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European Commission reclassifies EU restricted zones for African swine fever

Swine keepers and transport operators in reclassified areas of Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia must apply stricter movement and control conditions immediately — boundaries entered into force 30 May 2026.

European Commission deletes methoxyfenozide, penthiopyrad and terpenoid blend QRD 460 from EU approved active-substances list

Plant protection product marketing-authorisation holders must treat methoxyfenozide, penthiopyrad, and terpenoid blend QRD 460 as no longer EU-approved from 18 June 2026 — products depending on these substances lose their EU approval basis.

EU Council sanctions four Israeli settler organisations and three individuals under Global Human Rights regime

EU sanctions-screening teams must add four settler organisations and three named individuals to asset-freeze filters before the next payment cycle — director-level linkage checks required for each individual-entity pair.

OFAC adds Francesca Paola Albanese to SDN List under EO 14203 (ICC-related)

US persons must block all transactions with the SDN-listed individual; US service providers must screen before engaging or paying her

European Commission fines Temu €200 million for DSA systemic risk assessment failures

Online marketplace risk-assessment teams under DSA must adopt platform-specific evidence, product-testing data, and design-amplification analysis in next assessment cycle or face enforcement parity

Switzerland extends export-control exemptions to all EU and EFTA states

Swiss exporters and export-control teams must re-determine licence requirements for EU and EFTA destinations under the expanded exemption lists from 1 July 2026 — claiming an exemption a destination does not yet qualify for is a licensing breach