Europe

266 briefs · 1 new

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

Sanctions-screening teams must add the seven Israeli-settler designations with director-level linkage checks before next funds-transfer cycle

Switzerland makes medical device registration mandatory in swissdamed

Medical device companies must register Swiss-market devices in swissdamed from 1 July 2026 or lose Swiss-market compliance

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

Environment Agency penalises recycler for illegal contaminated-waste exports

Waste exporters must classify contaminated plastics as Amber List before shipment

UK designates Russia-linked crypto and financial-sector parties

UK sanctions teams must screen newly designated Russia-linked crypto and financial-sector names