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This paper aims at giving an overview of EU sanctions during the time period leading up to the first programmatic document on sanctions policy in June 2004. The author defines EU sanctions, discusses the development of sanctions regulations at the EU level, and outlines the history of EU sanctions since 1984. He also examines the coordination of economic sanctions between the UN, the OSCE, and the EU. The paper concludes with a set of 25 brief cases studies of EU sanctions.