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| ''Sanctions''. | | ''European Union law.'' |
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| The Blocking Regulation is a 1996 European Union (EU) Regulation which prohibits EU companies from complying with certain extraterritorial US sanctions.
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| <span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Managing conflicting rules'''''</span>
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| :"The US's reimposition of sanctions against Iran prompted the European Commission to expand the scope of the 1996 EU Blocking Regulation.
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| :The revised Blocking Regulation... in essence prohibits EU companies from complying with the reimposed US sanctions against Iran.
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| :The Blocking Regulation is often described as putting those within its scope (EU companies, nationals and others within the EU) between a rock and a hard place.
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| :Non-compliance may give rise to civil and, potentially, criminal penalties.
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| :However, the penalties for a non-US person failing to comply with the US's secondary sanctions can include being cut off from the US financial system - and being unable to deal with US persons."
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| :''The Treasurer, October 2018, p43 - Slaughter and May.''
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| | European directive issued in 1995 and subsequently revised as CAD2, aims to establish uniform capital requirements for both banking firms and non-bank securities firms. |
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| | | * [[Basel II]] |
| * [[European Commission]]
| | * [[Capital adequacy]] |
| * [[European Union]]
| | * [[Capital Requirements Directive]] |
| * [[Extraterritorial]]
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| * [[Sanctions]] | |
| * [[United States]] | |
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Revision as of 04:53, 3 August 2013
European Union law.
(CAD).
European directive issued in 1995 and subsequently revised as CAD2, aims to establish uniform capital requirements for both banking firms and non-bank securities firms.
See also