EU Drops Syria Sanctions Listing After General Court Decision
The European Council dropped Nizar Al-Assaad from the EU's Syria sanctions regime following an EU General Court decision that found the EU erred in deciding that he met sanctions criteria, the EU Sanctions Blog reported May 18. The court also…
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held that the EU violated his "legitimate expectations, the principle of legal certainty, the principle of res judicata," reported the blog, which is authored by U.K. lawyer Maya Lester, who represented Al-Assaad in the matter.