Please find below links to key documents that you may find useful in working through the issues raised in our ICPA Webinar today:
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Here you will be able to follow all the latest GCO news and EU updates on the latest legal issues that may affect your business.
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On 17 February John Grayston will be presenting a webinar the New EU Dual Use Regulation - "All change in the EU? Understanding the impact of Regulation 821" as part of WorldECR's Virtual Forum, which runs from 14-24 February.
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On 15 February, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA), with a following ratification from Canada on 17 May 2017. At the G-20 meeting in Hamburg, the date of 21 September has been communicated as the start of the CETA's provisional application.
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On 6 July 2017, the EU and Japan reached a general political agreement over the negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement, however the agreement is not signed yet (investment protection and regulatory cooperation are still open for negotiations).
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In long-awaited Opinion 2/15, the Court of Justice rendered its opinion that following matters fall within the EU shared competence:
- Investor-to-state Dispute Settlement (ISDS),
- The Non-direct Foreign Investment,
- State-to-State dispute settlement relating to portfolio investment and ISDS.
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The UK referendum was a political process. The process to leave the EU is, however, framed in EU law, through the notification and negotiation procedures set out in Article 50 of the EU Treaty.
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In January 2016 the US Office of Foreign Assets Control adopted an important exemption for US companies in the context of the liberalisation of sanctions with Iran.
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The EU has adopted the legislation needed in order to complete a substantial round of relaxation of sanctions in relation to Iran.
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We invite you to join Integration Point and Grayston & Company for a 60-minute educational webcast on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern/ 3:00 p.m. European Standard Time, to learn how companies are using the WCO Explanatory Notes today and how your company could benefit.
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John Grayston was quoted in an article by leading Brussels publication, POLITICO, on the issue of EU Sanctions and the implications for those wishing to challenge such decisions.
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GCO is delighted to be a sponsor of the WorldECR’s 2015 Export Control & Sanctions FORUM which will be held in Washington DC on 21-22 September.
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The historic agreement between Iran and the P5+1 countries to dismantle sanctions will unlock the floodgates of pent-up demand to enter the Iranian market and secure access to its oil resources.
The key word, however, is "will" as the joint agreement foresees a relaxation of sanctions leading to their final withdrawal spread out over a period of possibly 8 years or more.
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John Grayston led a session on EU China Free Trade Agreement with Darrel Pearson of Bennett Jones (Toronto).
The session looked forward at the start of the EU China FTA negotiating process and compared the potential for EU China with the outcomes of the EU Canada (CETA) agreement – completed over essentially a 10 year period of negotiation but still awaiting ratification.
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GCO is pleased to be supporting again the ICPA Europe conference which this year takes place in Berlin.
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Laura Beretta, our International Trade Advisor, will speak at the prestigious ERA - Academy of European Law in Trier Summer Course on EU and WTO Trade Law.
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Our firm is delighted to be a sponsor of The European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) inaugural conference in London which will take place on 23 January 2015 (see at http://efila.org/?page_id=3298).
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John Grayston is speaking at a Eurocentrum Online conference in Singapore on 12 November.
The session will focus on those situations in which EU sanctions impact on business conducted in Asian region.
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We are delighted to be sponsoring again the ICPA Asian conference this year in Singapore.
Full details of the event at: http://www.icpainc.org/#upcoming-conferences
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The next round of sanctions have been adopted and we are now waiting for their publication. The suggestions are that more individuals, companies active in dual use products and companies in the financial services sector will be affected. This then would mark a further development of the SMART sanctions adopted at the end of July.
As we cannot yet see the new measures it is worth just noting the three key issues that should be taken into account when we finally do review the text:
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Some 20 years ago I attended a “contentious” meeting at the European Commission with a client. After the prelims the Commission officials asked the client (in front of me) whether it would not be better to invite the lawyer to leave the room. If this was unacceptable then, today it would be unthinkable. Over the ensuing 20 years the Commission’s procedures have been strengthened, the rights of defence have been codified in the EU Charter of Fundamental rights; and the Court of Justice of the EU has made judicially clear the absolute obligations of EU institutions and Member States to respects rights of defence when EU law is in issue.
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