Mondaq Europe: International Law
Nuclear Industry Huaxing Construction Co., Ltd., a company with links to the Chinese government, has pleaded guilty in the US to export control violations.
On 26 November 2012 at the WTO Council for Trade in Goods meeting 23 delegations (including Brazil, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, the United States, China) issued a joint statement urging Ukraine to withdraw its notification to re-negotiate its tariffs on a large number of products in the interest of the multilateral trading system and the global economy.
On 23 December 2012 the restrictive measures against Iran contained in Council Regulation (EU) No 1263/2012 came into force.
Sanctions are a growing problem on the desk of every international trading business and bank.
The Great Lakes region has been the subject of border disputes both prior to and following the independence of East African countries during the 1960s.
This article answers a number of questions about the Eurozone, such as how to exit, how to trade or foreign exchange.
The registration and enforcement of an Ukrainian judgment, in the Republic of Cyprus, is regulated by the provisions of the Bilateral Agreement, between Cyprus and Ukraine (Law 8 (III)/2005 ("the Treaty").
The end of 2012 marks a great success for Cyprus.
In two separate rulings during the last 2 weeks, the General Court of the European Union has ruled that the Council of the EU’s designation of Bank Saderat and Bank Mellat on the EU asset freeze list should be annulled.
With the coming into force on 23 December 2012 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1263/2012 (1263/2012), the European Union has further augmented its sanctions regime in place against Iran.
On 22 December 2012, the European Council published Council Regulation (EU) No. 1263/2012.
The European Council has today announced that the European Union is to increase restrictive measures against Iran and Syria as a result of "serious and deepening concerns over Iran’s nuclear programme" and the "continued brutal repression and widespread violation of human rights by the Syrian government".
In view of the continued brutal repression and violation of human rights in Syria, the Council of the European Union has added new restrictive measures against Syria.
The Higher Regional Court of Hamburg has ruled that banks cannot simply terminate the accounts of enterprises that are listed in the so-called Iran Embargo Regulation.
John Menton outlines the Republic of Ireland’s export control regime.
Due to the increase in global trade and international commercial transactions it has become increasingly evident that important evidence required for proceedings outside of Ireland will often be located in Ireland.
Over 1,000 international companies have operations in Ireland.
Terms such as internationalisation, transnational and global are often excessively used in books, the media and the Internet.
The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 9 January 2012 no. 531-IV ЗРК "On Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan in relation to Currency Regulation and Currency Control Issues"
The district court in The Hague, has recently ruled that Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. , a member of the Royal Dutch Shell group of companies, is liable to pay compensation to the plaintiff, resident of a Nigerian village.
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