
October 12, 2023, the G7 Price Cap Coalition (Australia, Canada,
the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United
Kingdom, and the United States) released an Advisory for the Maritime Oil
Industry and Related Sectors ("Advisory"), outlining best
practices for the maritime oil industry to ensure compliance with
price caps on crude oil and petroleum products put in place by the
G7, European Union, and Australia.
