EC Announces Alignment of Additional Countries to Myanmar, Crimea Sanctions

The European Council announced July 27 that additional countries aligned their sanctions regimes with the European Union's regarding restrictive measures on individuals and entities in Myanmar and in response to the annexation of Crimea. Montenegro, Albania, Norway, Ukraine and Georgia aligned with the Crimea-related sanctions. North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Ukraine and Moldova aligned with the Myanmar restrictions. The latter sanctions include eight individuals and four entities subject to restrictive measures.