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Wine Labelling: A New EU Regulation is Coming Into Force in 2023

Mar 24 2022

The European Union reform of Common Agricultural Policy (“CAP”), published on 6 December 2021, will enter into force on 1 January 2023. (See more here.) Such reform consists of a number of changes to the existing regulations.

Specifically, wine labelling will be regulated by EU Regulation 2021/2117, which amended four EU regulations, namely Regulations (EU) No. 1308/2013, 1151/2012, 251/2014, and 228/2013. Consultations on modernization of the CAP started in 2017, and the legislative procedure was completed at the end of 2021. While a mid-term review will take place in 2025, the CAP is meant to cover the period 2023–2027.

New U.S. Sanctions on Russia and Belarus Impose Trade and Investment Restrictions on Luxury Goods and Russia’s Energy Sector

Mar 17 2022

Originally posted on the K&L Gates Hub

By: Jeffrey Orenstein, Steven F. Hill, Stacy J. Ettinger, Erica L. Bakies, Jerome J. Zaucha, Donald W. Smith

As an update to K&L Gates’ previous alerts of 24 February and 25 February, U.S. President Joe Biden issued two executive orders (EOs) last week imposing additional sanctions against Russia. The first order, EO 14066, issued on 8 March 2022, prohibits: (1) U.S. imports of Russian oil and other energy products, and (2) new investments by U.S. persons in Russia’s energy sector. The second order, EO 14068, issued on 11 March 2022, restricts: (1) exports of luxury goods to Russia and Belarus, (2) U.S. imports of Russian alcohol, seafood, and diamonds, and (3) the supply of U.S. dollar-denominated banknotes to Russia and the Russian Government worldwide. This alert describes these new developments in more detail.

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