Nicolas Guillou was among several ICC judges blacklisted by Washington in August after an arrest warrant was issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza
India and the European Union announced the conclusion of negotiations for the FTA on February 27.
If the deal gets committee sign off, it would then face a full Parliament vote.
Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, said that foreign ministers unanimously agreed on the designation.
The EAC-PM Chairman called the India-EU FTA a great opportunity for both parties. "India will benefit with this. Exports in many labor intensive commodities, like textiles, gems and jewelry and auto parts will benefit."
These provisions will help India in dealing with challenges arising from EU's regulations in the future and protect FTA benefits.
The IRIS2 network will eventually have 290 satellites in multiple orbits.
India and the EU first launched negotiations for a free trade agreement in 2007
I congratulate textiles, gems and jewellery and leather sectors, that will benefit from the trade deal, said Modi
Duties on passenger cars will progressively fall from 110% to 10%, while tariffs on auto components will be fully removed within five to ten years.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on trade deal with India said while the last mile is the hardest to achieve, it will be more than worth it
As a long-pending free trade agreement heads for signature, years of negotiations show where New Delhi and Brussels held their ground — and what each side hopes to gain.
The move comes as the two geopolitical heavyweights face economic and security challenges from the world's two biggest economies, China and the United States.
The EU executive will also give member states until 2035 to move off copper telecommunications networks, according to the draft document.
Von der Leyen said the EU was also readying other sanctions on those responsible for the "continued and brutal repression" of protests that rocked the Islamic Republic.
Harsh V Pant says Donald Trump’s second term has heightened uncertainty for US allies, creating more anxiety among partners than adversaries, injecting volatility into global politics and testing long-standing international relationships.
The timing is critical. With India-US trade talks facing repeated friction over tariffs, agriculture and market access, the EU deal offers India both economic scale and strategic balance.
In a speech to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort, von der Leyen warned that Trump risked plunging US ties with the European Union into a "downward spiral" over the autonomous Danish territory.
EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument is its most powerful trade weapon. It allows Brussels to retaliate against countries that use tariffs or economic pressure to force political or strategic concessions.
Trump vowed on Saturday to implement a wave of increasing tariffs from February 1 on EU members
European nations targeted by Donald Trump’s Greenland tariff threat vow unity, warning such measures undermine transatlantic ties and risk a dangerous downward spiral.
The EU and UK rejected Donald Trump’s Greenland-linked tariff threats, warning of a dangerous transatlantic rift, vowing unity and sovereignty, as protests erupted in Greenland and European leaders condemned the move.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will hold discussions with European Union Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic during a two-day official visit.
The EU has assigned excessively high baseline default carbon-intensity values on Chinese products and plans to raise them over the next three years, the ministry said.
Protests in November against the government’s proposed tax and spending plans turned into the biggest display of unrest in more than a decade.