New EU sanctions has put the squeeze on oil sector Libyan (AFP)

LUXEMBOURG (AFP)-l' European Union has added to its Libya sanctions list 26 companies energy accused of financing the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, a gesture that says of the Germany amounted to a de facto embargo of oil and gas.

The 27-nation bloc had already imposed sanctions on the main group of the Libya, national FIR AC oil and four of its subsidiaries to cut funding for vital for Gaddafi government industry.

"We have added the energy sector more 26 companies to our list." We have therefore imposed a de facto oil embargo and the gas, ", said the Minister for Foreign Affairs German Guido Westerwelle."

"It is an additional step to close the financial tap of the Gaddafi regime," he said after a meeting of European Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg.

The European Union imposed an embargo on arms against the Libya after Gaddafi has used violent means to suppress anti-Government protests that erupted in mid-February.

Travel freezes prohibitions and active is also applied against Kadhafi and 37 associates.

Assets and financial transactions of several financial entities have been frozen, including the Libyan Central Bank and the sovereign wealth funds, which manages funds oil.

According to the Energy Agency, the International Libya produces 1.69 million barrels per day and 1.49 million in normal times, most of it, 85 percent, exports to Europe.

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