Регламент (ЕС) № 833/2014 о секторальных санкциях против России

(a) ‘dual-use goods and technology’ means the items listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(b) ‘competent authorities’ means the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex I;

(c) ‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services, including verbal forms of assistance;

(d) ‘brokering services’ means: (i) the negotiation or arrangement of transactions for the purchase, sale or supply of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including from a third country to any other third country, or (ii) the selling or buying of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including where they are located in third countries for their transfer to another third country;

(e) ‘investment services’ means the following services and activities: (i) reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments; (ii) execution of orders on behalf of clients; (iii) dealing on own account; (iv) portfolio management; (v) investment advice; (vi) underwriting of financial instruments and/or placing of financial instruments on a firm commitment basis; (vii) placing of financial instruments without a firm commitment basis; (viii) any service in relation to the admission to trading on a regulated market or trading on a multilateral trading facility;

(f) ‘transferable securities’ means the following classes of securities, including in the form of crypto-assets, which are negotiable on the capital market, with the exception of instruments of payment: (i) shares in companies and other securities equivalent to shares in companies, partnerships or other entities, and depositary receipts in respect of shares, (ii) bonds or other forms of securitised debt, including depositary receipts in respect of such securities, (iii) any other securities giving the right to acquire or sell any such transferable securities or giving rise to a cash settlement determined by reference to transferable securities;

(g) ‘money-market instruments’ means those classes of instruments which are normally dealt in on the money market, such as treasury bills, certificates of deposit and commercial papers and excluding instruments of payment;

(h) ‘credit institution’ means an undertaking, the business of which is to take deposits or other repayable funds from the public and to grant credit for its own account;

(i) ‘territory of the Union’ means the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty, including their airspace;

(j) ‘central securities depository’ means a legal person as defined in point 1 of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(k) ‘deposit’ means a credit balance which results from funds left in an account or from temporary situations deriving from normal banking transactions and which a credit institution is required to repay under the legal and contractual conditions applicable, including a fixed-term deposit and a savings deposit, but excluding a credit balance where: (i) its existence can only be proven by a financial instrument as defined in Article 4(1)(15) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, unless it is a savings product which is evidenced by a certificate of deposit made out to a named person and which exists in a Member State on 2 July 2014; (ii) its principal is not repayable at par; (iii) its principal is only repayable at par under a particular guarantee or agreement provided by the credit institution or a third party;

(l) ‘investor citizenship schemes’ (or ‘golden passports’) means the procedures put in place by a Member State, which allow third-country nationals to acquire its nationality in exchange for pre-determined payments and investments;

(m) ‘investor residence schemes’ (or ‘golden visas’) means the procedures put in place by a Member State, which allow third-country nationals to obtain a residence permit in a Member State in exchange for pre-determined payments and investments;

(n) ‘trading venue’, as defined in Article 4(1)(24) of Directive 2014/65/EU, means a regulated market, a multilateral trading facility (MTF) or an organised trading facility (OTF);

(o) ‘financing or financial assistance’ means any action, irrespective of the particular means chosen, whereby the person, entity or body concerned, conditionally or unconditionally, disburses or commits to disburse its own funds or economic resources, including but not limited to grants, loans, guarantees, suretyships, bonds, letters of credit, supplier credits, buyer credits, import or export advances and all types of insurance and reinsurance, including export credit insurance; payment as well as terms and conditions of payment of the agreed price for a good or a service, made in line with normal business practice, do not constitute financing or financial assistance;

(p) ‘partner country’ means a country applying a set of export control measures substantially equivalent to those set out in this Regulation, as identified in Annex VIII;

(q) ‘consumer communication devices’ means devices used by private individuals such as personal computers and peripherals (including hard drives and printers), mobile telephones, smart televisions, memory devices (USB drives), and consumer software for all of these items;

(r) ‘Russian air carrier’ means an air transport undertaking holding a valid operating licence or equivalent issued by the competent authorities of the Russian Federation;

(s) ‘credit rating’ means an opinion regarding the creditworthiness of an entity, a debt or financial obligation, debt security, preferred share or other financial instrument, or of an issuer of such a debt or financial obligation, debt security, preferred share or other financial instrument, issued using an established and defined ranking system of rating categories;

(t) ‘credit rating activities’ means data and information analysis and the evaluation, approval, issuing and review of credit ratings;

(u) ‘energy sector’ means a sector covering the following activities with the exception of civil nuclear related activities, such as the Paks II project: (i) the exploration, production, distribution within Russia or mining of crude oil, natural gas or solid fossil fuels, the refining of fuels, the liquefaction of natural gas or regasification; (ii) the manufacture or distribution within Russia of solid fossil fuel products, refined petroleum products or gas; or (iii) the construction of facilities or installation of equipment for, or the provision of services, equipment or technology for, activities related to power generation or electricity production;

(v) ‘public procurement Directives’ means Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU and 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(w) ‘road transport undertaking’ means any natural or legal person, entity or body engaged with a commercial purpose in the transport of freight by means of motor vehicles or combinations of vehicles;

(x) ‘mining and quarrying sector’ means a sector covering the location, extraction, management and processing activities relating to non-energy producing materials;

(y) ‘critical entities’ means entities as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2557 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(z) ‘critical infrastructure’ means infrastructure as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 2008/114/EC and Article 2(4) of Directive (EU) 2022/2557;

(za) ‘European critical infrastructure’ means infrastructure as defined in Article 2(b) of Directive 2008/114/EC;

(zb) ‘owners or operators of critical infrastructures’ means those entities responsible for investments in, and/or day-to-day operation of, a particular asset, system or part thereof designated as critical infrastructure or European critical infrastructure;

(zc) ‘partner country for importation of iron and steel’ means a country applying a set of restrictive measures on imports of iron and steel substantially equivalent to those set out in Article 3g, and a set of import control measures substantially equivalent to those set out in that Article, as identified in Annex XXXVI;

(zd) ‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every kind, including, but not limited to: (i) cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments; (ii) deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations; (iii) publicly- and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts; (iv) interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets; (v) credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments; (vi) letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale; and (vii) documents showing evidence of an interest in funds or financial resources;

(ze) ‘non-governmental organisation’ means a voluntary self-governing body or organisation established to pursue the essentially non-profit-making objectives of its founders or members;

(zf) ‘transshipment operation’ means: (i) ship-to-ship transfer, which is a simultaneous unloading and reloading operation with direct transfer from one liquefied natural gas vessel to another liquefied natural gas vessel; or (ii) ship-to-shore transfer and reloading, which includes activities such as the unloading of liquefied natural gas from a vessel to a terminal tank, the stocking of liquefied natural gas into the tank, and the reloading onto a vessel; those activities can be commercialised as individual services or as bundled services;

(zg) ‘partner country for importation of petroleum products’ means a country applying a set of restrictive measures on imports of crude oil and petroleum products substantially equivalent to those provided for in Article 3m, as set out in Annex LI;

(zh) ‘crypto-asset’ means crypto-asset as defined in Article 3(1), point (5), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(zi) ‘payment services’ means services as defined in Article 4(3) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(zj) ‘services directly related to tourism activities’ means the following services: (i) travel agency and tour operator services, including services rendered for passenger travel by travel agencies and tour operators, and similar services; travel information, advice and planning services; services related to the arrangement of tours, accommodation, passenger and baggage transportation; ticket issuance services; (ii) tourist guide services; (iii) advertising services related to the services referred to in points (i) and (ii).

(zk) ‘LNG terminal services’ means services provided by liquified natural gas (LNG) system operators to customers, in particular offloading, storage, sending out, berthing (loading and unloading), regassification, backhaul liquefaction, truck loading, bunkering of LNG falling under CN code 2711 11 00, and including ancillary services and temporary storage necessary for the re-gasification process and subsequent delivery to the transmission system;

(zl) ‘managed security service’ means a managed security service as defined in point (14a) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, dual-use goods and technology, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

1a. The transit via the territory of Russia of the dual-use goods and technology, as referred to in paragraph 1, exported from the Union shall be prohibited.

2. It shall be prohibited to: (a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia; (b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or for use in Russia; (c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

3. Without prejudice to the authorisation requirements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/821, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of dual-use goods and technology or to the related provision of technical and financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, that is intended for: (a) humanitarian purposes, health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment or as a response to natural disasters; or (b) medical or pharmaceutical purposes, provided that they are not listed in Annex XL to this Regulation.

The exporter shall declare in the customs declaration that the items are being exported under the relevant exemption set out in this paragraph and shall notify the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is resident or established of the first use per recipient in Russia of the relevant exemption.

3a. Without prejudice to the authorisation requirements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/821, the prohibition in paragraph 1a of this Article shall not apply to the transit via the territory of Russia of dual-use goods and technology intended for the purposes set out in paragraph 3 of this Article.

3b. Member States shall provide for reporting requirements attached to the use of exemptions under paragraph 3 and any additional information on items exported under those exemptions that the Member State where the exporter is resident or established requires.

4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, and without prejudice to the authorisation requirements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/821, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of dual-use goods and technology or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end user, after having determined that such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are intended for: (b) intergovernmental cooperation in space programmes; (c) the operation, maintenance, fuel reprocessing and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, as well as civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development; (d) maritime safety; (e) civilian electronic communications networks which are not the property of an entity that is publicly controlled or with over 50 % public ownership; (f) the exclusive use of entities owned, or solely or jointly controlled by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or of a partner country; (g) the diplomatic representations of the Union, Member States and partner countries, including delegations, embassies and missions; (h) ensuring cyber security and information security for legal persons, entities and bodies in Russia which are owned or solely or jointly controlled by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State; (i) software updates; (j) use as consumer communication devices; or (k) medical or pharmaceutical purposes, provided that they are listed in Annex XL to this Regulation.

4a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1a, and without prejudice to the authorisation requirements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/821, the competent authorities may authorise the transit via the territory of Russia of dual-use goods and technology after having determined that such goods or technology are intended for the purposes set out in points (b), (c), (d) (h), and (k) of paragraph 4 of this Article.

5. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, and without prejudice to the authorisation requirements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/821, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of dual-use goods and technology or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, after having determined that such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are due under contracts concluded before 26 February 2022, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such a contract, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022.

6. All authorisations required under this Article shall be granted by the competent authorities in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, which shall apply mutatis mutandis. The authorisation shall be valid throughout the Union.

7. When deciding on requests for authorisations referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5, the competent authorities shall not grant an authorisation if they have reasonable grounds to believe that: (i) the end-user might be a military end-user, a natural or legal person, entity or body in Annex IV or that the goods might have a military end-use, unless the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is allowed under point (a) of Article 2b(1b); (ii) the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is intended for aviation or the space industry; or (iii) the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is intended for the energy sector, unless such a sale, supply, transfer or export or the related technical or financial assistance is allowed under the exceptions referred to in paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article 3 and paragraph 4a of Article 3k.

8. The competent authorities may annul, suspend, modify or revoke an authorisation which they have granted pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 if they deem that such annulment, suspension, modification or revocation is necessary for the effective implementation of this Regulation.

1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, goods and technology which might contribute to Russia’s military and technological enhancement, or the development of the defence and security sector, as listed in Annex VII, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

1a. The transit via the territory of Russia of goods and technology which might contribute to Russia’s military and technological enhancement or to the development of its defence and security sector, as listed in Annex VII, exported from the Union, shall be prohibited.

1aa. Without prejudice to the prohibition on indirect exports in paragraph 1 of this Article and Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2021/821, an authorisation shall be required for the export of goods and technology which might contribute to Russia’s military and technological enhancement, or the development of the defence and security sector, as listed in Annex VII to this Regulation, to any third country other than Russia, if the exporter has been informed by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is resident or established that the items in question are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or for use in Russia.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of these goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or for use in Russia;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or for use in Russia ;

(c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

3. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology or to the related provision of technical and financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, that is intended for:

(a) humanitarian purposes, health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment or as a response to natural disasters; or

(b) medical or pharmaceutical purposes, provided that they are not listed in Annex XL to this Regulation.

The exporter shall declare in the customs declaration that the items are being exported under the relevant exemption set out in this paragraph and shall notify the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is resident or established of the first use per recipient in Russia of the relevant exemption.

3a. The prohibition in paragraph 1a shall not apply to the transit via the territory of Russia of goods and technology which might contribute to Russia’s military and technological enhancement or to the development of its defence and security sector, as listed in Annex VII, intended for the purposes set out in paragraph 3.

3b. Member States shall provide for reporting requirements attached to the use of exemptions under paragraph 3 and any additional information on items exported under those exemptions that the Member State where the exporter is resident or established requires.

4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology listed in Annex VII or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end user, after having determined that such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are intended for:

(b) intergovernmental cooperation in space programmes;

(c) the operation, maintenance, fuel reprocessing and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, as well as civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development;

(d) maritime safety;

(e) civilian electronic communications networks which are not the property of an entity that is publicly controlled or with over 50 % public ownership;

(f) the exclusive use of entities owned, or solely or jointly controlled by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or of a partner country;

(g) the diplomatic representations of the Union, Member States and partner countries, including delegations, embassies and missions;

(h) ensuring cyber-security and information security for legal persons, entities and bodies in Russia which are owned or solely or jointly controlled by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State;

(i) the exclusive use and under the full control of the authorising Member State and in order to fulfil its maintenance obligations in areas which are under a long-term lease agreement between that Member State and the Russian Federation;

(j) software updates;

(k) use as consumer communication devices; or

(l) medical or pharmaceutical purposes, provided that they are listed in Annex XL to this Regulation.

4a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1a, the competent authorities may authorise the transit via the territory of Russia of goods and technology which might contribute to Russia’s military and technological enhancement or to the development of its defence and security sector, as listed in Annex VII, after having determined that such goods or technology are intended for the purposes set out in points (b), (c), (d), (h) and (l) of paragraph 4 of this Article.

5. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, after having determined that such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are due under contracts concluded before 26 February 2022, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such a contract, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022.

6. All authorisations required under this Article shall be granted by the competent authorities in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, which shall apply mutatis mutandis. The authorisation shall be valid throughout the Union.

6a. Where an authorisation is required in accordance with paragraph 1aa, the competent authorities shall proceed in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2021/821, which shall apply mutatis mutandis.

7. When deciding on requests for authorisations referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5, the competent authorities shall not grant an authorisation if they have reasonable grounds to believe that:

(i) the end-user might be a military end-user, a natural or legal person, entity or body in Annex IV or that the goods might have a military end-use, unless the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is allowed under point (a) of Article 2b(1b);

(ii) the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is intended for aviation or the space industry; or

(iii) the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is intended for the energy sector, unless such a sale, supply, transfer or export or the related technical or financial assistance is allowed under the exceptions referred to in paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article 3 and paragraph 4a of Article 3k.

8. The competent authorities may annul, suspend, modify or revoke an authorisation which they have granted pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 if they deem that such annulment, suspension, modification or revocation is necessary for the effective implementation of this Regulation.

1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition as listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) and firearms and other arms as listed in Annex XXXV to this Regulation, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

1a. The transit via the territory of Russia of firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition, as referred to in paragraph 1, exported from the Union shall be prohibited.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or for use in Russia;

(c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, dual-use goods and technology, as well as goods and technology listed in Annex VII, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV.

1a. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV;

(c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex IV.

1b. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 1a of this Article, and without prejudice to the authorisation requirements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/821, the competent authorities may allow the sale, supply, transfer or export of dual-use goods and technology, as well as goods and technology as listed in Annex VII, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance only after having determined that:

(a) such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are necessary for the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment; or

(b) such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are due under contracts concluded before 26 February 2022, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such a contract, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022.

2. All authorisations required under this Article shall be granted by the competent authorities of the Member State in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/821, which shall apply mutatis mutandis. The authorisation shall be valid throughout the Union.

3. The competent authorities may annul, suspend, modify or revoke an authorisation which they have granted pursuant to paragraph 1 if they deem that such annulment, suspension, modification or revocation is necessary for the effective implementation of this Regulation.

1. The notification to the competent authority referred to in Articles 2(3) and 2a(3) shall be submitted by electronic means, whenever possible, on forms containing at least all the elements of, and in the order provided for in, the models set out in Annex IX.

2. All authorisations referred to in Articles 2, 2a and 2b shall be issued by electronic means, whenever possible, on forms containing at least all the elements of, and in the order provided for in, the models set out in Annex IX.

1. The competent authorities shall, without delay, exchange information on the application of Articles 2, 2a and 2b with the other Member States and the Commission, including on any authorisation granted or denied and, in the event of suspected forum shopping or other cases as appropriate, on requests for authorisation received.

2. Information received as a result of the application of this Article shall be used only for the purpose for which it was requested, including the exchanges mentioned in paragraph 4.

Member States and the Commission shall ensure the protection of confidential information acquired in application of this Article in accordance with Union law and the respective national law.

Member States and the Commission shall ensure that classified information provided or exchanged under this Article is not downgraded or declassified without the prior written consent of the originator.

3. Before a Member State grants an authorisation in accordance with Articles 2, 2a and 2b for a transaction which is essentially identical to a transaction which is the subject of a still valid denial issued by another Member State or by other Member States, it shall first consult the Member State or Member States which issued the denial. If, following such consultations, the Member State concerned decides to grant an authorisation, it shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof, providing all relevant information to explain the decision.

3a. When a Member State grants an authorisation in accordance with Articles 2(4)(d), 2a(4)(d) and 3f(4) for the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology intended for maritime safety, it shall inform the other Member States and the Commission within two weeks of the authorisation.

4. The Commission, in consultation with the Member States shall, where appropriate and on the basis of reciprocity, exchange information with partner countries, with a view to supporting the effectiveness of export control measures under this Regulation and the consistent application of export control measures applied by partner countries.

1. It shall be prohibited to provide public financing or financial assistance for trade with, or investment in, Russia.

2. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to:

(a) binding financing or financial assistance commitments established prior to 26 February 2022;

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(c) the provision of public financing or financial assistance for trade in food, and for agricultural, medical or humanitarian purposes.

2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the provision of public financing or financial assistance up to the total value of EUR 10 000 000 per project benefiting small and medium-sized enterprises established in the Union.

3. It shall be prohibited to invest, participate or otherwise contribute to projects co-financed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, an investment participation in, or contribution to, projects co-financed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund, after having determined that such an investment participation or contribution is due under contracts concluded before 2 March 2022 or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

5. The Member State or Member States concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 2a and 4 within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited for operators to broadcast or to enable, facilitate or otherwise contribute to broadcast, any content by the legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex XV, including through transmission or distribution by any means such as cable, satellite, IP-TV, internet service providers, internet video-sharing platforms or applications, whether new or pre-installed.

1a. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall also apply to online content of a legal person, entity or body that operates as a mirror entity of a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1, where at least two of the following criteria are met:

(a) substantially identical content or feeds;

(b) continuity of branding, design or user interface;

(c) overlapping ownership, control or management;

(d) redirection or migration of users from a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1;

(e) continuity of technical infrastructure, including use of the same code base, domains or applications.

2. Any broadcasting licence or authorisation, transmission and distribution arrangement with the legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex XV shall be suspended.

3. It shall be prohibited to advertise products or services in any content produced or broadcast by the legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex XV, including through transmission or distribution by any of the means referred to in paragraph 1.

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1a. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer, export or provide, directly or indirectly, software as listed in Annex II to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, including its Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf, or for use in Russia, including its Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the software referred to in paragraph 1a and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of that software, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or for use in Russia;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the software referred to in paragraph 1a for any sale, supply, transfer or export of that software, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or for use in Russia;

(c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the software referred to in paragraph 1a and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of that software, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

3. The prohibitions in paragraph 2 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of software, or to the provision of technical or financial assistance, necessary for:

(a) the transport of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, unless prohibited under Article 3m or 3n, from or through Russia into the Union; or

(b) the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment.

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5. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the provision of insurance or reinsurance after 20 June 2024 to any legal person, entity or body that is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State with regard to its activities outside the energy sector in Russia.

6. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1a and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export and the provision of technical or financial assistance, after having determined that:

(a) it is necessary for ensuring critical energy supply within the Union; or

(b) it is intended for the exclusive use of entities owned, or solely or jointly controlled by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State.

7. The Member State or Member States concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 6 within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) acquire any new or extend any existing participation in any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Russia, including projects under construction for the production of liquified natural gas;

(b) grant or be part of any arrangement to grant any new loan or credit or otherwise provide financing, including equity capital, to any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Russia, or for the documented purpose of financing such a legal person, entity or body;

(c) create any new joint venture with any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Russia;

(d) provide investment services directly related to the activities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) acquire any new or extend any existing participation in any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia or any other third country and operating in the mining and quarrying sector in Russia;

(b) grant or be part of any arrangement to grant any new loan or credit or otherwise provide financing, including equity capital, to any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia or any other third country and operating in the mining and quarrying sector in Russia, or for the documented purpose of financing such a legal person, entity or body;

(c) create any new joint venture with any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia or any other third country and operating in the mining and quarrying sector in Russia;

(d) provide investment services directly related to the activities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, any activity referred to in paragraph 1 after having determined that:

(a) it is necessary to ensure critical energy supply within the Union, as well as the transport of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, unless prohibited under Article 3m or 3n, from or through Russia into the Union; or

(b) it exclusively concerns a legal person, entity or body operating in the energy sector in Russia owned by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State.

3a. By way of derogation from point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, any activity referred to therein after having determined that, in accordance with point (b) of Article 5aa(3), such an activity is necessary to ensure the operation of a deep-water offshore gas project in the Mediterranean Sea in which a legal person, entity or body listed in Annex XIX was a minority shareholder before 31 October 2017 and remains so, provided that the project is solely or jointly controlled or operated by a legal person incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State.

3b. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities may authorise mining and quarrying activities that yield their highest value from, or have as their primary objective, the production of any of the materials listed in Annex XXX.

4. The Member State or Member States concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 3, 3a and 3b within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer, or export, directly or indirectly, goods and technology suited for use in oil refining and liquefaction of natural gas, as listed in Annex X, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;

(c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

3. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the execution until 27 May 2022 of contracts concluded before 26 February 2022, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology listed in Annex X or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that such goods or technology or the provision of related technical or financial assistance are necessary for the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment.

In duly justified cases of emergency, the sale, supply, transfer or export may proceed without prior authorisation, provided that the exporter notifies the competent authority within five working days after the sale, supply, transfer or export has taken place, providing detail about the relevant justification for the sale, supply, transfer or export without prior authorisation.

5. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 4 within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, goods and technology suited for use in aviation or the space industry, as listed in Annex XI, and jet fuel and fuel additives as listed in Annex XX, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

1a. The transit via the territory of Russia of goods and technology suited for use in aviation or the space industry, as listed in Annex XI, and of jet fuel and fuel additives, as listed in Annex XX, exported from the Union, shall be prohibited.

2. It shall be prohibited to provide insurance and reinsurance, directly or indirectly, in relation to goods and technology listed in Annex XI to any person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

3. It shall be prohibited to provide any one or any combination of the following activities: overhaul, repair, inspection, replacement, modification or defect rectification of an aircraft or component, with the exception of pre-flight inspection, in relation to the goods and technology listed in Annex XI, directly or indirectly, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

4. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

(c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

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6. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 4, the national competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the execution of an aircraft financial lease concluded before 26 February 2022 after having determined that:

(a) it is strictly necessary to ensure lease re-payments to a legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State which does not fall under any of the restrictive measures provided for in this Regulation; and

(b) no economic resources will be made available to the Russian counterpart, with the exception of the transfer of ownership of the aircraft after full reimbursement of the financial lease.

6a. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 4, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods listed in Part B of Annex XI, or related technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, after having determined that it is necessary for the production of titanium goods required in the aeronautic industry, for which no alternative supply is available.

6b. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the provision of technical assistance, related to the use of the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1, after having determined that the provision of such technical assistance is necessary for avoiding collision between satellites, or their unintended re-entry into the atmosphere.

6c. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 4, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods falling under CN codes 8517 71 00, 8517 79 00 and 9026 00 00 listed in Part B of Annex XI, or related technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, after having determined that it is necessary for medical or pharmaceutical purposes, or for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuations.

When deciding on requests for authorisations for medical, pharmaceutical or humanitarian purposes in accordance with this paragraph, the national competent authorities shall not grant an authorisation for exports to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia, if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the goods might have a military end-use.

6d. By way of derogation from paragraph 1a, the competent authorities may authorise the transit via the territory of Russia of goods and technology suited for use in aviation or the space industry, as listed in Annex XI, and of jet fuels and fuel additives as listed in Annex XX, after having determined that such goods or technology are intended for the purposes set out in paragraphs 6a, 6b and 6c of this Article.

6e. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods listed in Part B of Annex XI, if the goods are intended for the exclusive use and under the full control of the authorising Member State and in order to fulfil its maintenance obligations in areas which are under a long-term lease agreement between that Member State and the Russian Federation.

6f. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 4, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the export and transfer of the goods falling under CN code 9026 00 00, as listed in Part B of Annex XI, that are physically located in the Union as of 25 June 2024 for the purposes of maintenance or repairs, or the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, insurance or reinsurance, or financing or financial assistance, after having determined that it is strictly necessary for the functioning of the Sakhalin-2 (Сахалин-2) Project to ensure Japan’s energy security.

7. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisations granted under this Article within two weeks of the authorisation.

8. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to Articles 2(4)(b) and 2a(4)(b).

9. The prohibition in paragraph 4 point (a) shall not apply to the exchange of information aimed at establishing technical standards in the framework of the International Civil Aviation Organization in relation to goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1.

1. It shall be prohibited for any aircraft operated by Russian air carriers, including as a marketing carrier in code-sharing or blocked-space arrangements, or for any Russian registered aircraft, or for any non-Russian-registered aircraft which is owned or chartered, or otherwise controlled by any Russian natural or legal person, entity or body, to land in, take off from or overfly the territory of the Union. The prohibition in this paragraph shall also apply to any other aircraft which is used for a non-scheduled flight and with regard to which a Russian natural or legal person, entity or body is in a position to effectively determine the place or time of its take-off or landing. Without prejudice to the rules laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 (1) with regard to the submission of a flight plan for flights across borders, the prohibition in this paragraph shall not apply to manned aircraft that have a maximum seating capacity of 4 persons and a maximum take-off mass of no more than 2 000 kg when used for private, non-commercial, non-corporate, flights carried out within Union territory and airspace for recreational purposes or for the purpose of training for private pilot licences and related ratings with Union training providers.

1a. Without prejudice to paragraph 5, aircraft operators shall provide, for non-scheduled flights, information needed for the purpose of verifying compliance with paragraph 1, including among other information:

(a) credible and satisfactory information regarding the actual ultimate beneficial owner of the aircraft and, where applicable, of the natural or legal person, entity or body ultimately chartering the aircraft; and

(b) a general declaration, passenger manifest and other official documents displaying the full names, birth dates, birth places and nationalities of all passengers and the crew members, where reasonable grounds to suspect circumvention of the prohibition in paragraph 1 exist, based on factors such as routing and origin of the flight, or information about the relevant operator.

The information shall be provided upon request of the competent authorities of the Member State of departure, destination or overflying.

The information shall be provided in advance of landing in, taking off from or overflying the territory of the Union, within a deadline set by the competent authorities of the Member State or Member States concerned.

Any processing of personal data pursuant to this paragraph shall be carried out in accordance with this Regulation and with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) and Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and only in so far as necessary for the application of this Regulation.

1b. It shall be prohibited for air carriers operating domestic flights within Russia or selling, supplying, transferring or exporting, directly or indirectly, aircraft, or any of the goods or technology referred to in Article 3c(1) to a Russian air carrier or for flights within Russia, as listed in Annex XLVI, as well as for any entity owned or controlled by such air carrier, to land in, take off from or overfly the territory of the Union.

2. Paragraphs 1 and 1b shall not apply in the case of an emergency landing or an emergency overflight.

3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 1b, the competent authorities may authorise an aircraft to land in, take off from or overfly the territory of the Union if the competent authorities have determined that such landing, take-off or overflight is required for humanitarian purposes or for any other purpose consistent with the objectives of this Regulation.

3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, unmanned aircraft operated in the ‘open’ category, as defined in Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 (3), and used for private, non-commercial, non-corporate flights carried out within Union territory and airspace for recreational purposes, may be authorised by the competent authorities, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, to land in, take off from or overfly the territory of the Union.

4. The Member State or Member States concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 3 and 3a within two weeks of the authorisation.

5. Aircraft operators of non-scheduled flights between Russia and the Union, operated directly or via a third country, shall notify prior to their operation, and at least 48 hours in advance, all relevant information concerning the flight to the competent authorities of the Members State of departure or destination.

6. Upon refusal of a flight notified in accordance with paragraph 5, the Member State concerned shall immediately inform the other Member States, the Network Manager and the Commission.

1. The Network Manager for air traffic management network functions of the single European sky shall support the Commission and the Member States in ensuring the implementation of, and compliance with, Article 3d. The Network Manager shall, in particular, reject all flight plans filed by aircraft operators indicating an intent to carry out activities over the territory of the Union that constitute a violation of this Regulation, such that the pilot is not permitted to fly.

2. The Network Manager shall regularly supply to the Commission and the Member States, based on the analysis of flight plans, reports on the implementation of Article 3d.

1. It shall be prohibited to provide access, after 16 April 2022, to ports and, after 29 July 2022, to locks in the territory of the Union to any vessel registered under the flag of Russia, and for such vessels to access ports and locks, with the exception of access to locks for the purpose of leaving the territory of the Union.

1a. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall also apply, after 8 April 2023, to any vessel certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

2. Paragraph 1 shall apply to vessels that have changed their Russian flag or their registration, to the flag or register of any other State after 24 February 2022.

3. For the purposes of this Article, with the exception of paragraph 1a, a ‘vessel’ means:

(a) a ship falling within the scope of the relevant international conventions, including replicas of historical ships;

(b) a yacht, of 15 metres in length or more, which does not carry cargo and carrying no more than 12 passengers; or

(c) recreational craft or personal watercraft as defined in Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (1).

4. Paragraphs 1 and 1a shall not apply in the case of a vessel in need of assistance seeking a place of refuge, of an emergency port call for reasons of maritime safety, or for saving life at sea.

5. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 1a, the competent authorities may authorise a vessel to access a port or lock, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the access is necessary for:

(a) unless prohibited under Article 3m or 3n, the purchase, import or transport into the Union of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore, as well as certain chemical and iron products as listed in Annex XXIV;

(b) the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Regulation;

(c) humanitarian purposes; or

(d) transport of nuclear fuel and other goods strictly necessary for the functioning of civil nuclear capabilities.

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5a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities may authorise vessels that have changed their Russian flag or their registration, to the flag or register of any other State prior to 16 April 2022, to access a port or a lock, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that:

(a) a Russian flag or registration was required by contract; and

(b) the access is necessary for operations strictly necessary for the completion of renewable energy projects in the Union.

5b. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, a vessel to access a port or lock provided that it:

(a) has flown the Russian Federation flag under a bareboat charter registration initially effected prior to 24 February 2022;

(b) has resumed its right to fly the flag of the underlying Member State registry before 31 January 2023; and

(c) is not owned, chartered, operated or otherwise controlled by a Russian national or any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of the Russian Federation.

5c. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities may authorise vessels that have changed their Russian flag to the flag of any other State prior to 16 April 2022, to access a port or a lock, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the vessel:

(a) was declared abandoned under the law of a Member State prior to 24 February 2022;

(b) was subject to a forced sale by the competent national authorities of a Member State prior to 24 February 2022; and

(c) was physically located in the territory of a Member State at the time of the forced sale.

6. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 5, 5a, 5b and 5c within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited, as of 24 July 2023, to provide access to ports and locks in the territory of the Union, by any vessel performing ship-to-ship transfers, at any point of the voyage to a Member State’s ports or locks, if the competent authority has reasonable cause to suspect that the vessel is in breach of the prohibitions set out in Article 3m(1) and (2) and Article 3n(1) and (4).

2. A competent authority shall not grant access if a vessel does not notify the competent authority at least 48 hours in advance about a ship-to-ship transfer occurring within the Exclusive Economic Zone of a Member State or within 12 nautical miles from the baseline of that Member State’s coast.

3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply in the case of a vessel in need of assistance seeking a place of refuge, of an emergency port call for reasons of maritime safety, or for saving life at sea.

4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise a vessel to access a port or lock in the territory of the Union, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that such access is necessary for humanitarian purposes.

5. Upon refusal of a port access call in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities concerned shall immediately inform the other competent authorities of the Member States. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission without delay.

6. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities shall use, in addition to any national system and information, the integrated maritime information available in the Union Maritime Information and Exchange System (SafeSeaNet) established in accordance with Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1).

1. It shall be prohibited, as of 24 July 2023, to provide access to ports and locks in the territory of the Union by any vessel which the competent authority has reasonable cause to suspect of illegally interfering with, switching off or otherwise disabling its shipborne automatic identification system at any point of the voyage to a Member State’s ports or locks, in breach of SOLAS Regulation V/19, point 2.4, when transporting crude oil or petroleum products subject to the prohibitions set out in Article 3m(1) and (2) and Article 3n(1) and (4).

2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply in the case of a vessel in need of assistance seeking a place of refuge, of an emergency port call for reasons of maritime safety, or for saving life at sea.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise a vessel to access a port or lock in the territory of the Union, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that such access is necessary for humanitarian purposes.

4. Upon refusal of a port access call in accordance with paragraph 1, the competent authorities concerned shall immediately inform the other competent authorities of the Member States. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission without delay.

5. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the competent authorities shall use, in addition to any national system and information, the integrated maritime information available in the Union Maritime Information and Exchange System (SafeSeaNet) established in accordance with Directive 2002/59/EC.

1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, maritime navigation goods and technology, as listed in Annex XVI, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, for use in Russia, or for the placing on board of a Russian-flagged vessel.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

(c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

3. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 or to the related provision of technical and financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, intended for humanitarian purposes, health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters.

4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, after having determined that such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are intended for maritime safety.

5. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 4 within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited:

(a) to import, directly or indirectly, iron and steel products as listed in Annex XVII into the Union if they: (i) originate in Russia; or (ii) have been exported from Russia;

(b) to purchase, directly or indirectly, iron and steel products as listed in Annex XVII which are located or which originated in Russia;

(c) to transport iron and steel products as listed in Annex XVII if they originated in Russia or are being exported from Russia to any other country;

(d) to import or purchase, as from 30 September 2023, directly or indirectly, iron and steel products as listed in Annex XVII when processed in a third country incorporating iron and steel products originating in Russia as listed in Annex XVII; with regard to products listed in Annex XVII processed in a third country incorporating steel products originating in Russia of CN codes 7207 11, 7207 12 10 or 7224 90, this prohibition shall apply as of 1 April 2024 for CN code 7207 11 and as of 1 October 2028 for CN codes 7207 12 10 and 7224 90;

For the purpose of the application of this point, at the moment of importation, importers shall provide evidence of the country of origin of the iron and steel inputs used for the processing of the product in a third country unless the product is imported from a partner country for importation of iron and steel as listed in Annex XXXVI;

(e) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to the prohibitions in points (a), (b), (c) and (d).

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4. The prohibitions in points (a), (b), (c) and (e) of paragraph 1 shall not apply to the import, purchase or transport, or related technical or financial assistance, of the following quantities of goods falling under CN code 7207 12 10:

(a) 3 747 905 metric tonnes between 7 October 2022 and 30 September 2023;

(b) 3 747 905 metric tonnes between 1 October 2023 and 30 September 2024;

(c) 3 185 719 metric tonnes between 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025;

(d) 2 998 324 metric tonnes between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026;

(e) 2 623 534 metric tonnes between 1 October 2026 and 30 September 2027;

(f) 2 061 348 metric tonnes between 1 October 2027 and 30 September 2028.

5. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the import, purchase or transport, or related technical or financial assistance, of the following quantities of goods falling under CN code 7207 11:

(a) 487 202 metric tonnes between 7 October 2022 and 30 September 2023;

(b) 85 260 metric tonnes between 1 October 2023 and 31 December 2023;

(c) 48 720 metric tonnes between 1 January 2024 and 31 March 2024.

5a. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the import, purchase or transport, or related technical or financial assistance, of the following quantities of the goods falling under CN code 7224 90:

(a) 147 007 metric tonnes between 17 December 2022 and 31 December 2023;

(b) 110 255 metric tonnes between 1 January 2024 and 30 September 2024;

(c) 124 956 metric tonnes between 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025;

(d) 117 606 metric tonnes between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026;

(e) 102 905 metric tonnes between 1 October 2026 and 30 September 2027;

(f) 80 854 metric tonnes between 1 October 2027 and 30 September 2028.

6. The import volume quotas set out in paragraphs 4, 5 and 5a shall be managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with the management system for tariff-rate quotas provided for in Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 (1).

7. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise the purchase, import or transfer of the goods listed in Annex XVII, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that this is necessary for the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities, the supply of precursor material for the production of medical radioisotopes and similar medical applications, or critical technology for environmental radiation monitoring, as well as for civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development.

8. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 7 within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, luxury goods, whether or not originating in the Union, as listed in Annex XVIII, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 and related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;

(c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

2a. The prohibitions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply to the luxury goods listed in Annex XVIII insofar as their value exceeds EUR 300 per item, unless otherwise specified in that Annex.

3. The prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to goods which are necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States or partner countries in Russia or of international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff.

3a. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to goods falling under CN 7113 00 00 and CN 7114 00 00 as listed in Annex XVIII for personal use of natural persons travelling from the European Union or members of their immediate families travelling with them, owned by those individuals and not intended for sale.

4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise the transfer or export to Russia of cultural goods which are on loan in the context of formal cultural cooperation with Russia.

4a. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise the sale or supply of a vessel falling under CN code 8901 10 00 or 8901 90 00, or the provision, until 31 December 2023, of related technical or financial assistance to a legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that:

(a) the vessel is physically located in Russia on 24 June 2023 and for use in Russia;

(b) the vessel has flown the Russian Federation flag under a bareboat charter registration initially effected prior to 24 February 2022;

(c) the legal person, entity or body in Russia is not a military end user and will not use the vessel for military purposes;

(d) the sale or supply is not for the benefit of a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 or subject to the restrictive measures provided for in this Regulation.

5. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisations granted under paragraphs 4 and 4a within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, goods which generate significant revenues for Russia thereby enabling its actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, as listed in Annex XXI into the Union if they originate in Russia or are exported from Russia.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibition in paragraph 1;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any purchase, import or transfer of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibition in paragraph 1.

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3a. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to purchases in Russia which are necessary for the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States, including delegations, embassies and missions, or for the personal use of nationals of Member States and their immediate family members.

3aa. The competent authorities of a Member State may allow the import of goods which are intended for the strict personal use of natural persons travelling to the Union or of their immediate family members, limited to personal effects owned by those individuals and which are manifestly not intended for sale.

3ab. The competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the entry into the Union of a vehicle falling under CN code 8703 not intended for sale and owned by a citizen of a Member State or an immediate family member who is resident in Russia and is driving the vehicle into the Union for strict personal use.

3ac. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the entry into the Union of motor vehicles falling under CN code 8703 provided that they have a diplomatic vehicle registration plate and are necessary for the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations, including delegations, embassies and missions, or of international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or for the personal use of their staff and their immediate family members.

3ad. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not prevent vehicles already in the territory of the Union on 19 December 2023 from being registered in a Member State.

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3bc. As of 26 January 2026 until 31 December 2026, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the purchase or import to Hungary of goods falling under CN code 2901 10 00 originating in Russia or exported from Russia, provided that the goods are intended for exclusive use in Hungary.

3bd. Goods falling under CN code 2901 10 00 imported to Hungary following the exemption in paragraph 3bc shall not be sold on to buyers located in another Member State or in a third country.

3be. With regard to goods falling under CN codes 2501, 2517, 2519, 2522, 2530, 2601, 2619, 2620, 2621, 2804 61, 2804 69, 2815, 2816, 2825 20, 2833, 2849, 2910, 2916, 2926, 4016, 4302, 7110 11, 7110 19, 7110 31, 7110 39, 7110 41, 7110 49, 7204, 7401, 7402, 7403 (except 7403 19), 7404, 7406, 7503, 7504, 7505, 7602, 7603, 7610, 7612, 8102, 8104 and 8105, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the execution until 25 July 2026 of contracts concluded before 24 April 2026, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

3bf. With regard to goods falling under CN code 7403 19, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the execution until 25 January 2027 of contracts concluded before 24 April 2026, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

3bg. With regard to goods falling under CN codes 2603, 2604, 2607, 2616, 2817, 2819, 3803, 7001, 7002, 7003, 7004, 7006, 7008, 7009, 7011, 7013, 7014, 7015, 7016, 7017, 7018, 7020, 7901, 8707 and 8708, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the execution until 25 October 2026 of contracts concluded before 24 July 2026, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

3c. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise the purchase, import or transfer of the goods listed in Annex XXI, or the provision of related technical and financial assistance, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that this is necessary for the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities, the supply of precursor material for the production of medical radioisotopes and similar medical applications, or critical technology for environmental radiation monitoring, as well as for civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development.

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3ce. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the import or transfer of goods that were physically located in Russia before the relevant prohibition entered into force in respect of those goods, falling under CN codes 8471, 8523, 8536 and 9027, as listed in Annex XXI, or the provision of related technical and financial assistance, after having determined that those goods are components of medical devices and are brought into the Union for the purpose of maintenance, repair or returning of defective components.

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3ch. With regard to the goods falling under CN code 7601, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the execution from 26 February 2026 until 31 December 2026 of contracts concluded before 25 February 2025, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, for a total volume of imports into the Union during that period not exceeding 50 000 metric tonnes of such goods.

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3e. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the competent authorities may authorise the purchase, import or transfer of goods falling under CN codes 7007, 7019, 8424 10 00, 8479, 8481, 8483, 8487, 8504, 8516 29 91, 8517, 8525, 8531, 8536, 8537, 8538, 8539, 8542, 8543, and 8603, as listed in Annex XXI, or the provision of related technical and financial assistance, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that to do so is necessary for the operation, maintenance or repair of Budapest metro line 3 cars delivered in 2018, in execution of the service life guarantee provided by Metrowagonmash prior to 24 June 2023.

3f. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the import of goods, falling under CN codes 9026, 9027 and 9031, as listed in Annex XXI, including the provision of related technical and financial assistance on those imported goods, for the purposes of maintenance, repair or the periodic certification of primary and secondary crude oil measuring points on the Druzhba pipeline into the Union, and after having determined that the goods are strictly necessary for the provision of services to ensure uninterrupted supplies of crude oil by the Druzhba pipeline from Russia, as referred to in Article 3m(3), point (d), and that they will be exported pursuant to Article 3k(5f) for a period of time that is strictly necessary for the purposes of maintenance, repair or the periodic certification of the Druzhba pipeline.

3g. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the competent authorities may authorise the purchase, import or transfer of goods falling under CN code 8539 49, as listed in Annex XXI, or the provision of related technical and financial assistance, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that to do so is necessary for the operation, maintenance or repair of ultra-violet (UV) lamps used for the disinfection of drinking water in the absence of a supplier of equivalent UV lamps and related goods outside of Russia.

3h. As of 24 April 2026, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the import, purchase or transport, or to related technical or financial assistance, necessary for the import into the Union, of 688 000 metric tonnes of goods falling under CN code 2814 between 24 April of a given year and 23 April of the year thereafter.

3i. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the competent authorities may authorise the purchase, import or transfer until 25 April 2031 of goods falling under CN codes 7007, 7019, 8471, 8479, 8481, 8482, 8483, 8487, 8504, 8517, 8523, 8525, 8531, 8536, 8537, 8538, 8539, 8542, 8543, 8603, 9030, 9031, 9032 and 9405, as listed in Annex XXI, or the provision of related technical and financial assistance, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that to do so is necessary for the safety of the operation, maintenance or repair of Sofia metro line 1, 2 and 4 cars, produced and delivered until 2017.

4. As of 10 July 2022, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the import, purchase or transport, or the related technical or financial assistance, necessary for the import into the Union, of:

(a) 837 570 metric tonnes of potassium chloride of CN 3104 20 between 10 July of a given year and 9 July of the following year;

(b) 1 577 807 metric tonnes combined of the other products listed in Annex XXI under CN 3105 20, 3105 60 and 3105 90 between 10 July of a given year and 9 July of the following year.

5. The import volume quotas set out in paragraphs 3ch, 3h and 4 of this Article shall be managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with the management system for tariff-rate quotas provided for in Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

6. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 3ab, 3c, 3ce, 3e, 3g or 3i within two weeks of the authorisation.

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1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, goods which could contribute in particular to the enhancement of Russian industrial capacities, whether or not originating in the Union, as listed in Annex XXIII, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

1a. The transit via the territory of Russia of the goods and technology as listed in Annex XXXVII, exported from the Union, shall be prohibited.

1b. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, it shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly goods falling under CN codes 7304 11 00, 7304 19 10, 7304 19 30, 7304 19 90, 7304 22 00, 7304 23 00, 7304 29 10, 7304 29 30, 7304 29 90, 7305 11 00, 7305 12 00, 7305 19 00, 7305 20 00, 7306 11, 7306 19, 7306 21 00, 7306 29 00, 8207 13 00, 8207 19 10, 8413 50, 8413 60, 8413 82 00, 8413 92 00, 8430 49 00, 8431 39 00, 8431 43 00, 8431 49, 8705 20 00, 8905 20 00 or 8905 90 10, as listed in Annex XXIII, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, including its Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf, or for use in Russia, including its Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraphs 1 and 1b and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraphs 1 and 1b for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or for use in Russia;

(c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraphs 1 and 1b and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

3al. With regard to the goods falling under the CN codes listed in Annex XXIIIH, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the execution until 25 July 2026 of contracts concluded before 24 April 2026, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

4. The prohibitions referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 shall not apply to goods which are necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States or partner countries in Russia or of international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff.

4a. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1, 1a, 1b and 2 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 or to the related provision of technical and financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, intended for health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters.

5. The competent authorities of the Member States may authorise, under the conditions they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology listed in Annex XXIII, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that such goods or technology or the provision of related technical or financial assistance are necessary for:

(a) medical or pharmaceutical purposes, or for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuations;

(b) the exclusive use and under the full control of the authorising Member State and in order to fulfil its maintenance obligations in areas which are under a long-term lease agreement between that Member State and the Russian Federation ; or

(c) the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities, the supply of precursor material for the production of medical radioisotopes and similar medical applications, or critical technology for environmental radiation monitoring, as well as for civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development.

5a. The competent authorities of the Member States may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the following goods, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that such goods or the provision of related technical or financial assistance are necessary for personal household use of natural persons in Russia:

(a) goods falling under CN code 8417 20;

(b) taps, cocks and valves falling under CN code 8481 80 that are designed for plumbing, heating, ventilation or air conditioning systems;

(c) copper tubes, pipes and pipe fittings falling under CN codes 7411 or 7412 that have an internal diameter of up to 50 mm;

(d) goods falling under CN code 7007 19 80;

(e) goods falling under CN code 7615 10, CN code 8414 51, CN code 8414 60, CN code 8422 30 and CN code 8423 10;

(f) goods falling under CN code 3916 20 when strictly necessary for the sale of PVC flooring or windows;

(g) goods falling under CN codes 3920 43 10 99, 3925 90 10, 3925 90 80 00 or 8302 41 50 strictly necessary for the sale of windows.

5aa. The competent authorities of the Member States may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods falling under CN codes 2835 22 00, 2920 90, 3917 10 and 3920 62, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that such goods are sold, supplied, transferred or exported strictly for the production of food items for human consumption in Russia.

5b. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 1b and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods falling under CN chapters 72, 84, 85 and 90 as listed in Annex XXIII, or related technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, after having determined that it is strictly necessary for the production of titanium goods required in the aeronautic industry, for which no alternative supply is available.

5c. By way of derogation from paragraph 1a, the competent authorities may authorise the transit via the territory of Russia of goods and technology which could contribute in particular to the enhancement of Russian industrial capacities as listed in Annex XXXVII, after having determined that such goods or technology are intended for the purposes set out in paragraphs 5 and 5b of this Article.

5d. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities of the Member States may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology falling under CN codes 3917, 8421, 8471, 8523, 8536 and 8544, as listed in Annex XXIII, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that those goods or the provision of related technical or financial assistance are necessary for the purposes of maintenance or repair of medical devices.

5e. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the export and transfer of the goods falling under CN codes 8414 90 and 9026, as listed in Annex XXIII, that are physically located in the Union as of 25 June 2024 for the purpose of maintenance or repairs, or the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, or financing or financial assistance, after having determined that it is strictly necessary for the functioning of the Sakhalin-2 (Сахалин-2) Project to ensure Japan’s energy security.

5f. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the export of goods falling under CN codes 9026, 9027 and 9031, as listed in Annex XXIII, the importation of which had previously been authorised pursuant to Article 3i(3f).

5g. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the export and transfer of the goods falling under CN codes 8517 62 and 8523 52, as listed in Annex XXIII, provided that they are intended for civilian electronic communications networks which are not the property of an entity that is publicly controlled or with over 50 % public ownership.

5h. The competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods falling under CN code 8422 30, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that such goods or the provision of related technical or financial assistance are necessary for the packaging of food, beverages and pharmaceuticals.

5i. The competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods falling under CN code 3402 90, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that such goods or the provision of related technical or financial assistance are necessary for the execution of contracts concluded before 1 January 2025 until 1 January 2028 or until their expiry date, whichever is earlier.

5j. By way of derogation from paragraph 1a, the competent authorities may authorise the transit via the territory of Russia of goods and technology falling under CN code 3403 19 80 as listed in Annex XXXVII exported from Hungary, after having determined that such goods or technology are destined for Azerbaijan.

6. When deciding on requests for the authorisations referred to in paragraphs 5, 5a, 5aa, 5b, 5c and 5d the competent authorities shall not grant an authorisation for exports to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia, if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the goods might have a military end-use.

7. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 5, 5a, 5aa, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5g, 5h, 5i or 5j within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited for any road transport undertaking established in Russia to transport goods by road within the territory of the Union, including in transit.

1a. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall apply to the transport of goods within the territory of the Union by road transport undertakings, carried out by means of trailers or semi-trailers registered in Russia, including if those trailers or semi-trailers are hauled by trucks registered in other countries.

1b. It shall be prohibited for any legal person, entity or body established in the Union which is owned for 25 % or more by a Russian natural or legal person, entity or body to be admitted to become a road transport undertaking which transports goods by road within the territory of the Union, including in transit.

It shall be prohibited for any legal person, entity or body established in the Union before 8 April 2022 and that is already a road transport undertaking which transports goods by road within the territory of the Union, including in transit, to make any changes to its capital structure that would increase the percentage share owned by a Russian natural or legal person, entity or body, unless that percentage share remains below 25 % following such a change.

1c. It shall be prohibited, as of 26 July 2024 for any road transport undertaking established in the Union after 8 April 2022, which is owned for 25 % or more by a Russian natural or legal person, entity or body to transport goods by road within the territory of the Union, including in transit.

1d. Road transport undertakings established in the Union shall, upon request of the national competent authority of the Member State where they are established, supply information on their ownership structure to that national competent authority.

2. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to road transport undertakings transporting:

(a) mail as a universal service;

(b) goods in transit though the Union between the Kaliningrad Oblast and Russia, provided that the transport of such goods is not otherwise prohibited under this Regulation.

2a. Paragraphs 1b and 1c shall not apply to road transport undertakings established in the Union which are owned for 25 % or more by Russian nationals who are also nationals of a Member State or who have a temporary or permanent residence permit in a Member State.

4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 1a, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the transport of goods by a road transport undertaking established in Russia or any road transport undertaking when the goods are carried out by means of trailers or semi-trailers registered in Russia, including if those trailers or semi-trailers are hauled by trucks registered in other countries, if the competent authorities have determined that such transport is necessary for:

(a) unless otherwise prohibited, the purchase, import or transport into the Union of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, as well as titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore;

(b) the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Regulation;

(c) humanitarian purposes;

(d) the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations in Russia, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Russia enjoying immunities in accordance with international law; or

(e) the transfer or export to Russia of cultural goods which are on loan in the context of formal cultural cooperation with Russia.

5. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 4 within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly, crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XXV, if they originate in Russia or are exported from Russia.

2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance or any other services related to the prohibition in paragraph 1.

2a. As of 1 January 2027, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply to natural gas condensate of subheading CN 2709 00 10 from liquefied natural gas production plants.

3. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply:

(a) until 5 December 2022, to one-off transactions for near-term delivery, concluded and executed before that date, or to the execution of contracts for the purchase, import or transfer of goods falling under CN 2709 00 concluded before 4 June 2022, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that those contracts have been notified by the relevant Member States to the Commission by 24 June 2022 and that the one-off transactions for near-term delivery are notified by the relevant Member States to the Commission within 10 days of their completion;

(b) until 5 February 2023, to one-off transactions for near-term delivery, concluded and executed before this date, or to the execution of contracts for the purchase, import or transfer of goods falling under CN 2710 concluded before 4 June 2022, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that those contracts have been notified by the relevant Member States to the Commission by 24 June 2022 and that the one-off transactions for near-term delivery are notified by the relevant Member States to the Commission within 10 days of their completion;

(c) to the purchase, import or transfer of seaborne crude oil and of petroleum products listed in Annex XXV where those goods originate in a third country and are only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian;

(d) to crude oil falling under CN 2709 00 which is delivered by pipeline from Russia into Member States, until the Council decides that the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply.

3a. The exemption in paragraph 3, point (d), shall stop applying to Germany and Poland on 23 June 2023.

3b. The exemption in paragraph 3, point (d), shall stop applying to Czechia as from 1 July 2025.

4. If the supply of crude oil by pipeline from Russia to a landlocked Member State is interrupted for reasons outside the control of that Member State, seaborne crude oil from Russia falling under CN 2709 00 may be imported into that Member State, by way of an exceptional temporary derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, until the supply is resumed or until the Council decision referred to in paragraph 3(d) applies with regard to that Member State, whichever is the earliest.

5. As of 5 December 2022, and by way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities of Bulgaria may authorise the execution until 31 December 2024 of contracts concluded before 4 June 2022, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, for the purchase, import or transfer of seaborne crude oil and of petroleum products listed in Annex XXV originating in Russia or exported from Russia.

6. As of 5 February 2023, and by way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities of Croatia may authorise until 31 December 2025 the purchase, import or transfer of vacuum gas oil falling under CN code 2710 19 71 originating in Russia or exported from Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a) no alternative supply of vacuum gas oil is available; and

(b) Croatia has notified the Commission, at least two weeks prior to the authorisation, of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted, and the Commission has not objected within that period.

7. The goods imported following a derogation granted by a competent authority under paragraph 5 or 6 shall not be sold on to buyers located in another Member State or in a third country.

As from 5 February 2023, it shall be prohibited to transfer or transport petroleum products falling under CN 2710 which are obtained from crude oil imported on the basis of a derogation granted by the Bulgarian competent authority under paragraph 5, to other Member States or to third countries, or to sell such petroleum products to purchasers in other Member States or in third countries.

By way of derogation from the prohibition set out in the second subparagraph, the competent authorities of Bulgaria may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export to Ukraine of certain petroleum products as listed in Annex XXXI which are obtained from crude oil imported under paragraph 5, after having determined that:

(a) the products are intended for exclusive use in Ukraine;

(b) such sale, supply, transfer or export is not meant to circumvent the prohibitions in the second subparagraph.

By way of derogation from the prohibition set out in the second subparagraph, the competent authorities of Bulgaria may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export to any third country of certain petroleum products as listed in Annex XXXII which are obtained from crude oil imported under paragraph 5, within the export volume quotas mentioned in that Annex, after having determined that:

(a) the products cannot be stored in Bulgaria due to environmental and safety risks;

(b) such sale, supply, transfer or export is not meant to circumvent the prohibitions in the second subparagraph.

Bulgaria shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisations granted under this paragraph within two weeks of the authorisation.

8. The transfer or transport of crude oil delivered by pipeline into Member States as referred to in paragraph 3(d) to other Member States or to third countries, or its sale to purchasers in other Member States or in third countries, shall be prohibited.

All consignments and containers of such crude oil shall be clearly marked as 'REBCO: export prohibited'.

As from 5 February 2023, where crude oil has been delivered by pipeline into a Member State as referred to in paragraph 3(d), it shall be prohibited to transfer or transport petroleum products falling under CN 2710 which are obtained from such crude oil to other Member States or to third countries, or to sell such petroleum products to purchasers in other Member States or in third countries.

By way of temporary derogation, the prohibitions referred to in the third subparagraph shall apply as from 5 June 2025 to the import and transfer into Czechia, and to the sale to purchasers in Czechia, of petroleum products obtained from crude oil which has been delivered by pipeline into another Member State as referred to in paragraph 3, point (d). If alternative supplies for such petroleum products are made available to Czechia before that date, the Council shall terminate that temporary derogation. During the period until 5 June 2025, the volumes of such petroleum products imported into Czechia from other Member States shall not exceed the average volumes imported into Czechia from those other Member States over the same period during the previous five years.

As of 5 February 2023, by way of derogation from the prohibitions referred to in the third subparagraph, the competent authorities of Hungary and Slovakia may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export to Ukraine of certain petroleum products as listed in Annex XXXI which are obtained from crude oil imported under paragraph 3(d), after having determined that:

(a) the products are intended for exclusive use in Ukraine;

(b) such sale, supply, transfer or export is not meant to circumvent the prohibitions in the third subparagraph.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisations granted under this paragraph within two weeks of the authorisation.

As of 25 February 2025, by way of derogation from the prohibitions referred to in the third subparagraph, the competent authorities of Slovakia and Hungary may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export from Slovakia to Hungary or from Hungary to Slovakia of certain petroleum products as listed in Annex XXXI which are obtained from crude oil imported under paragraph 3, point (d), after having determined that the products are intended for exclusive use in those two Member States.

9. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to purchases in Russia of goods listed in Annex XXV which are required in order to meet the essential needs of the purchaser in Russia or of humanitarian projects in Russia.

10. Member States shall report to the Commission by no later than 8 June 2022 and every three months thereafter on the amounts of crude oil falling under CN 2709 00 imported by pipeline, as referred to in paragraph 3(d). Such import figures shall be broken down per pipeline. In the event that the exceptional temporary derogation referred to in paragraph 4 applies with regard to a landlocked Member State, that Member State shall report to the Commission every three months on the amounts of seaborne crude oil falling under CN 2709 00 which it imports from Russia, for as long as that derogation applies.

During the period until 5 December 2023 referred to in the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 8, Member States shall report to the Commission every three months on the amounts which they export to Czechia of petroleum products falling under CN 2710 obtained from crude oil which has been delivered by pipeline as referred to in paragraph 3(d).

11. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities of the Member States may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the purchase, import or transfer of crude oil or petroleum products listed in Annex XXV that originate in or are exported from Russia, as well as the provision of technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, or any other related services, after having established that:

(a) the goods concerned have been seized or confiscated by an authority of a Member State in the course of national administrative or judicial proceedings;

(b) the goods concerned remain under the effective control of the authorities of a Member State or of an entity acting on behalf of those authorities during the period of custody, management and storage of the goods, until their possible sale;

(c) the operations referred to in point (b) do not result, directly or indirectly, in any payment or making available of funds or economic resources for the benefit of Russian natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, or those established in Russia.

1. It shall be prohibited, as of 21 January 2026, to purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly into the Union, petroleum products falling under CN code 2710 obtained in a third country from crude oil falling under CN code 2709 00 originating in Russia.

For the purposes of the application of this paragraph, at the moment of importation, importers shall provide evidence of the country of origin of the crude oil used for the refining of the product in a third country unless the product is imported from a partner country listed in Annex LI.

Petroleum products imported from third countries which were net exporters of crude oil in the previous calendar year shall be considered to have been obtained from domestic crude oil and not from crude oil originating in Russia, unless a competent authority has reasonable grounds to believe that they have been obtained from Russian crude oil.

2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to the prohibition in paragraph 1.

3. Competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, importers to not provide evidence of the country of origin of the crude oil used for the refining of the product in a third country as referred to in paragraph 1, second subparagraph, after having established that:

(a) the petroleum products concerned are intended to supply an outermost region within the meaning of Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or an overseas country or territory associated with the Union within the meaning of Article 198 of that Treaty;

(b) due to the specific geographical, logistical or supply constraints particular to those regions, countries or territories, there is a proven risk of a disruption or serious disturbance to the supply of petroleum products; and

(c) no alternative source is available to ensure the continuity of supply to the region, country or territory concerned under economically and logistically viable conditions.

1. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services or financing or financial assistance, related to the trading, brokering or transport, including through ship-to-ship transfers, to third countries of crude oil or petroleum products as listed in Annex XXV which originate in Russia or which have been exported from Russia.

2. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the execution of contracts concluded before 4 June 2022, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts until:

(a) 5 December 2022, for crude oil falling under CN code 2709 00;

(b) 5 February 2023, for petroleum products falling under CN code 2710.

3. The prohibition in paragraph 1 does not apply to the payment of insurance claims after 5 December 2022, for crude oil falling under CN code 2709 00, or after 5 February 2023, for petroleum products falling under CN code 2710, on the basis of insurance contracts concluded before 4 June 2022 and provided that the insurance coverage has ceased by the relevant date.

4. It shall be prohibited to trade, broker or transport, including through ship-to-ship transfers, to third countries, crude oil falling under CN code 2709 00, as of 5 December 2022, or petroleum products falling under CN code 2710, as of 5 February 2023, as listed in Annex XXV, which originate in Russia or which have been exported from Russia.

5. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article shall not apply, for a period of 90 days, as of the date of entry into force of a Commission Implementing Regulation amending Annex XXVIII, to the transport of products listed in Annex XXV which originate in Russia or which have been exported from Russia, and to the provision, directly or indirectly, of technical assistance, brokering services or financing or financial assistance, related to the transport, provided that:

(a) the transport or the provision of technical assistance, brokering services or financing or financial assistance related to the transport is based on a contract concluded before the date of entry into force of that Commission Implementing Regulation amending Annex XXVIII; and

(b) the purchase price per barrel does not exceed the price, as laid down in Annex XXVIII, which was applicable on the date of conclusion of that contract.

6. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 4 shall not apply:

(a) as of 5 December 2022, to crude oil falling under CN code 2709 00, and as of 5 February 2023, to petroleum products falling under CN code 2710, which originate in Russia or which have been exported from Russia provided that the purchase price per barrel of such products does not exceed the price laid down in Annex XXVIII;

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(d) as of 5 December 2022, to crude oil falling under CN code 2709 00, which originates in Russia or which has been exported from Russia purchased above the price laid down in Annex XXVIII which is loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading prior to 5 December 2022 and unloaded at the final port of destination prior to 19 January 2023;

(e) as of 5 February 2023, to petroleum products falling under CN code 2710, which originate in Russia or which have been exported from Russia purchased above the respective price laid down in Annex XXVIII which are loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading prior to 5 February 2023 and unloaded at the final port of destination prior to 1 April 2023.

The Council, upon a joint proposal from the High Representative and the Commission, shall decide, without undue delay on the basis of full coordination and consideration of discussions within the G7 and the Price Cap Coalition on the application of the exception to the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 4 in respect of crude oil or petroleum products traded at prices below the price cap.

6a. In application of paragraphs 4 and 6, point (a), for Russian crude oil or petroleum products listed in Annex XXV, loaded as of 20 February 2024, service providers with no access to the purchase price per barrel laid down in Annex XXVIII of such products shall collect itemised price information for ancillary costs as provided by operators further up the supply chain of Russian crude oil or petroleum product trade. Such itemised price information shall be provided to counterparties and competent authorities, upon their request, for the purpose of verifying compliance with this Article.

6b. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 4 shall not apply:

(a) to crude oil or petroleum products as listed in Annex XXV where those goods originate in a third country and are only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian;

(b) to the transport, or to technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance related to such transport, of the products mentioned in Part A of Annex XXIX to the third countries mentioned therein, for the duration specified in that Annex.

6c. As of 1 January 2027, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 4 shall apply to natural gas condensate of subheading CN 2709 00 10 from liquefied natural gas production plants.

7. In the event that, after the entry into force of a Council Decision amending Annex XI to Decision 2014/512/CFSP, a vessel has transported the Russian crude oil or petroleum products referred to in paragraph 4, and the operator responsible for the transport knew or had reasonable cause to suspect that such crude oil or petroleum products were purchased above the price laid down in Annex XXVIII to this Regulation on the date of conclusion of the contract for such purchase, it shall be prohibited to provide the services referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article relating to the transport of crude oil or petroleum products that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia as referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article by that vessel for 90 days following the date of unloading of the cargo purchased above the price cap.

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9. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 and 4 shall not apply to the transport or provision of technical assistance, brokering services or financing or financial assistance, related to the transport necessary for the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters, provided that the national competent authority has been notified immediately once the event has been identified.

10. Member States and the Commission shall inform each other of detected instances of a breach or circumvention of the prohibitions set out in this Article.

Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used for the purposes for which it was provided or received, including ensuring the effectiveness of the measure.

11. The Commission shall monitor Russian crude oil prices on the basis of price assessments provided by authorised reporting agencies. Based on that data, the Commission shall calculate the average market price of Russian crude oil over a period of 22 weeks starting as of 15 July 2025 and for an equivalent period of 22 weeks every six months thereafter.

In order to remain effective in achieving its objectives, including its ability to reduce Russia’s oil revenues, the price cap shall be set equal to that average market price for Russian crude oil minus 15 %. Should the newly calculated price vary by 5 % or less from the applicable price cap, the price cap shall not be amended.

The Commission shall publish a notice of that average market price and amend Annex XXVIII in accordance with the second subparagraph of this paragraph and with Article 7a on 15 January 2026 and every six months thereafter.

The amended price cap shall apply as of the first day of the month following the month of entry into force of the Commission Implementing Regulation.

By 15 April 2026, and every six months thereafter, the Commission shall assess the functioning of the price cap mechanism, including Annex XXVIII as well as the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article, on the basis of, inter alia, coordination with the Price Cap Coalition. It shall report its findings to the Council and propose amendments as appropriate.

That assessment may be carried out at an earlier point in time where duly justified by developments in the oil market, geopolitical circumstances, or other relevant considerations.

That assessment shall take into account the effectiveness of the measure in terms of its expected results, its implementation, international adherence to and informal alignment with the price cap mechanism, and its potential impact on the Union and its Member States. It shall respond to developments in the market, including possible turbulences.

On the basis of that report, the functioning of the price cap mechanism, including Annex XXVIII as well as the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article, shall be reviewed by the Council.

11a. The application of the procedure to amend the price cap set out in paragraph 11 of this Article, including the calculation of the average market price of Russian crude oil over a period of 22 weeks, the publication of a notice of that average market price and the amendment of Annex XXVIII, shall be postponed so that the publication by the Commission of a notice of that average market price referring to the period of 22 weeks from 15 January to 17 June 2026 shall take place on 23 July 2026 and the amendment of Annex XXVIII shall apply from 15 August 2026. The current price cap shall continue to apply until the date of application of the new price cap.

11a. The application of the procedure to amend the oil price cap set out in paragraph 11, including the calculation of the average market price of Russian crude oil over a period of 22 weeks, the publication of a notice of that average market price and the amendment of Annex XXVIII, shall be suspended from 24 July 2026 to 14 July 2027.

11b. By 15 January 2027, on the basis of price assessments provided by authorised reporting agencies, the Commission shall calculate the average market price of Russian crude oil over a period of 22 weeks starting as of 25 June 2026 and report the newly calculated price to the Council.

Based on the report by the Commission, the Council shall review the price cap and may decide upon a joint proposal from the High Representative and the Commission to amend Annex XXVIII. The amended price cap shall apply as of the first day of the month following the month of entry into force of that amendment to Annex XXVIII.

In the absence of a decision by the Council, the applicable price cap shall remain in place.

As of 15 July 2027, the application of the procedure to amend the oil price cap set out in paragraph 11 shall resume.

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To facilitate the implementation and enforcement of Articles 3m and 3n, the Commission and Member States shall periodically share information with each other with a view to further identify vessels and entities of concern carrying out one or more deceptive practices while transporting Russian crude oil and petroleum products.

Information received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purpose for which it was requested.

1. The temporary storage, as defined in Article 5, point 17, of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and the placement under the free zone procedure pursuant to Article 245(3) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, of crude oil or petroleum products as listed in Annex XXV to this Regulation in Union territory is prohibited, if the goods originate in Russia or are exported from Russia.

2. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to goods already in the Union on 25 February 2025 until 26 May 2025.

3. The prohibition in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to Member States that benefit from the exemptions in Article 3m(3), point (d), and in Article 3m(4).

4. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to seaborne crude oil and petroleum products listed in Annex XXV where those goods originate in a third country and are only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian.

5. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities of the Member States may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the temporary storage, and the placement under the free-zone procedure pursuant to Article 245(3) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, of crude oil or petroleum products listed in Annex XXV to this Regulation in Union territory, if the goods originate in or are exported from Russia, after having established that:

(a) the goods concerned have been seized or confiscated by an authority of a Member State in the course of national administrative or judicial proceedings;

(b) the goods concerned remain under the effective control of the authorities of a Member State or of an entity acting on behalf of those authorities.

1. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, gold, as listed in Annex XXVI if it originates in Russia and it has been exported from Russia into the Union or to any third country after 22 July 2022.

2. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly the products listed in Annex XXVI when processed in a third country incorporating the products prohibited in paragraph 1.

3. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, gold, as listed in Annex XXVII if it originates in Russia and it has been exported from Russia into the Union after 22 July 2022.

4. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibition in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 for any purchase, import or transfer of those goods, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibition in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.

5. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall not apply to gold which is necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic missions, consular posts or international organisations in Russia enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.

6. The prohibition in paragraph 3 shall not apply to goods as listed in Annex XXVII for personal use of natural persons travelling to the European Union or members of their immediate families travelling with them, owned by those individuals and not intended for sale.

7. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the competent authorities may authorise the transfer or import of cultural goods which are on loan in the context of formal cultural cooperation with Russia.

1. It shall be prohibited, as of 1 January 2024, to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, diamonds and products incorporating diamonds, as listed in Parts A, B and C of Annex XXXVIIIA, if they originate in Russia or have been exported from Russia into the Union or to any third country.

2. It shall be prohibited, as of 1 January 2024, to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, diamonds and products incorporating diamonds, as listed in Parts A, B and C of Annex XXXVIIIA, of any origin, if they transited via the territory of Russia.

3. It shall be prohibited, as of 1 March 2024, to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, products listed in Part A of Annex XXXVIIIA, when processed in a third country, consisting of diamonds originating in Russia or exported from Russia with a weight equal to or above 1.0 carats per diamond.

4. It shall be prohibited, as of 1 September 2024, to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, products listed in Parts A and B of Annex XXXVIIIA, when processed in a third country, consisting of diamonds originating in Russia or exported from Russia with a weight equal to or above 0,5 carats or 0,1 grams per diamond.

With regard to products listed in Part C of Annex XXXVIIIA, when processed in a third country, incorporating diamonds originating in Russia or exported from Russia with a weight equal to or above 0,5 carats or 0,1 grams per diamond, the prohibition in this paragraph shall apply as from the date decided by the Council pursuant to a proposal submitted on the basis of Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

5. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4, and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 to 4;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 for any purchase, import or transfer of those goods, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 to 4.

6. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not apply to goods listed in Part C of Annex XXXVIIIA for the personal use of natural persons travelling to the Union or of their immediate family members travelling with them, owned by those individuals and not intended for sale.

7. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 4, the competent authorities may authorise the transfer or import of cultural goods which are on loan in the context of formal cultural cooperation with Russia.

8. For the purposes of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, goods falling under CN codes 7102 31 00 and 7102 10 00 that are imported into the Union shall be submitted for verification without delay, together with a certificate pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 (1) in which the country of mining origin or the countries of mining origin are clearly stated, to the authority specified in Annex XXXVIIIB. The Member State where those goods are brought into the customs territory of the Union shall ensure their submission to the authority specified in Annex XXXVIIIB. Customs transit may be granted to that effect. If such customs transit is granted, the verification provided for in this paragraph shall be suspended until the arrival of those goods at the authority specified in Annex XXXVIIIB. The importer shall be responsible for the proper movement of those goods and the costs of such movement. A submission to that authority shall not be necessary provided that the goods had previously undergone the verification procedure provided for in this paragraph and provided that that is proven by traceability evidence, including a corresponding certificate certifying that the diamonds are not mined, processed or produced in Russia, as provided for in paragraph 10.

9. All verifications required under paragraph 8 shall be carried out in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 (2), which shall apply mutatis mutandis.

10. For the purposes of paragraphs 3 and 4, at the moment of importation, importers shall provide evidence of the country of origin of the diamonds or products incorporating diamonds used as inputs for the processing of the product in a third country.

As of 1 March 2025, the traceability evidence for products listed in Part A of Annex XXXVIIIA falling under CN codes 7102 10 00 and 7102 31 00 shall include a corresponding certificate certifying that the diamonds are not mined, processed or produced in Russia. With regard to products falling under CN code 7102 39 00, as listed in Part A of Annex XXXVIIIA, the mandatory use of traceability evidence, including a due-diligence statement confirming that the diamonds are not mined, processed or produced in Russia, shall apply as from 24 April 2026.

11. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall not apply to products listed in Parts A, B and C of Annex XXXVIIIA if those products were physically located in the Union before the date of applicability of the respective prohibition and thereafter exported to a third country other than Russia.

At the moment of importation into the Union, importers shall provide evidence that the products were physically located in the Union or a certificate, based on a submitted stock declaration, from the authority specified in Annex XXXVIIIB prior to the export from the Union.

12. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall not apply to products listed in Parts A, B and C of Annex XXXVIIIA if those products were physically located, polished or manufactured in a third country other than Russia before the date of applicability of the respective prohibition.

Importers shall, at the moment of importation into the Union, provide evidence that the products had initially been imported into the third country before the date of applicability of the respective prohibition for products falling under CN codes 7102 10 00, 7102 31 00 and 7104 21 00. For products falling under CN codes 7102 39 00 and 7104 91 00, as well as for products listed in Part C of Annex XXXVIIIA, importers shall, at the moment of importation, provide evidence that the products had been finally processed or manufactured in the third country, or had been physically located in a processed or manufactured state in the third country before the date of applicability of the respective prohibition.

13. The prohibitions in paragraphs 4 and 5 shall not apply to products listed in Part C of Annex XXXVIIIA manufactured before 1 September 2024, and related services if those products were temporarily imported into the Union from any third country or territory other than Russia, or imported after a temporary exportation to any third country or territory other than Russia, provided that those products were placed under the temporary admission, inward processing, outward processing or temporary export customs procedures when entering or exiting the Union.

1. It shall be prohibited for any national of a Member State, natural person residing in a Member State, and any legal person, entity or body which is established in the Union to sell, or otherwise transfer ownership, directly or indirectly, of tanker vessels for the transport of crude oil or petroleum products listed in Annex XXV, falling under HS code ex 8901 20, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

2. Without prejudice to the prohibition in paragraph 1, any national of a Member State, any natural person residing in a Member State, and any legal person, entity or body which is established in the Union that sells or otherwise transfers the ownership, to persons, entities and bodies in any third country, directly or indirectly, of tanker vessels for the transport of crude oil or petroleum products listed in Annex XXV, falling under HS code ex 8901 20, whether or not those products originate in the Union, shall:

(a) take appropriate steps, proportionately to their nature and size, to identify and assess the risks of retransfer to Russia or for use in Russia, and ensure that those risk assessments are documented and kept up-to-date;

(b) implement appropriate policies, controls and procedures, proportionately to their nature and size, to mitigate and manage effectively the risks of retransfer to Russia or for use in Russia.

3. Natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in paragraph 2 acquiring the tanker vessels shall provide all the information necessary for the completion of the steps referred to in paragraph 2, point (a).

4. Any sale or other arrangement entailing a transfer of ownership by a national of a Member State, a natural person residing in a Member State, or a legal person, entity or body which is established in the Union to any third country of tanker vessels for the transport of crude oil or petroleum products listed in Annex XXV, falling under HS code ex 8901 20, with the exception of a sale or other transfer of ownership prohibited under paragraph 1, shall be notified immediately to the competent authorities of the Member State where the owner of the vessel is a citizen, a resident or is established.

The notification to the competent authority shall contain at least the following information: the identities of the seller and the purchaser and, where applicable, the incorporation documents of the seller and the purchaser including the shareholding and management; the IMO ship identification number of the vessel; and the Call Sign of the vessel.

5. Any sale or other arrangement entailing a transfer of ownership by a national of a Member State, by a natural person residing in a Member State or by a legal person, entity or body which is established in the Union to any third country of a tanker vessel for the transport of crude oil or petroleum products listed in Annex XXV, falling under HS code ex 8901 20 shall contain a written contractual prohibition on any further resale or transfer of the vessel to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

6. The sale or other arrangement referred to in paragraph 5 shall also include written contractual provisions by which the third-country party acquiring the vessel:

(i) commits to mirroring the prohibition in paragraph 5 in any further resale or transfer that it may undertake; and

(ii) obliges, in any further resale or transfer, the acquirer of the vessel to include written contractual provisions equivalent to those required by paragraph 5 and this paragraph.

7. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any notification under paragraph 4, within two weeks of the notification.

1. Any sale or other arrangement entailing a transfer of ownership by a national of a Member State, by a natural person residing in a Member State or by a legal person, entity or body which is established in the Union to any third country of an LNG tanker vessel falling under CN code ex 8901 20 shall be notified immediately to the competent authorities of the Member State where the owner of the vessel is a citizen, a resident or is established.

The notification to the competent authority shall contain at least the following information:

(a) the identities of the seller and the purchaser;

(b) where applicable, the incorporation documents of the seller and the purchaser, including the shareholding and management;

(c) the IMO ship identification number of the vessel; and

(d) the Call Sign of the vessel.

2. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any notification under paragraph 1, within one week of the notification.

3. On the basis of an assessment by the Commission of the information provided under paragraphs 1 and 2, the Council shall review by 25 October 2026 whether a prohibition as provided for in paragraphs 4 to 9 should enter into force.

4. From the date decided by the Council under paragraph 10, it shall be prohibited for any national of a Member State, any natural person residing in a Member State and any legal person, entity or body which is established in the Union to sell, or otherwise transfer ownership, directly or indirectly, of liquified natural gas (LNG) tanker vessels falling under CN code ex 8901 20 to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

5. In accordance with paragraph 4, any national of a Member State, any natural person residing in a Member State and any legal person, entity or body which is established in the Union that sells or otherwise transfers the ownership, to persons, entities and bodies in any third country, directly or indirectly, of an LNG tanker vessel falling under CN code ex 8901 20 shall:

(a) take appropriate steps, proportionately to their nature and size, to identify and assess the risks of onward diversion to a natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;

(b) implement appropriate policies, controls and procedures, proportionately to their nature and size, to mitigate and manage effectively the risks referred to in point (a).

6. Natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in paragraph 5 acquiring LNG tanker vessels shall provide all the information necessary for the completion of the steps referred to in point (a) of that paragraph.

7. The steps referred to in paragraph 5, point (a), shall address all relevant information available at the time of the sale or transfer.

8. Any sale or other arrangement entailing a transfer of ownership by a national of a Member State, by a natural person residing in a Member State or by a legal person, entity or body which is established in the Union to any third country of an LNG tanker vessel falling under CN code ex 8901 20 shall contain a written contractual prohibition on any further resale or transfer of the vessel to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia.

9. The sale or other arrangement referred to in paragraph 8 shall also include written contractual provisions by which the third-country party acquiring the vessel:

(a) commits to mirroring the prohibition in paragraph 8 in any further resale or transfer that it undertakes; and

(b) obliges, in any further resale or transfer, the acquirer of the vessel to include written contractual provisions equivalent to those required by paragraph 8 and this paragraph.

10. Paragraphs 4 to 9 shall apply from the date of entry into force of a Regulation to be adopted by the Council, upon a joint proposal from the High Representative and the Commission, based on the assessment carried out by the Commission referred to in paragraph 3.

1. It shall be prohibited to provide reloading services in the territory of the Union for the purposes of transshipment operations of liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia.

2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance related to the prohibition in paragraph 1.

3. By way of derogation from the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise reloading services for the purposes of transshipment operations of liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia, if such reloading is necessary for its transport to a Member State and such Member State has confirmed that the transshipment is used to ensure the energy supply in that Member State.

4. In order to ensure compliance with the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may establish rules and guidance at national level. Such rules and guidance shall include enhanced due diligence requirements in particular for the identification of reloading services provided for the purpose of transhipment operations, taking into account specificities of the national regulatory framework applicable to liquified natural gas facilities, previous business practices of shippers, the time between the unloading and reloading, indications of direct commercial connections between the unloading and reloading, including the purchase of new unloading and reloading services in bundle, and the country of registration of the economic operators involved.

5. The competent authorities shall inform the Commission, at the latest by 26 December 2024, of the rules and guidance established under paragraph 4, or that they do not intend to establish such rules.

6. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply until 26 March 2025 for the execution of contracts concluded before 25 June 2024.

7. Legal persons performing unloading operations of liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia, shall inform by 26 July 2024 and every month thereafter the competent authority of the Member State where they are located of all unloading operations and imports into the Union of liquified natural gas, falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia. The reporting shall include information on volumes.

The Member State concerned shall provide the Commission with the information received.

8. Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the case of a vessel in need of assistance seeking a place of refuge, of an emergency port call for reasons of maritime safety, or for saving life at sea or for the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters.

9. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to reloading services necessary for the bunkering of liquified natural gas fuelled vessels.

9a. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to reloading services for the purposes of transshipment operations of liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia, if such reloading is necessary for its transport between ports of the same Member State, including from the mainland of a Member State to its outermost regions.

10. The Commission shall monitor liquefied natural gas flows, markets and prices, Union competitiveness, and the share of Russian liquefied natural gas imports in the total energy imports of the Union. It shall report to the Council in the event of any important developments linked to the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2, and at the latest by 26 June 2025. The Council shall take those reports into account for the review of the restrictive measures.

11. In the event of important developments linked to the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2, affecting liquefied natural gas flows, markets, prices, Union competitiveness or the share of Russian liquefied natural gas imports in the total energy imports of the Union, the Commission shall propose mitigating measures to the Council, accompanied by an assessment of their impact.

1. It shall be prohibited, as of 25 April 2026, to purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly, liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, if it originates in Russia or is exported from Russia.

2. Paragraph 1 shall apply as of 1 January 2027 in case the purchase, import or transfer is executed under a contract for the supply of liquified natural gas, excluding a natural gas derivative, the duration of which contract exceeds one year and which contract was concluded before 17 June 2025 and where that contract was not amended thereafter, unless the amendment is limited to:

(a) lowering contracted quantities;

(b) lowering prices and fees;

(c) amending confidentiality clauses;

(d) amending operational procedures, such as communication procedures;

(e) changes of addresses of contract parties;

(f) transfers of contractual obligations between affiliated undertakings;

(g) changes required by judicial or arbitration procedures or,

(h) for landlocked countries, changes between national delivery points.

3. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance or any other services related to the prohibition in paragraph 1.

4. In accordance with Articles 13 and 14, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 3 shall be complied with regardless of any provision pursuant to other Union legislation with overlapping scope.

5. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall not apply to the transport by vessel, or to technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance related to such transport, of the products listed in Part B of Annex XXIX to the third countries mentioned therein, for the duration specified in that Annex.

6. Without prejudice to paragraph 5, paragraph 1 shall not apply until 25 July 2027 and thereafter for successive periods of one year, unless the Council following an annual review decides otherwise, to transfers and, where relevant, purchases related to those transfers that are destined for third countries when both the transfer and the purchase are executed under contracts concluded before 24 February 2022, the duration of which exceeds one year and which were not amended after that date, unless such amendment is limited to:

(a) lowering contracted quantities;

(b) for purchase contracts, lowering prices and fees;

(c) amending confidentiality clauses;

(d) amending operational procedures, such as communication procedures;

(e) changes of addresses of contract parties;

(f) transfers of contractual obligations between affiliated undertakings;

(g) changes required by judicial or arbitration procedures; or

(h) for purchase contracts, for landlocked countries, changes between national delivery points.

The temporary exemption to the prohibition in paragraph 1 of this Article to transfers of LNG, as set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, shall only apply in a given year up to the yearly volume of LNG originating in or exported from Russia in 2025 transferred by a natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in Article 13 under the existing long-term contracts of that person, entity or body, as specified in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, irrespective of its destination. Natural or legal persons, entities and bodies transferring LNG originating in or exported from Russia to third countries shall report the relevant historical volumes to the competent authorities of the Member State in which they are established by 25 August 2026, and that Member State shall report that information to the Commission without undue delay.

The measures provided for in this paragraph shall be kept under regular review.

By 25 June 2027 and every 12 months thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the Council an assessment of the measures provided for in this paragraph. That assessment may be submitted at an earlier date where deemed justified by the Commission.

Acting on the basis of the Commission’s assessment, the Council shall on an annual basis and without undue delay review the functioning of the measures provided for in this paragraph in the light of their economic effects and the objectives of this Regulation.

Following its review, the Council may decide, upon a joint proposal from the High Representative and the Commission to shorten, extend or terminate the temporary exemption in this paragraph, taking into account the effectiveness of the prohibition in this Article as well as the specific situations of certain Member States and the economic circumstances of the natural or legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 13.

By 25 August 2026 and every three months thereafter, natural or legal persons, bodies and entities referred to in Article 13 that transfer or purchase in relation to that transfer LNG originating in or exported from Russia to third countries shall report to the competent authorities of the Member State in which they are established at least the following information with respect to each shipment, as available, for a transfer or purchase related to that transfer, which that Member State shall report to the Commission without undue delay:

(a) cargo reference number or bill of lading number;

(b) vessel IMO number, name, flag state and carrier type;

(c) date, port and terminal of loading and unloading;

(d) final destination;

(e) volume loaded and discharged;

(f) contract duration;

(g) contract value per cargo and gross revenue associated with each shipment;

(h) name of purchaser and ultimate beneficiary;

(i) name of seller and shipper.

Member States and the Commission shall ensure the protection of confidential information acquired in the application of this Article in accordance with Union law and relevant national law.

Member States and the Commission shall ensure that classified information provided or exchanged pursuant to this Article is not downgraded or declassified without the prior written consent of the originator of that classified information.

From 1 January 2027, it shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, LNG terminal services to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or to any legal person, entity or body which is more than 50 % owned, or which is controlled directly or indirectly, by a Russian citizen or by a legal person, entity or body in Russia.

It shall be prohibited to maintain contracts concerning prohibited LNG services pursuant to this Article after 1 January 2027.

1. In relation to any vessel listed in Annex XLII, it shall be prohibited to, directly or indirectly:

(a) provide access to ports, anchorage zones and locks in the territory of the Union, and for such a vessel to access them;

(b) import into the Union, purchase or transfer such a vessel;

(c) sell, supply, including charter, or export such a vessel;

(d) operate or crew such a vessel;

(e) provide flag registration for the benefit of such a vessel;

(f) provide financing and financial assistance, including insurance and reinsurance, as well as brokering services, including ship brokering;

(g) provide technical assistance and other services including bunkering, ship supply services, crew changes services, cargo loading and discharge services, fendering and tug services to the benefit of such a vessel; and

(h) engage in ship-to-ship transfers or any other transfer of cargo with, or procure any services from, such a vessel.

2. Annex XLII shall include vessels that:

(a) transport goods and technology used in the defence and security sector, from or to Russia, for use in Russia or for Russia’s warfare in Ukraine;

(b) transport crude oil or petroleum products as listed in Annex XXV or mineral products that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia and practice irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33);

(c) are operated in such a way as to contribute or support actions or policies for the exploitation, development or expansion of the energy sector in Russia, including energy infrastructure;

(d) are operated in such a way as to contribute or support actions or policies which undermine or threaten the economic subsistence or food security of Ukraine, such as the transport of stolen Ukrainian grain, or the preservation of cultural heritage of Ukraine, such as the transport of stolen Ukrainian cultural goods;

(e) transport goods originating in or exported from the Union listed in Annexes XI, XX and XXIII of this Regulation, or goods originating in Russia or exported from Russia and imported into the Union listed in Annex XXI of this Regulation and thereby enabling Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine;

(f) are operated in such a way as to facilitate or engage in the violation or circumvention or otherwise significantly frustrate the provisions of this Regulation or of Regulations (EU) No 269/2014, (EU) No 692/2014 or (EU) 2022/263;

(g) are owned, chartered or operated by natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, are otherwise used in the name of, on behalf of, in relation with or for the benefit of such persons;

(h) provide services to vessels designated under points (a) to (g), such as bunkering services and tug services; or

(i) carry out ship-to-ship transfers with vessels designated under points (a) to (h).

3. Paragraph 1 shall not apply in the case of a vessel, as listed in Annex XLII, in need of assistance seeking a place of refuge, of an emergency port call for reasons of maritime safety, or for saving life at sea, or for humanitarian purposes, or for the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters, or for the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or an arbitration award rendered in a Member State, or for the purposes of an investigation into infringements of the provisions of this Regulation or into other illicit activity.

3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the carrying out of the operations referred to in points (a) to (g) of paragraph 1, in respect of a vessel listed in Annex XLII after having determined that:

(a) the vessel is intended to be recycled; and

(b) the operations in question are necessary for the vessel to proceed to her recycling facility, for any relevant activities of the recycling facility in relation to the vessel, or for payments related to the recycling.

4. By way of derogation from points (a) and (g) of paragraph 1, the competent authorities of an island Member State may authorise a vessel listed in Annex XLII under paragraph 2(e), to access ports and anchorage zones, and receive services under paragraph 1(g) under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that:

(a) the goods are strictly necessary to satisfy basic needs of that Member State; and

(b) the import of such goods is not otherwise prohibited under this Regulation.

5. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 3a and 4 within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services or financing or financial assistance, related to any ice-breaker vessel falling under CN code ex 8906 90 or to any liquified natural gas (LNG) tanker vessel falling under CN code ex 8901 20, where such vessel is registered under the flag of Russia, is certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, is owned or managed by any Russian natural or legal person, entity or body, is operating in Russia, or is for use in Russia.

2. Paragraph 1 shall apply only from 25 April 2026 to LNG tanker vessels falling under CN code ex 8901 20 registered under the flag of Russia, certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, or owned or managed by any Russian natural or legal person, entity or body.

3. Paragraph 1 shall apply only from 1 January 2027 to LNG tanker vessels falling under CN code ex 8901 20 operating in Russia or for use in Russia, other than those registered under the flag of Russia, certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, or owned or managed by any Russian natural or legal person, entity or body.

4. Paragraph 1 shall not apply in the case of a vessel in need of assistance seeking a place of refuge, of an emergency port call for reasons of maritime safety, or for saving life at sea or for the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters.

1. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer, or export, directly or indirectly, goods and technology and to provide, directly or indirectly, services to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia when such goods, technology and services are for the completion of liquefied natural gas projects such as terminals and plants or for the completion of crude oil projects in Russia, such as exploration and production projects.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or brokering services related to goods, technology and services in Russia when such goods, technology and services are intended for the completion of liquefied natural gas projects or crude oil projects as referred to in paragraph 1;

(b) provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to goods, technology and services in Russia when such goods, technology and services are intended for the completion of liquefied natural gas projects or crude oil projects as referred to in paragraph 1.

3. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 relating to crude oil projects shall be without prejudice to the execution until 26 May 2025 of contracts concluded before 25 February 2025, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

4. The prohibition in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to oil production projects where regular commercial production was established prior to 25 February 2025.

1. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly, liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia, through liquefied natural gas terminals in the Union that are not connected to the interconnected natural gas system.

2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance or any other services related to the prohibition in paragraph 1.

3. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply until 26 July 2024 to contracts concluded before 25 June 2024 or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

4. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not affect the supply of liquefied natural gas of Russian origin from the mainland of a Member State to its outermost regions.

5. By way of derogation from the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authority of a Member State where a liquified natural gas terminal is not connected to the interconnected natural gas system may authorise the purchase, import or transfer of liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia, after having determined that:

(a) the liquified natural gas is purchased, imported or transferred from a terminal located in another Member State and the terminal is connected to the interconnected natural gas system; and

(b) the purchase, import or transfer is used to ensure energy supply.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this paragraph within two weeks of the authorisation.

6. By way of derogation from the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authority of a Member State that is not directly connected to the interconnected natural gas system of any other Member State and which received the first commercial supply of its first long-term natural gas supply contract after 20 July 2025 may authorise the purchase, import or transfer of liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia, after having determined that the purchase, import or transfer is used to ensure its energy supply.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this paragraph within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import, transfer, sell, supply or export, directly or indirectly, Ukrainian cultural property goods and other goods of archaeological, historical, cultural, rare scientific or religious importance, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the goods have been removed from Ukraine without the consent of their legitimate owner or have been removed in breach of Ukrainian law or international law, in particular if the goods form an integral part of the public collections listed in the inventories of the conservation collections of Ukrainian museums, archives or libraries, or of the inventories of Ukrainian religious institutions.

2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance or any other services related to the prohibition in paragraph 1.

3. The prohibition in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply if it is demonstrated that:

(a) the goods were exported from Ukraine prior to 1 March 2014; or

(b) the goods are being safely returned to their legitimate owners in Ukraine.

1. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List of the European Union (1) (the ‘Common Military List’), whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;

(b) provide, directly or indirectly:

(i) technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to military activities or to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List, or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of goods included in that list, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;

(ii) financing or financial assistance related to military activities or to the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List, or the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia;

(c) purchase, import or transport, directly or indirectly, the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List into the Union if they originate in Russia or are exported from Russia.

2. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to:

(a) the import, purchase or transport related to:

(i) the provision of spare parts and services necessary for the maintenance and safety of existing capabilities within the Union; or

(ii) the execution of contracts concluded before 1 August 2014, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts; or

(iii) the military forensic analysis of items originating in Russia recovered from Ukraine; or

(b) the sale, supply, transfer or export of, or the provision of related financing or financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services or other services for, spare parts and services necessary for the maintenance, repair and safety of existing capabilities within the Union.

2a. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to:

(a) the sale, supply, transfer or export, or the provision of related financing or financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services or other services, and to the import, purchase or transport of hydrazine (CAS 302-01-2) in concentrations of 70 % or more, provided that the amount of hydrazine is calculated in accordance with the launch or launches or the satellites for which it is made, and which does not exceed a total quantity of 800 kg for each individual launch or satellite;

(b) the import, purchase or transport of unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine (CAS 57-14-7);

(c) the sale, supply, transfer or export and to the import, purchase or transport of monomethyl hydrazine (CAS 60-34-4), provided that the amount of monomethyl hydrazine is calculated in accordance with the launch or launches or the satellites for which it is made.

insofar as the substances referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) are destined for the use of launchers operated by European launch service providers, for the use of launches of European space programmes, or for the fuelling of satellites by European satellites manufacturers.

2aa. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export, or the provision of related financing or financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services or other services, and the import, purchase or transport of hydrazine (CAS 302-01-2) in concentrations of 70 % or more destined for:

(a) the tests and flight of the ExoMars descent module in the framework of the ExoMars 2020 mission, in an amount calculated in accordance with the needs of each phase of that mission, which does not exceed a total of 5 000 kg for the entire duration of the mission; or

(b) the flight of the ExoMars carrier module in the framework of the ExoMars 2020 mission, in an amount calculated in accordance with the needs of the flight, which does not exceed a total of 300 kg.

2b. The operations referred to in paragraphs 2a and 2aa shall be subject to prior authorisation by the competent authorities.

Applicants for authorisation shall supply the competent authorities with all relevant information required.

The competent authorities shall inform the Commission of all the authorisations granted.

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3a. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1b of Article 3k, or to the provision of related financing or financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services or other services, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, intended for health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters.

3b. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under the conditions they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology listed in paragraph 1b of Article 3k, or the provision of related financing or financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services or other services, after having determined that such goods or technology or the provision of related financing or financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services or other services are necessary for:

(a) medical or pharmaceutical purposes, or for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuations;

(b) the exclusive use and under the full control of the authorising Member State and in order to fulfil its maintenance obligations in areas which are under a long-term lease agreement between that Member State and the Russian Federation;

(c) the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities, the supply of precursor material for the production of medical radioisotopes and similar medical applications, or critical technology for environmental radiation monitoring, as well as for civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development; or

(d) the production of titanium goods required in the aeronautic industry, for which no alternative supply is available.

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5. Paragraphs 3a and 3b are without prejudice to the exemptions and derogations laid out in Article 3k, and in particular paragraphs 4a, 5 and 5b thereof.

1. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly purchase, sell, provide investment services for or assistance in the issuance of, or otherwise deal with transferable securities and money-market instruments with a maturity exceeding 90 days, issued after 1 August 2014 to 12 September 2014, or with a maturity exceeding 30 days, issued after 12 September 2014 to 12 April 2022 or any transferable securities and money market instruments issued after 12 April 2022 by:

(a) a major credit institution, or other major institution having an explicit mandate to promote competitiveness of the Russian economy, its diversification and encouragement of investment, established in Russia with over 50 % public ownership or control as of 1 August 2014, as listed in Annex III; or

(b) a legal person, entity or body established outside the Union whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for more than 50 % by an entity listed in Annex III; or

(c) a legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (b) of this paragraph or listed in Annex III.

2. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly, purchase, sell, provide investment services for or assistance in the issuance of, or otherwise deal with transferable securities and money-market instruments issued after 12 April 2022 by:

(a) any major credit institution, or other institution with over 50 % public ownership or control as of 26 February 2022 or any other credit institution having a significant role in supporting the activities of Russia, its government or the Central Bank and established in Russia, as listed in Annex XII; or

(b) a legal person, entity or body established outside the Union whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for more than 50 % by an entity listed in Annex XII; or

(c) a legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (a) or (b) of this paragraph.

3. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly purchase, sell, provide investment services for or assistance in the issuance of, or otherwise deal with transferable securities and money-market instruments with a maturity exceeding 30 days, issued after 12 September 2014 to 12 April 2022 or any transferable securities and money market instruments issued after 12 April 2022 by:

(a) a legal person, entity or body established in Russia predominantly engaged, and with major activities, in the conception, production, sales or export of military equipment or services, as listed in Annex V, except legal persons, entities or bodies active in the space or the nuclear energy sectors;

(b) a legal person, entity or body established in Russia, which is publicly controlled or with over 50 % public ownership and having estimated total assets of over RUB 1 trillion and whose estimated revenues originate for at least 50 % from the sale or transportation of crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex VI;

(c) a legal person, entity or body established outside the Union whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for more than 50 % by an entity listed in point (a) or (b) of this paragraph; or

(d) a legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph.

4. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly purchase, sell, provide investment services for or assistance in the issuance of, or otherwise deal with transferable securities and money-market instruments, issued after 12 April 2022 by:

(a) a legal person, entity or body established in Russia, which is publicly controlled or with over 50 % public ownership and in which Russia, its Government or Central Bank has the right to participate in profits or with which Russia, its Government or Central Bank has other substantial economic relationships, as listed in Annex XIII; or

(b) a legal person, entity or body established outside the Union whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for more than 50 % by an entity listed Annex XIII; or

(c) a legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (a) or (b) of this paragraph.

5. It shall be prohibited to list and provide services for, as of 12 April 2022, and to admit to trading as of 29 January 2023, on trading venues registered or recognised in the Union, the transferable securities of any legal person, entity or body established in Russia and with over 50 % public ownership.

6. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly make or be part of any arrangement to make:

(i) new loans or credit with a maturity exceeding 30 days to any legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1 or 3, after 12 September 2014 to 26 February 2022; or

(ii) any new loans or credit to any legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4 after 26 February 2022.

The prohibition shall not apply to:

(a) loans or credit that have a specific and documented objective to provide financing for non-prohibited imports or exports of goods and non-financial services between the Union and any third State, including the expenditure for goods and services from another third State that is necessary for executing the export or import contracts, provided that the national competent authority has been notified within three months of the date of the loan or credit; or

(b) loans that have a specific and documented objective to provide emergency funding to meet solvency and liquidity criteria for legal persons established in the Union, whose proprietary rights are owned for more than 50 % by any entity referred to in Annex III, provided that the national competent authority has been notified within three months of the date of the loan or credit.

7. The prohibition in paragraph 6 shall not apply to drawdown or disbursements made under a contract concluded before 26 February 2022, provided that the following conditions are met:

(a) all the terms and conditions of such drawdown or disbursements:

(i) were agreed before 26 February 2022; and

(ii) have not been modified on or after that date;

(b) before 26 February 2022, a contractual maturity date has been fixed for the repayment in full of all funds made available and for the cancellation of all the commitments, rights and obligations under the contract;

(c) at the time of its conclusion the contract was not in breach of the prohibitions in this Regulation in force at that time; and

(d) the national competent authority has been notified within three months of the date of the drawdown or disbursements.

The terms and conditions of drawdowns and disbursements referred to in point (a) include provisions concerning the length of the repayment period for each drawdown or disbursement, the interest rate applied or the interest rate calculation method, and the maximum amount.

1. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly purchase, sell, provide investment services for or assistance in the issuance of, or otherwise deal with transferable securities and money-market instruments issued after 9 March 2022 by:

(a) Russia and its government; or

(b) the Central Bank of Russia; or

(c) a legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the entity referred to in point (b).

2. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly make or be part of any arrangement to make any new loans or credit to any legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1 after 23 February 2022.

The prohibition shall not apply to loans or credit that have a specific and documented objective to provide financing for non-prohibited imports or exports of goods and non-financial services between the Union and any third State, including the expenditure for goods and services from another third State that is necessary for executing the export or import contracts, provided that the national competent authority has been notified within three months of the date of the loan or credit.

3. The prohibition in paragraph 2 shall not apply to drawdown or disbursements made under a contract concluded before 23 February 2022 provided that the following conditions are met:

(a) all the terms and conditions of such drawdown or disbursements:

(i) were agreed before 23 February 2022; and

(ii) have not been modified on or after that date;

(b) before 23 February 2022 a contractual maturity date has been fixed for the repayment in full of all funds made available and for the cancellation of all the commitments, rights and obligations under the contract; and

(c) the national competent authority has been notified within three months of the date of the drawdown or disbursements.

The terms and conditions of drawdowns and disbursements referred to in point (a) include provisions concerning the length of the repayment period for each drawdown or disbursement, the interest rate applied or the interest rate calculation method, and the maximum amount.

4. Transactions related to the management of reserves as well as of assets of the Central Bank of Russia, including transactions with any legal person, entity or body acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, the Central Bank of Russia, such as the Russian National Wealth Fund, are prohibited.

4a. Notwithstanding the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies, including the European Central Bank, national central banks, financial sector entities as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), insurance and reinsurance undertakings as defined in Article 13 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), central securities depositories as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 and central counterparties as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) shall provide, no later than two weeks after 26 February 2023, to the competent authority of the Member State where they are resident or located, and simultaneously to the Commission, information on the assets and reserves referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article which they hold or control or are a counterparty to. Such information shall be updated every three months and shall at least cover the following:

(a) information identifying the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies owning, holding or controlling such assets and reserves, including the name, address and VAT registration or tax identification number;

(b) the amount or market value of such assets and reserves at the date of reporting and at the date of immobilisation;

(c) types of the assets and reserves, broken down according to the categories set out in points (i) to (vii) of Article 1(g) of Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014 (4) as well as crypto-assets and other relevant categories, and an additional category corresponding to economic resources within the meaning of Article 1(d) of Regulation (EU) 269/2014. For each of those categories and where available, relevant features, such as quantity, location, currency, maturity and contractual conditions between the reporting entity and the asset owner shall be indicated.

4b. Where the reporting natural or legal person, entity or body has established an extraordinary and unforeseen loss or damage to the assets and reserves referred to in paragraph 4a, this information shall be reported immediately to the competent authority of the relevant Member State and transmitted simultaneously to the Commission.

4c. Member States, as well as the natural and legal persons, entities and bodies covered by the reporting obligation set out in paragraph 4a, shall cooperate with the Commission in any verification of the information received pursuant to that paragraph. The Commission may request any additional information it requires to carry out such verification. When such a request is addressed to a natural or legal person, entity or body, the Commission shall simultaneously transmit it to the competent authority of the relevant Member State. Any additional information received directly by the Commission shall be made available to the competent authority of the relevant Member State.

4d. Any information provided to or received by the Commission and the competent authorities of the Member States in accordance with this Article shall be used by the Commission and the competent authorities of the Member States only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

4e. Any processing of personal data shall be carried out in accordance with this Regulation and Regulations (EU) 2016/679 (1) and (EU) 2018/1725 (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council and only in so far as necessary for the application of this Regulation and to ensure effective cooperation between Member States as well as with the Commission in the application of this Regulation.

5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, the competent authorities may authorise a transaction provided that it is strictly necessary to ensure the financial stability of the Union as a whole or of the Member State concerned.

6. The Member State concerned shall immediately inform the other Member States and the Commission of its intention to grant an authorisation under paragraph 5.

7. Paragraph 4 shall not apply to any balance sheet management transactions linked to assets and reserves of the Central Bank of Russia, or linked to assets and reserves of any legal person, entity or body acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, the Central Bank of Russia, such as the Russian National Wealth Fund, carried out on or after 28 February 2022.

8. As of 15 February 2024, and for as long as the restrictive measures set out in paragraph 4 are maintained, central securities depositories within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 holding assets and reserves referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article with a total value exceeding EUR 1 million shall apply the following rules regarding cash balances accumulating exclusively due to the restrictive measures:

(a) those cash balances shall be accounted for separately;

(b) revenues accruing from or generated by the cash balances referred to in point (a) from 15 February 2024 shall be registered separately in the financial accounts of central securities depositories;

(c) without prejudice to paragraphs 9 and 10, net profits determined in respect of revenues referred to in point (b) of this paragraph in accordance with national law, including by deducting all relevant expenses linked to or resulting from the management of the immobilised assets and the risk management associated with the immobilised assets and after deduction of corporate tax under the general regime of the Member State concerned, shall not be disposed of by way of distribution in the form of dividends or in whatever form to the benefit of shareholders or any third party. This prohibition shall not apply to the net profits not constituting the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 9.

9. The net profits referred to in point (c) of paragraph 8 shall be subject to a financial contribution due by the central securities depositories to the Union.

The rate of the financial contribution shall be 99,7 % of those net profits.

The Commission shall call for financial contributions, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 (1), from the central securities depositories concerned biannually on the basis of the interim financial report referred to in paragraph 11 of this Article. The Commission shall establish the definitive amounts of the financial contribution due annually on the basis of the statutory audited financial statements for year N after they are available in year N+1. If the definitive annual amount of the financial contribution due for year N is lower than the sum of amounts of the biannual payments made in respect of year N, the difference shall be deducted from the next payment due by the central securities depositories to the Union in the year N+1, including biannual payments and transfer of amounts provisionally retained in accordance with paragraph 10, points (e) and (f). The amount due by the central securities depositories resulting from the netting pursuant to the previous sentence shall not be lower than zero.

The Commission shall inform the Council biannually on the amounts transferred by the CSDs.

10. (a) Central securities depositories may provisionally retain a share not exceeding 10 % of the financial contribution (‘amounts provisionally retained’), which shall remain due to the Union.

(b) If the share referred to in point (a) is not sufficient in the light of risk management requirements, a central securities depository may submit a request to the national supervisory authority, as designated in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014, to retain an additional percentage of the financial contribution due. The national supervisory authority shall consult the Commission and, where appropriate, the European Central Bank and shall take a decision accordingly. The national supervisory authority may approve the retention of an additional percentage only after having determined that it is strictly necessary to comply with risk management requirements in view of the impact due to the war in Ukraine with regard to the assets held by central securities depositories. If the national supervisory authority has approved an additional percentage, that percentage shall become definitive in respect of that financial year, unless the Commission decides, within five days after notification, that the additional percentage does not comply with the conditions set out in this point. The Commission may determine a lower additional percentage which constitutes the maximum additional percentage the national supervisory authority may approve. Where, in its notification to the Commission, the national supervisory authority invokes an emergency, the Commmission shall decide within 24 hours after such notification. For the purpose of its decision under this point, the Commission shall consult the European Central Bank. The Commission shall inform the Council without delay of any decision of the national supervisory authority to retain an additional percentage under this point.

(c) Where the Commission considers that the additional percentage referred to in point (b) is no longer strictly necessary to comply with risk management requirements in view of the impact due to the war in Ukraine with regard to the assets held by central securities depositories, the Commission shall, after consulting the national supervisory authority and where appropriate, the European Central Bank, decide on a decrease of such additional percentage. The Commission may adopt a decision under this point not earlier than four months after the decision of the national supervisory authority to retain an additional percentage has became definitive. It shall base its decision on the most recent information available.

(d) Amounts provisionally retained by a central securities depository in accordance with this paragraph shall be used exclusively to cover the expenses, risks and losses incurred by it due to the war in Ukraine with regard to the assets held by that central securities depository, and only to the extent that such expenses, risks and losses cannot be covered by the internal resources of the central securities depository at the time of their occurrence. Amounts provisionally retained which have been used in accordance with this point shall cease to be due to the Union. Any information provided or received in accordance with this paragraph shall be used exclusively for the purposes for which it has been provided or received.

(e) If amounts provisionally retained have not been used within five years for the purpose referred to in point (d), the national supervisory authority shall, after consulting the Commission and, where appropriate, the European Central Bank, determine whether those amounts or part of those amounts are still needed to meet risk management requirements in view of the impact due to the war in Ukraine with regard to the assets held by central securities depositories. The national supervisory authority shall notify the Commission without delay about its decision on determination of those amounts and the time for which those amounts may continue to be retained. The decision of the national supervisory authority shall become definitive unless the Commission decides, within five days after notification, that the conditions set out in this point are not complied with. The Commission shall consult the European Central Bank to that effect. Amounts no longer retained shall be transferred to the Union.

(f) The central securities depositories shall transfer to the Union all remaining unused amounts provisionally retained at the latest when the restrictive measures under this Article are discontinued. The national supervisory authority may, after consulting the Commission and, where appropriate, the European Central Bank, decide to retain the amounts thereafter if those amounts or part of those amounts are still needed to meet relevant risk management requirements in view of the impact due to the war in Ukraine with regard to the assets held by central securities depositories. The decision of the national supervisory authority shall become definitive unless the Commission decides, within five days after notification, that the conditions set out in this point are not complied with. The Commission shall consult the European Central Bank to that effect. Amounts no longer retained shall be transferred to the Union.

11. Central securities depositories referred to in paragraph 8 shall submit to the Commission and to their national competent authorities, in accordance with the rules set out in the act referred to in paragraph 13 the interim financial reports and the audited annual financial statements.

They shall also report by 30 June of each year, on the total amounts remaining provisionally retained on 31 December of the preceding year, according to paragraph 10, amounts provisionally retained that were used in accordance with paragraph 10, point (d), during the preceding year, and the amounts provisionally retained which have to be transferred to the Union in accordance with paragraph 10, points (e) and (f).

12. Central securities depositories concerned shall fully cooperate in the protection of the financial interests of the Union and shall grant the necessary rights and access required for the authorising officer responsible, for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in respect of those Member States participating in the enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the EPPO pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 (1), for the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), for the Court of Auditors, and, where appropriate, for the relevant national authorities, to comprehensively exercise their respective competences. In the case of OLAF, such rights shall include the right to carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).

12a. Actions by a central securities depository carried out in good faith pursuant to paragraphs (4) to (12) on the basis that such actions are in accordance with this Regulation shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of that depository, or of its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the action was a result of negligence.

13. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt regulations, by means of implementing acts, setting out specific detailed arrangements for reporting to the Commission and the national competent authority as provided for under paragraph 11, and for the implementation of revenue operations such as payments by central securities depositories and the establishment of definitive amounts of financial contributions. Those rules may, as appropriate, complement the horizontal rules on revenue operations set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046 to cater for the specific characteristics of the financial contribution. The Commission shall consult the relevant national supervisory authorities to that effect.

14. The amounts of the financial contribution paid to the Union budget shall be used to support Ukraine through the Union spending instruments listed in Annex XLI. Annex XLI shall be reviewed yearly, and for the first time before 1 January 2025, and may be amended through a Council Implementing Regulation, adopted upon a joint proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and of the Commission.

Amounts used for spending instruments financed from the Union budget shall constitute external assigned revenues in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046.

1. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly engage in any transaction with:

(a) a legal person, entity or body established in Russia, which is publically controlled or with over 50 % public ownership or in which Russia, its Government or Central Bank has the right to participate in profits or with which Russia, its Government or Central Bank has other substantial economic relationship, as listed in Annex XIX;

(b) a legal person, entity or body established outside the Union whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for more than 50 % by an entity listed in Annex XIX; or

(c) a legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (a) or (b) of this paragraph.

1a. It shall be prohibited as from 22 October 2022 to hold any posts in the governing bodies of any legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1.

1b. It shall be prohibited as from 16 January 2023 to hold any posts in the governing bodies of:

(a) a legal person, entity or body established in Russia, which is publicly controlled or with over 50 % public ownership, or in which Russia, its Government or Central Bank has the right to participate in profits or with which Russia, its Government or Central Bank has other substantial economic relationship;

(b) a legal person, entity or body established in Russia whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for more than 50 % by an entity referred to in point (a) of this paragraph; or

(c) a legal person, entity or body established in Russia and acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (a) or (b) of this paragraph.

This prohibition shall not apply to any legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1, for which paragraph 1a applies.

1c. By way of derogation from paragraph 1b, the competent authorities may authorise the holding of a post in the governing body of a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1b, after having determined that the legal person, entity or body is:

(a) a joint venture or similar legal arrangement involving a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1b and concluded by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State before 17 December 2022; or

(b) a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1b which was established in Russia before 17 December 2022 and which is owned by, or solely or jointly controlled by, a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State.

1d. By way of derogation from paragraph 1b, the competent authorities may authorise the holding of a post in the governing body of a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1b, after having determined that the holding of such a post is necessary for ensuring critical energy supply.

1e. By way of derogation from paragraph 1b, the competent authorities may authorise the holding of a post in the governing body of a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1b, after having determined that the legal person, entity or body is involved in the transit through Russia of oil originating in a third country and that the holding of such a post is intended for operations which are not prohibited under Articles 3m and 3n.

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2a. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the reception of payments due by the legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Part A of Annex XIX pursuant to contracts performed before 15 May 2022.

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2c. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the reception of payments due by the legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Part B of Annex XIX pursuant to contracts performed before 8 January 2023.

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2e. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the reception of payments due by the legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Part C of Annex XIX pursuant to contracts performed before 18 March 2023.

2f. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply with regard to entities established in the Union and acting on behalf of or at the direction of entities referred to in paragraph 1, point (a) or (b), provided that:

(a) competent authorities have imposed a public trusteeship or similar public firewall measure on such an entity, or;

(b) a similar firewall measure is authorised by competent authorities in order to ensure their continued functioning and compliance with restrictive measures.

3. Unless otherwise prohibited, the prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to:

(a) transactions which are strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of natural gas, titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore from or through Russia into the Union, a country member of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the Western Balkans;

(aa) unless prohibited under Article 3m or 3n, transactions which are strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of oil, including refined petroleum products, from or through Russia;

(b) transactions related to energy projects outside Russia in which a legal person, entity or body listed in Annex XIX is a minority shareholder;

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(d) transactions, including sales, which are strictly necessary for the wind-down, by 31 December 2027, of a joint venture or similar legal arrangement concluded before 16 March 2022, involving a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1;

(e) transactions related to the provision of electronic communication services, data center services, and the provision of services and equipment necessary for their operation, maintenance, security, including the provision of firewalls, and call center services, to a legal person, entity or body listed in Annex XIX;

(f) transactions which are necessary for the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Regulation;

(g) transactions which are strictly necessary to ensure access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State, as well as for the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or an arbitration award rendered in a Member State and if such transactions are consistent with the objectives of this Regulation and Regulation (EU) No 269/2014;

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(i) without prejudice to the prohibition in Article 3m, transactions with entities listed under entries number 4 and 6 in Part A of Annex XIX which are necessary for the trading, brokering, transport, including through ship-to-ship transfers to third countries, and the related technical assistance, brokering services or financing or financial assistance of, crude oil falling under CN code 2709 00 and petroleum products falling under CN code 2710, which originate in Russia or which have been exported from Russia, provided that the purchase price per barrel of such products does not exceed the price laid down in Annex XXVIII to this Regulation, in compliance with Article 3n, paragraph 6(a) of this Regulation.

The exemptions in points (a) and (aa) of this paragraph do not apply to the entity listed under entry number 4 in Part A of Annex XIX, except for transit of oil or refined petroleum products originating in a third country that are only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian.

The exemptions in points (a), (aa) and (b) of this paragraph do not apply to the entity listed under entry number 6 in Part A of Annex XIX.

3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, transactions which are strictly necessary for the divestment and withdrawal, by 31 December 2027, by the entities referred to in paragraph 1 or their subsidiaries in the Union from a legal person, entity or body established in the Union.

4. By way of derogation from the procedure laid down in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) and in Article 21(3) of Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), the Union's recognition of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping under Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 and Directive (EU) 2016/1629 is withdrawn.

5. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 1c, 1d, 1e and 3a within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly engage in any transaction with a legal person, entity or body referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of Article 11(1) of this Regulation that lodged a claim before a Russian court against a natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in point (c) or (d) of Article 13 of this Regulation to obtain an injunction, order, relief, judgment or other Court decision pursuant to or derived from Article 248.1 or Article 248.2 of the Arbitration Procedure Code of the Russian Federation or equivalent Russian legislation, in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which has been affected, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the measures imposed under this Regulation or under Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, as listed in Annex XLIII to this Regulation.

2. Unless otherwise prohibited, the prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to transactions that are:

(a) necessary for the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical or agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers, whose purchase, import and transport is allowed under this Regulation;

(b) strictly necessary to ensure access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State, as well as for the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or an arbitration award rendered in a Member State, provided that such transactions are consistent with the objectives of this Regulation and Regulation (EU) No 269/2014;

(c) without prejudice to point (b) of this paragraph, strictly necessary to recover damages pursuant to:

(i) Article 11a or 11b of this Regulation; or

(ii) Article 11a of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

1. It shall be prohibited, as from 25 June 2024, for legal persons, entities or bodies established in the Union and operating outside of Russia to connect to the System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS) of the Central Bank of Russia or equivalent specialised financial messaging and payment services set up by the Central Bank of Russia, and, as from 25 January 2026, to connect to any systems of the Central Bank of Russia or to systems provided by any other legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia that include a financial messaging functionality, including the Fast Payment System (SBP) and Mir.

2. It shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction with a legal person, entity or body established outside Russia as listed in Annex XLIV.

Annex XLIV shall include the legal persons, entities or bodies established outside Russia that use the SPFS of the Central Bank of Russia or equivalent specialised financial messaging services set up by the Central Bank of Russia or the Russian State, or any systems of the Central Bank of Russia and any systems provided by any other Russian entity that include a financial messaging functionality, including the Fast Payment System (SBP) and Mir.

3. The prohibition in paragraph 2 shall not apply until 25 April 2026 to the execution of contracts concluded before 24 October 2025 with the legal persons listed in Annex XLIV by Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2033, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

4. The prohibition in paragraph 2 shall not apply to the reception of payments due by a legal person, entity or body listed in Annex XLIV by 24 October 2025 pursuant to contracts performed before 25 April 2026.

5. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to transactions that are:

(a) strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of natural gas, titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore from or through Russia into the Union, a country member of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the Western Balkans;

(b) strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of oil, including refined petroleum products, from or through Russia, unless prohibited under Article 3m or 3n;

(c) necessary for the purchase as well as import and transport into the Union of pharmaceutical, medical or agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers, whose purchase as well as import and transport into the Union is allowed under this Regulation;

(d) necessary for the repayment of a debt due to a national of a Member State or a legal person, entity or body established in the Union;

(e) necessary for the payment of a pension scheme to a person established in the Union;

(f) necessary for a payment from or to the Jewish Claims conference;

(g) necessary for the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States in third countries, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in third countries enjoying immunities in accordance with international law;

(h) made by nationals of a Member State who are residents of third countries; or

(i) necessary for Member States’ historical responsibility programmes or for the support of Member States’ ethnic minorities in Russia.

6. The prohibition in paragraph 2 shall not apply to transactions that are:

(a) necessary for the purchase, export, supply, sale, transfer or transport of pharmaceutical, medical or agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers, whose purchase, export, supply, sale, transfer or transport is allowed under this Regulation and is necessary for addressing food security in third countries;

(b) strictly necessary to ensure access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State, as well as for the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or an arbitration award rendered in a Member State, provided that such transactions are consistent with the objectives of this Regulation and Regulation (EU) No 269/2014;

(c) necessary for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance, or for evacuations;

(d) necessary for the repayment of a debt due to a national of a Member State or a legal person, entity or body established in the Union;

(e) dependent on the involvement of a legal person, entity or body listed in Annex XLIV to provide correspondent banking services; or

(f) necessary for effecting payment by a national of a Member State or a legal person, entity or body established in the Union under a loan agreement concluded by a Member State.

7. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the execution of transactions with entry number 1 in Annex XLIV, under such conditions as they deem appropriate and after having determined that the execution of such transactions is necessary for:

(a) the repayment of export credits guaranteed;

(b) transactions which are strictly necessary for divestment from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia by 26 August 2025 which were covered by export credits guarantees by a Member State; or

(c) the execution of contracts concluded before 25 February 2025 until 26 August 2025 or until their expiry date, whichever is earlier for beneficiaries located in the European Union.

8. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise transactions which are strictly necessary for the withdrawal of funds or the closing of accounts owned or held by a national of a Member State, of a country member of the European Economic Area or of Switzerland, or by natural persons having a temporary or permanent residence permit in a Member State, in a country member of the European Economic Area or in Switzerland, held at legal persons entities or bodies listed in Annex XLIV and which were included in that Annex on or after 24 July 2026, under such conditions as the competent authorities deem appropriate and after having determined that:

(a) the transaction is necessary for such natural person to terminate operations, contracts or other agreements concluded with a legal person, entity or body listed in Annex XLIV;

(b) the authorisation is requested no later than three months after the date of application indicated in Annex XLIV for the relevant legal person, entity or body listed therein;

(c) the funds are transferred to a financial or credit institution incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State, or to a financial or credit institution incorporated under the law of a third country that is owned or controlled by a financial or credit institution incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State.

Any authorisation under this paragraph shall be granted for a maximum period of validity of three months.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this paragraph, within two weeks of the authorisation.

9. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the execution of transactions with the entity listed under entry number 4 in Annex XLIV, under such conditions as they deem appropriate and after having determined that the execution of the transaction is necessary for the payment of a consideration due to a credit institution established in the Union carried out on the basis of a put option right contractually agreed and duly exercised before 28 February 2022.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this paragraph, within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly engage in any transaction with a legal person, entity or body established outside of the Union that:

(a) is a credit or financial institution or an entity providing crypto-asset services or payment services that provides such services to legal persons, entities and bodies listed in this Regulation or Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 or is otherwise significantly frustrating the purpose of the prohibitions in those Regulations, as listed in Part A of Annex XLV to this Regulation;

(b) is a credit or financial institution or an entity providing crypto-asset services or payment services that supports Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, including by processing transactions or providing export financing for trade operations that frustrate the purpose of this Regulation, as listed in Part B of Annex XLV to this Regulation;

(c) is not a credit or financial institution or an entity providing crypto-asset services or payment services and is significantly frustrating the purpose of the prohibitions set out in Articles 3m, 3n and 3s of this Regulation, as listed in Part C of Annex XLV to this Regulation;

(d) is not a credit or financial institution or an entity providing crypto-asset services or payment services and offers services that enable the performance of international transactions, including through payments from accounts in countries other than Russia, through netting, through set-off, through reconciliation or through settlement, that frustrate the purpose of the prohibitions in this Regulation or in Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, as listed in Part D of Annex XLV to this Regulation.

2. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall also apply with respect to:

(a) a legal person, entity or body acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, an entity referred to in points (a), (b), (c) or (d) of paragraph 1;

(b) an entity providing crypto-asset services or payment services that operates as a mirror or successor entity of an entity referred to in points (a) or (b) of paragraph 1;

(c) an entity offering enabling services equivalent to those provided by the entities referred to in point (d) of paragraph 1.

2a. For the purposes of paragraph 2, point (b), a mirror or successor entity of a listed entity is an entity where at least two of the following criteria are met:

(a) substantially identical content, feeds or transaction flows;

(b) continuity of branding, design or user interface;

(c) overlapping ownership, control or management;

(d) redirection or migration of users from a listed entity;

(e) continuity of technical infrastructure, including use of the same code base, domains or applications.

2b. For the purposes of paragraph 2, point (c), an equivalent enabling service is a service that meets the following criteria:

(a) the service is offered by an entity that is not a credit institution or a financial institution or an entity providing crypto-asset services or payment services;

(b) the service is addressed to Russian customers and has the stated intent to enable cross-border transactions, including through payments from accounts in countries other than Russia, through netting, through set-off, through reconciliation or through settlement;

(c) the service does not exclude any of the transactions prohibited under this Regulation or Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

3. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to transactions that are:

(a) necessary for the export, sale, supply, transfer or transport of pharmaceutical, medical or agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers, whose export, sale, supply, transfer or transport to Russia is allowed under this Regulation;

(b) strictly necessary to ensure access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State, as well as for the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or an arbitration award rendered in a Member State, provided that such transactions are consistent with the objectives of this Regulation and Regulation (EU) No 269/2014;

(c) necessary for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuations;

(d) necessary to the execution, until 25 April 2026, of contracts concluded before 24 October 2025 with the legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Part A of Annex XLV by Regulation (EU) 2025/2033, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts; or

(e) necessary for the reception of payments due by the legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Part A of Annex XLV by Regulation (EU) 2025/2033 pursuant to contracts performed before 24 October 2025.

4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise transactions which are strictly necessary for the withdrawal of funds or the closing of accounts owned or held by a national of a Member State, of a country member of the European Economic Area or of Switzerland, or by natural persons having a temporary or permanent residence permit in a Member State, in a country member of the European Economic Area or in Switzerland, held at legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex XLV and which were included in that Annex on or after 24 July 2026, under such conditions as the competent authorities deem appropriate and after having determined that:

(a) the transaction is necessary for such natural person to terminate operations, contracts or other agreements concluded with a legal person, entity or body listed in Annex XLV;

(b) the authorisation is requested no later than three months after the date of application indicated in Annex XLV for the relevant legal person, entity or body listed therein;

(c) the funds are transferred to a financial or credit institution incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State, or to a financial or credit institution incorporated under the law of a third country that is owned or controlled by a financial or credit institution incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State.

Any authorisation under this paragraph shall be granted for a maximum period of validity of three months.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this paragraph, within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to engage in any transaction, directly or indirectly, with ports and locks listed in Part A and Part C of Annex XLVII. Part A of Annex XLVII shall include ports and locks in Russia, and Part C of Annex XLVII shall include ports and locks in third countries other than Russia, that are used:

(a) for the transfer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or missiles, related technologies or components thereof in support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

(b) for the transport of goods and technology used in the defence and security sector, from or to Russia, for use in Russia or for Russia’s warfare in Ukraine;

(c) for the maritime transport of crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XXV, or of mineral products, that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia by vessels practicing irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33);

(d) for the transport of goods originating in or exported from the Union, as listed in Annexes XI, XX and XXIII to this Regulation, or goods originating in Russia or exported from Russia and imported into the Union, as listed in Annex XXI to this Regulation, and thereby enabling Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine;

(e) in such a way as to facilitate or engage in the violation or circumvention or otherwise significantly frustrate the provisions of this Regulation or of Regulations (EU) No 269/2014, (EU) No 692/2014 or (EU) 2022/263.

2. It shall be prohibited to engage in any transaction, directly or indirectly, with airports listed in Part B of Annex XLVII. Part B of Annex XLVII shall include airports in Russia that are used:

(a) for the transfer of UAVs or missiles, related technologies or components thereof in support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

(b) for the transport of goods and technology used in the defence and security sector, from or to Russia, for use in Russia or for Russia’s warfare in Ukraine;

(c) for the transport of goods originating in or exported from the Union listed in Annexes XI, XX and XXIII to this Regulation, or goods originating in Russia or exported from Russia and imported into the Union, as listed in Annex XXI to this Regulation, and thereby enabling Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine;

(d) in such a way as to facilitate or engage in the violation or circumvention or otherwise significantly frustrate the provisions of this Regulation or of Regulations (EU) No 269/2014, (EU) No 692/2014 or (EU) 2022/263.

2a. It shall be prohibited to engage in any transaction, directly or indirectly, with refineries listed in Part D of Annex XLVII. Part D of Annex XLVII shall include refineries in Russia and in third countries other than Russia that are used:

(a) for the processing or refining of crude oil or the processing or blending of petroleum products, as listed in Annex XXV, or of mineral products, that originate in Russia; or

(b) in such a way as to facilitate or engage in the violation or circumvention or otherwise significantly frustrate the provisions of this Regulation or of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, (EU) No 692/2014 or (EU) 2022/263.

2b. The prohibition referred to in paragraph 2a shall apply in respect of entry number 1 in Part D of Annex XLVII as of 25 January 2027. The Commission shall, by 25 October 2026, report to the Council its assessment of whether the listing referred to in entry number 1 in Part D of Annex XLVII should be maintained.

3. Paragraph 1 shall not apply:

(a) in the case of a vessel in need of assistance seeking a place of refuge, of an emergency port call for reasons of maritime safety, or for saving life at sea, or for humanitarian purposes, or for the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters;

(b) to transactions which are strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of natural gas, titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore from or through Russia into the Union, a country member of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the Western Balkans;

(c) unless prohibited under Article 3m or 3n, to transactions which are strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of oil, including refined petroleum products, from or through Russia;

(d) to transactions which are necessary for the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Regulation;

(e) to transactions for the purchase, import or transfer of seaborne crude oil and of petroleum products listed in Annex XXV where those goods originate in a third country and are only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian.

(f) to transactions necessary for the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities;

(g) to transactions for the purchase, import or transfer of coal falling under CN code 2701 where it originates in a third country and is only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian ;

(h) to transactions with the port listed under entry number 7 in Part A of Annex XLVII for the purchase, import or transfer of goods falling under CN codes 7207 12 10 and 7224 90, unless otherwise prohibited by this Regulation.

4. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to transactions which are strictly necessary for:

(a) humanitarian purposes, the evacuation or repatriation of persons, or initiatives providing support to victims of natural, nuclear or chemical disasters;

(b) the operation of flights required for attending meetings with the objective of seeking a solution to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine or of promoting the policy objectives of the restrictive measures;

(c) an emergency landing, take-off or overflight;

(d) travel for official purposes of members of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States or partner countries in Russia or of international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law;

(e) travel, for personal reasons, of natural persons to and from Russia or of members of their immediate families travelling with them;

(f) the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Regulation.

(g) the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities.

5. Operators shall inform the competent authority of the Member State where they are incorporated or under whose law they are constituted of any transaction concluded pursuant to paragraph 3 or 4 within 2 weeks of its conclusion. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any information received pursuant to this paragraph within 2 weeks of its receipt.

1. It shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction in connection with the natural gas pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2, with regard to the completion, operation, maintenance or use of the pipelines. In addition, it shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction in connection with the financing concerning the completion, operation or use of the pipelines.

2. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to transactions that are strictly necessary for the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety, maritime shipping or the environment or as a response to natural disasters.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, transactions that are strictly necessary:

(a) for the wind-down or restructuring of a legal person, entity or body in connection with the natural gas pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 where this is necessary to ensure that the natural gas pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 will not be used;

(b) to claim compensation, recoveries or any other means, from any natural or legal person, entity or body in connection with the natural gas pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2;

(c) to effect and receive payments or recoveries that are due or become due under, or in connection with, court orders, financings, insurance, warrants or any other contracts or agreements in connection with the natural gas pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 that were entered into before 20 July 2025;

(d) for a settlement, or judicial or arbitration proceedings in connection with the natural gas pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2;

(e) for regular maintenance services which are strictly necessary to prevent environmental and safety risks or a negative impact on the fisheries sector.

Before issuing such an authorisation, the competent authorities shall provide the Commission with a draft thereof. Within 30 days of receipt of that draft, the Commission may issue an opinion to the competent authorities stating that the envisaged transaction would be prejudicial to the Union’s interests. The Commission shall inform the Council of such an opinion.

4. Operators shall inform the competent authority of the Member State where they are incorporated or under whose law they are constituted of any transaction concluded pursuant to paragraph 2 within two weeks of its conclusion. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any information received pursuant to this paragraph within two weeks of its receipt.

5. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted pursuant to paragraph 3 within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly engage in any transaction with:

(a) the Russian Direct Investment Fund;

(b) a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Russian Direct Investment Fund;

(c) a legal person, entity or body established outside of the Union in which an entity referred to in point (a) or (b) has made, directly or indirectly, a significant investment, as listed in Annex XLIX to this Regulation;

(d) a legal person, entity or body established outside of the Union providing investment services or other financial services to an entity referred to in point (a), (b) or (c), as listed in Annex L to this Regulation;

(e) a legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (a), (b), (c) or (d).

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise transactions that are strictly necessary for the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical and medical products, the import, purchase and transport of which is allowed under this Regulation.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise until 31 December 2026, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, transactions which are strictly necessary for the divestment and withdrawal from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia.

4. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted pursuant to paragraph 2 or 3 within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) acquire any new or extend any existing participation in ownership or control of any legal person, entity or body which is registered as a resident of, or whose registered office, principal place of business, or permanent establishment is located within, the special economic, innovation or preferential zones of the Russian Federation listed in Part A or B of Annex LII;

(b) create any new joint venture, branch, or representative office in the special economic, innovation or preferential zones listed in Part A or B of Annex LII, or with a legal person, entity or body referred to in point (a);

(c) enter into any new contract or arrangement for the supply of goods or services, or of related intellectual property rights or trade secrets to, from, or for use in the special economic, innovation or preferential zones listed in Part A or B of Annex LII, or with a legal person, entity or body referred to in point (a).

2. It shall be prohibited, as of 25 January 2026, to:

(a) maintain any existing participation in ownership or control of any legal person, entity or body which is formally registered as a resident of, or the registered office, principal place of business, or permanent establishment of which is located within, the special economic, innovation or preferential zones of the Russian Federation listed in Part A of Annex LII;

(b) maintain any existing joint venture, branch, or representative office in the special economic, innovation or preferential zones listed in Part A of Annex LII, or with a legal person, entity or body referred to in point (a);

(c) maintain any existing contract or arrangement for the supply of goods or services, or of related intellectual property rights or trade secrets to, from, or for use in the special economic, innovation or preferential zones listed in Part A of Annex LII, or with a legal person, entity or body referred to in point (a).

3. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) grant, or be part of any arrangement to grant, any loan or credit or otherwise provide financing, including equity capital, to a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1 or 2, or for the documented purpose of financing such a legal person, entity or body;

(b) provide investment services directly related to the activities referred to in point (a) or in paragraph 1 or 2.

4. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall also apply to any legal person, entity or body outside the special economic, innovation or preferential zones listed in Annex LII that is owned or controlled by a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1 or 2.

5. Paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not apply to:

(a) activities necessary for public health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters;

(b) activities strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of natural gas, titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium or iron ore from or through Russia into the Union, a country member of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the Western Balkans;

(c) unless prohibited under Article 3m or 3n, activities strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of oil, including refined petroleum products, from or through Russia;

(d) activities necessary for the purchase, import or transfer of seaborne crude oil and of petroleum products listed in Annex XXV where those goods originate in a third country and are only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian.

6. Paragraphs 1 and 3 and, where otherwise applicable, paragraph 4, shall not apply to the execution until 25 January 2026 of contracts concluded before 24 October 2025, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

7. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 4, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, activities which are strictly necessary for:

(a) humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance, or for evacuations;

(b) research, development or manufacturing of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural or food products, including wheat and fertilisers the import, purchase and transport of which is allowed under this Regulation;

(c) ensuring access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State, as well as for the recognition or enforcement of a judgement or an arbitration award rendered in a Member State, if such transactions are consistent with the objectives of this Regulation and those of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014;

(d) divestment and withdrawal from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia;

(e) the provision of electronic communication services by Union telecommunication operators necessary for the operation, maintenance and security, including cybersecurity, of electronic communication services, in Russia, in Ukraine, in the Union, between Russia and the Union, and between Ukraine and the Union, and for data centre services in the Union.

1. It shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction with a legal person, entity or body referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of Article 11(1) of this Regulation that benefitted, including by operating in the same market sector, from a decision pursuant to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No 302 of 25 April 2023 as subsequently amended, pursuant to Federal Law No 470-FZ of 4 August 2023 as subsequently amended, or pursuant to related or equivalent Russian legislation, as listed in Annex LIV.

2. Unless they are otherwise prohibited, the prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to transactions that are:

(a) necessary for the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical or agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers, the purchase, import and transport of which is allowed under this Regulation;

(b) strictly necessary to ensure access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State, as well as for the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or an arbitration award rendered in a Member State, provided that such transactions are consistent with the objectives of this Regulation and those of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014;

(c) without prejudice to point (b) of this paragraph, strictly necessary to recover damages pursuant to:

(i) Article 11a or 11b of this Regulation; or

(ii) Article 11a of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

1. It shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction with a natural or legal person, entity or body that seeks, or cooperates in, the enforcement outside the Union of judgments satisfying claims referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 11a, or with natural or legal persons, entities or bodies that own or control those legal persons, entities or bodies, with the exception of lawyers and members of the judiciary, as listed in Annex LV, Part A.

2. It shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction with a natural or legal person, entity or body that seeks, or cooperates in, the enforcement outside the Union of decisions referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 11b, or with natural or legal persons, entities or bodies that own or control those legal persons, entities or bodies, with the exception of lawyers and members of the judiciary, as listed in Annex LV, Part B.

3. Unless they are otherwise prohibited, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to transactions that are:

(a) necessary for the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical or agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers, the purchase, import and transport of which is allowed under this Regulation;

(b) strictly necessary to ensure access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State, as well as for the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or an arbitration award rendered in a Member State, provided that such transactions are consistent with the objectives of this Regulation and those of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014;

(c) without prejudice to point (b) of this paragraph, strictly necessary to recover damages pursuant to:

(i) Article 11a or 11b of this Regulation; or

(ii) Article 11a of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

1. It shall be prohibited to accept any deposits from Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia or a legal person, entity or body established outside the Union and whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for more than 50 % by Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, if the total value of deposits of that natural or legal person, entity or body per credit institution exceeds EUR 100 000.

2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, the following services to Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, or to legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia:

(a) crypto-asset services, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2023/1114;

(b) issuing of payment instruments, acquiring of payment transactions, or payment initiation services, as defined in Directive (EU) 2015/2366;

(c) issuing of electronic money, as defined in Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1).

2a. It shall be prohibited, as from 18 January 2024, to allow Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia to directly or indirectly own or control, or to hold any posts in the governing bodies of, a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State and is providing crypto-asset wallet, account or custody services. As from 25 August 2026, that prohibition shall also apply to the case of a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State and is providing any other crypto-asset services, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2023/1114.

3. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 2a shall not apply to nationals of a Member State, of a country member of the European Economic Area or of Switzerland, or to natural persons having a temporary or permanent residence permit in a Member State, in a country member of the European Economic Area or in Switzerland.

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It shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction involving the crypto-assets or central bank digital currencies listed in Annex LIII, or to provide any support to the development of such crypto-assets or central bank digital currencies.

1. It shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction with a legal person, entity or body that is an entity providing crypto-assets services or is a platform enabling the exchange or transfer of crypto-assets and is established in Russia.

2. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to transactions: (a) that are necessary for the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States or of partner countries in Russia, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Russia enjoying immunities in accordance with international law; (b) made by nationals of a Member State who are residents of Russia and were so before 24 February 2022.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, transactions which are strictly necessary for divestment from Russia or for the winding-down of business activities in Russia.

4. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall apply as of 24 May 2026.

1. It shall be prohibited to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction with a legal person, entity or body that is an entity providing crypto-asset services or is a platform enabling the exchange or transfer of crypto-assets and is established in a third country listed in Annex LVII.

2. Annex LVII shall include only third countries that have been identified by the Council as having systematically and persistently failed to prevent the provision of crypto-asset services, or to prevent platforms exchanging or transferring crypto-assets, in frustration of the provisions of this Regulation or of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

3. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to transactions made by nationals of a Member State who are residents of a country listed in Annex LVII and were so before the relevant date indicated in that Annex.

1. By way of derogation from Articles 5b(1) and (2), the competent authorities may authorise the acceptance of such a deposit or the provision of such a service, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the acceptance of such a deposit or the provision of such a service is: (a) necessary to satisfy the basic needs of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 5b(1) and their dependent family members, including payments for food, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges; (b) intended exclusively for the payment of reasonable professional fees or the reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services; (c) intended exclusively for the payment of fees or service charges for the routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources; (d) necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the relevant competent authority has notified the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted, at least two weeks prior to the authorisation; (e) necessary for official purposes of a diplomatic mission or consular post or international organisation; (f) necessary for non-prohibited cross-border trade in goods and services between the Union and Russia; or (g) necessary for the restructuring or liquidation of a legal person associated with the entity listed under entry number 82, under heading ‘B. Entities’, in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

1a. The prohibition in Article 5b(2), points (b) and (c), shall not apply to the provision of personalised security credentials necessary to access an account with a credit institution or an electronic money institution established in a Member State or a partner country as listed in Annex VIII.

1b. By way of derogation from Article 5b(2), points (b) and (c), the competent authorities may authorise the provision of such a service, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that to do so is necessary for the exclusive use of legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia that are owned by, or solely or jointly controlled by, a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or a partner country as listed in Annex VIII.

2. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 1, points (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) or (g), or under paragraph 1b within two weeks of the authorisation.

1. By way of derogation from Articles 5b(1) and (2), the competent authorities may authorise the acceptance of such a deposit or the provision of such a service, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the acceptance of such a deposit or the provision of such a service is: (a) necessary for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuations; or (b) necessary for civil society activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Russia.