EU Expands Guidance on COVID-19 Humanitarian Aid to Countries Subject to Terrorism Sanctions
The European Commission tacked a section onto its guidance for COVID-19-related aid to countries subject to EU sanctions, to discuss how the guidance extends to counterterrorism sanctions. In the Aug. 13 notice, the commission said sanctions do not cover medicine,…
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medical equipment or assistance given to the population writ large. Sanctions also will not cover exports of medicine and equipment needed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Humanitarian operators may “liaise” with sanctioned people or entities if it is needed to organize the provision of humanitarian aid in a safe and effective way, but these operators must ensure that their partners for the delivery of such humanitarian aid are not EU designated, the guidance said.