COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2018/1544 of 15 October 2018 concerning restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons has been published on the Official Journal of the European Union(OJ L 259/25 of 16.10.2018).
On 28 June 2018, the European Council called for the adoption of a new EU regime of restrictive measures to address the use and proliferation of chemical weapons and better implement some provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
The Decision calls Member States to establish entry and transit restrictions in their territories (article 2) and calls for the adoption of financial restrictions (Article 3) for natural persons engaged in/linked to chemical weapons-related activities and associated with natural persons listed in the Annex to the Council decision.
Article 7 also calls the Union to encourage third States to adopt restrictive measures.