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Le règlement n° 833/2014 du 31 juillet 2014 impose à certains établissements financiers russes des restrictions d’accès au marché des capitaux.

In an earlier post we reported on the ongoing trial of the captain of the ship the "Baltic Leader", who was being prosecuted in Rouen for alleged breaches of the EU's Russian sanctions.

A Belarusian couple traveling from Switzerland to France were stopped at the border and found carrying undeclared euros and a small quantity of drugs. Despite claiming the currency was intended for a vehicle purchase, they could provide no supporting evidence, leading to confiscation and significant penalties under EU sanctions regulations targeting Belarus.

After seizing the oil tanker the "Grinch" in international waters last week, the vessel is now anchored off Foss-sur-Mer in the south of France.

French authorities have arrested the captain of the shadow fleet tanker Tagor following the vessel's seizure, marking a significant enforcement action against sanctions evasion.

The French Navy has intercepted a Russian oil tanker operating under a Cameroonian flag off the coast of Sicily, marking another enforcement action against vessels suspected of evading international sanctions.

France's ACPR has issued a press release making public a fine of €600,000 imposed on Banque Delubac.

French President Macron has announced the seizure of the tanker Tagor in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 400 nautical miles west of France. The vessel, which was en route from Murmansk and suspected of sailing under a false flag, was intercepted in international waters with support from the British Royal Navy.

After a six-week trial, verdict in the Lafarge prosecution is now expected on 13 April 2026.

It has been widely reported (e.g. here and here) that the French military boarded and seized control of an oil tanker reputed to to be part of the "shadow fleet".

The French media regulator, Arcom, has issued an order to Eutelsat ordering it to cease the broadcasting of two channels owned...

On 4 November, the US Justice Department issued a press release following the extradition from France of Yana Leonova to face charges...

The trial has concluded with the Chinese national captain, Chen Zhangjie...

The French Navy has detained an oil tanker suspected of flying a false flag and illegally transporting fuel in the Indian Ocean. The vessel faces sanctions from multiple countries including the United States, EU, and United Kingdom. This marks the first such enforcement action by an EU Member State in these waters.

Further to our earlier post on the French seizure of the "shadow fleet" tanker "Boracay" off western France in September 2025, it is now being reported that the trial of the captain is due to commence on Monday.

On Friday the French authorities, with British Royal Navy support, boarded and seized the tanker the MV Deyna which was sailing from Murmansk to Port Said. It was off the coast of Algeria in the western Mediterranean at the time of the boarding.

On October 10, 2024, the French Ministry of Armed Forces released an FAQ relating to a Non-Re-Exportation Certificate (NRC), available in French here (FAQ).

La deuxième session de la nouvelle Task Force Compliance créée par l'European American Chamber of Commerce Auvergne Rhone-Alps en partenariat avec Soulier Avocats se déroulera le 8 juin prochain.