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• Author: International Law Group

EU again modifies Yugoslavia sanctions

With Regulation 826/2000, the EU has once again modified its Yugoslavia sanctions. The Regulation basically lists anew all undesirable Yugoslav individuals and those who act on behalf of Yugoslavia and Serbia, including President Slobodan Milosevic, and freezes their funds located in the EU. Subsequently, the EU again revised the list of undesirable individuals. - The EU has also once again amended the list of Decision 1999/319/CFSP and Common Position 1999/318/CFSP of non-admissible persons from Yugoslavia and Serbia. - Also, the EU has changed the list of national competent authorities that coordinate the Yugoslavia sanctions in each EU Member State. - Finally, the EU has modified the list of EU companies owned by Yugoslavia, which was originally issued with Regulation 1294/1999. It deletes a few companies from the list and adds additional ones in Austria, France and Germany through which the Yugoslavia Government is operating. Citation: 2000 O.J. of European Communities (L 101) 3, 26 April 2000 (non-admissible persons list amended & freeze of funds); (L 122) 7, 24 May 2000 & (L 134) 1, 7 June 2000 (non-admissible persons list again amended); (L 124) 42, 25 May 2000 (list of national competent authorities); and (L 129) 15, 30 May 2000 (list of foreign companies through which Yugoslavia operates).

Breach of translation Article invalidates service under Hague Convention

A German construction company sued a Danish individual in the German Courts to collect a payment due. The process served in Denmark, however, was in German. Although the defendant did file several papers in court, the German court entered a default judgment against him. The plaintiff then sued to execute on the judgment in the Danish courts. There defendant objected that plaintiff had not served him...