Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/119 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

Author (Corporate)	Council of the European Union
Series Title	Official Journal of the European Union
Series Details	L 22I, Pages 1-4
Publication Date	28/01/2020
Content Type	Legislation
	Summary: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/119, which amends the list featured in Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restricting measures in respect of actions undermining threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Further information: The Council of the European Union adopted on 28 January 2020 the decision to add seven persons to the list of those subject to sanctions over actions undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine. These new designations come as a consequence of the organisation of Russian local elections in Crimea and Sevastopol in September 2019. The decision broughy the total number of persons listed by the EU to 177. In addition, the European Union imposed an asset freeze on 44 entities under this sanctions regime. The measures consist of an asset freeze, meaning that all of the assets in the EU belonging to these entities are frozen and EU persons and entities cannot make any funds available to them.
Source Link	Link to Main Source http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/119/oj
Related Links	Official Council of the European Union: Press Release, 28/01/2020: Ukraine: seven persons involved in the organisation of Russian elections in the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol added to EU sanctions list https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/01/28/ukraine-seven-persons-involved-in-the-organisation-of-russian-elections-in-the-illegally-annexed-crimea-and-sevastopol-added-to-eu-sanctions-list/ UK Government: Press Release, 28/01/2020: Foreign Secretary welcomes new EU sanctions against facilitators of the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-welcomes-new-eu-sanctions-against-facilitators-of-the-illegal-annexation-of-crimea-and-sevastopol News RFE/RL, 28/01/2020: EU Expands Russia Sanctions List Linked To Aggression Toward Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-expands-russia-sanctions-list-linked-to-aggression-toward-ukraine/30402145.html Reuters, 28/01/2020: EU blacklists seven more people in Russian-annexed Crimea https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN1ZR1ZF
Subject Categories	Politics and International Relations
Subject Tags	Foreign Policy Instruments
Keywords	Sanctions \| Restrictive Measures, Unrest in eastern Ukraine \| Crimea \| Donbas
Countries / Regions	Ukraine
International Organisations	European Union [EU]