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Following Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, the EU has adopted a series of restrictive measures and in March 2022 decided to set up a “Freeze and Seize” Task Force to reinforce rules on asset recovery and confiscation and contribute to the implementation of EU restrictive measures. In this context, on 25 May 2022, in addition to the Directive proposal on asset recovery and confiscation , the Commission presented a proposal for a Council Decision on adding the violation of EU restrictive measures to the list of EU crimes laid down in Article 83(1) TFEU, so opening the way to the harmonisation of this area of crime.

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JoSTC: the new Journal for the export control community The European Studies Unit (ESU) of the University of Liège is delighted to announce the hosting of the Journal of Strategic Trade Control (JoSTC), a peer-reviewed and open-access journal with the intention […]

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We are happy to announce that Kamshat Saginbekova’s is going to defend her PhD thesis entitled "Politico-economic aspects of strategic trade control in Central Asian countries" on December 14, 2022, at 11 a.m. in the University of Liege and online.
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Egor Kartuzov’s will defend his PhD thesis entitled “Transfer of Ukrainian Technologies of Production of Dual use Advanced Materials to the EU : Barriers & Challenges” on November 23, 2022 at 3:00 pm. The event will be accessible online.

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From 2 to 4 October 2022, the XII Meeting of the Chaudfontaine Group was held in order to explore a set of dual-use trade control informative and/or analytical tools which could be useful to the full range of actors involved in strategic trade control compliance, thus, benefiting both third countries as well as EU Member States. The seminar was organised by the European Studies Unit of the University of Liège and funded by the European Union.
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Chaudfontaine Newsletter 48 – September 2022 The Chaudfontaine Newsletter Issue 48, on dual-use items trade control, has been released. Read it now!