Following the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, the European Union has put in place a series of measures to sanction the economies of the Russian and Belarusian territories.
The measures presented below are the general measures taken against Russia and Belarus. Individual measures such as asset freezes or travel bans are not summarised here.
Updated to 7 October 2022 (thanks to Emma Soyer for her help in updating these tables)
Sanctions against Russia
| Related good of service | Type of prohibited action | Concerned persons or entities | Exception | Exception with autorisation | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual-use goods and technology | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing, financial assistance, or other services | Any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia | - Humanitarian purposes - Medical or pharmaceutical purposes - Temporay export of items for use by news media - Software updates - Consmer communication devices - personal use | - Intergovernmental cooperation in civilian and space matters - civil nuclear matters - maritime safety - civilian non-publicly available electronic communications networks which are not publicly owned - person incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or of the USA - diplomatic representations of the Union, Member States or the USA - execution of a contract concluded before 26 February 2022, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022 - Cyber-security and information seciruty for natural and legal persons in Russia (except Russian state and public undertakings) For the persons listed in Annex IV, the authorisation can only be granted in case of non-military end-user and non-military end-use, unless in case of emergency for human health or safety or for the environment, or in case of a contract concluded before 26 February 2022, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022. In any case, the authorisation cannot be granted when the supply relates to aviation or the space industry or to the energy industry , unless the transaction is authorized as under the regulation. | Art. 2. |
| Goods and technology which might contribute to Russia's military and technological enhancement, or the development of the defence and security sector. Exact list in Annex VII | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing, financial assistance, or other services | Any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia | - Humanitarian purposes - Medical or pharmaceutical purposes - Temporay export of items for use by news media - Software updates - Consmer communication devices - personal use | - Intergovernmental cooperation in civilian and space matters - civil nuclear matters - maritime safety - civilian non-publicly available electronic communications networks which are not publicly owned - person incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or of the USA - diplomatic representations of the Union, Member States or the USA - execution of a contract concluded before 26 February 2022, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022 --Cyber-security and information seciruty for natural and legal persons in Russia (except Russian state and public undertakings) For the persons listed in Annex IV, the authorisation can only be granted in case of non-military end-user and non-military end-use, unless in case of emergency for human health or safety or for the environment, or in case of a contract concluded before 26 February 2022, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022. In any case, the authorisation cannot be granted when the supply relates to aviation or the space industry or to the energy industry , unless the transaction is authorized as under the regulation. | Art. 2a |
| firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition as listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 | Sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, financing, financial assistance | Any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia | 2 aa | ||
| Trade with, or investment in, Russia | Public financing or financial assistance | - Commitments established prior to 26 February 2022; - SME established in the Union for a maximum amount of 10 million euros per project; - trade in food, and for agricultural, medical or humanitarian purposes | Art. 2e | ||
| Projects co-financed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund | Investment, participation or contribution. | Participation in projects due under contracts concluded before 2 March 2022 | Art. 2e(3) | ||
| Audiovisual content | Broadcast, facilitate or otherwise contribute to the broadcast | Russia Today and Sputnik | Art. 2f | ||
| Products related to the oil and gas sector Exact list in Annex II | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing, financial assistance, or other services | 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 | - transport of natural gas and oil from or through Russia into the Union - urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment - insurance or reinsurance related to activities outside the energy sector in Russia | - critical energy supply within the Union - 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 | Art. 3. |
| Participations, loans, JV and investment services | Acquiering or extending participation, grant a loan or a credit or any financing, create any new JV, provide investment services | Russian or third country person or entity operating in the energy sector in Russia | - critical energy supply within the Union - transport of natural gas and oil - 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 | Art. 3a | |
| Goods and technology suited for use in oil refining and liquefaction of natural gas Exact list in Annex X | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing, financial assistance, or other services | Any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia | Execution, until 27 May 2022, of contracts concluded before 26 February 2022 | Cases of emergency | Art. 3b |
| Goods and technology suited for use in aviation or the space industry Exact list in Annex XI Jet fuel and fuel additives Exact list in Annex XX | Sale, supply, transfer or export Insurance and reinsurance Overhaul, repair, inspection, replacement, modification or defect rectification Technical assistance, brokering services, financing, financial assistance, or other services | Any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia | '- pre-flight inspection -Goods listed in Part A of Annex XI, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 4 shall not apply to the execution until 28 March 2022 of contracts concluded before 26 February 2022, -Goods listed in Part B of Annex XI, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 4 shall not apply to the execution until 6 November 2022 of contracts concluded before 7 October 2022 -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 | Necessary for the execution of an aircraft financial lease concluded before 26 February 2022 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 | Art. 3c |
| Prohibition to land in, take off or overfly the territory of the Union | Russian air carriers | Emergency landing or emergency overflight | Humanitarian purposes of any other purposes consistent with the objectives of the Regulation | Art. 3d | |
| Prohibition to access ports in the territory of the Union and locks | Provide access | Vessels registered under the flag of Russia and vessels that have changed their Russian flag or their registration, to the flag or register of any other State after 24 February 2022. Ater 8 April 2023, to any vessel certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping | 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. access to the locks to leave the territory of the Union, | - purchase, import or transport into the Union of natural gas, oil, titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore, as well as certain chemical and iron products as listed in Annex XXIV - 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 - humanitarian purposes - transport of nuclear fuel and other goods strictly necessary for the functioning of civil nuclear capabilities - purchase, import or transport into the Union of coal and other solid fossil fuels, as listed in Annex XXII until 10 August 2022 -necessary for the unloading of goods strictly necessary for the completion of renewable energy projects in the Union -resumed its right to fly the flag of the underlying Member State registry before 31 January 2023, if it is not owned, chartered, operated or otherwise controlled by a Russian national or any russian legal person, | Art. 3ea |
| Maritime navigation goods and technology Exact list in Annex XVI | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing, financial assistance, or other services | Any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia or for the placing on board of a Russian-flagged vesse | 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. | non-military use and for a non-military end-user, intended for maritime safety | Art. 3f |
| Iron and steel products Exact list in Annex XVII Steel products of CN code 7207 11 or 7207 12 10, prohibition shall apply as of 1 April 2024 for CN code 7207 11 and as of 1 October 2024 for CN code 7207 12 10, | Import, purchase, transport. Technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, insurance and re-insurance | Originate in or exported from Russia | Execution until 17 June 2022 of contract concluded before 16 March 2022, For 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. For 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. | purchase, import or transfer of the goods listed in Annex XVII, when necessary for the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, | Art. 3g |
| Luxury products Exact list in Annex XVIII | Sale, supply, transfer or export | Any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia | - goods of a value below or equal to EUR 300, except other threshold provided in Annex XVIII - goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States or partner countries in Russia or of international organisations - cultural goods which are on loan in the context of formal cultural cooperation with Russia, -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, | Transfer or export to Russia of cultural goods which are on loan in the context of formal cultural cooperation with Russia, | Art. 3h |
| Goods which generate significant revenues for Russia Exact ist in Annex XXI | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods or to their provision, manufacture, maintenance and use. Financing, financial assistance, or other services. | Originate in or exported from Russia | Goods listed in Part A of Annex XXI : Execution until 10 July 2022 of contract concluded before 9 April 2022, -necessary for the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States, Goods listed in Part B of Annex XXI : the execution until 8 January 2023 of contracts concluded before 7 October 2022 - purchase, import or transfer of the goods listed in Annex XXI, necessary for the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, As of 10 July 2022, import, purchase or transport, or the related technical or financial assistance, necessary for the import into the Union, of: - 837,570 tonnes of potassium chloride (CN 3104 20) between 10 July of a given year and 9 July of the following year; - 1,577,807 tonnes of the other products listed in Annex XXI (CN 3105 20, 3105 60 and 3105 90) between 10 July of a given year and 9 July of the following year | Art. 3i | |
| Coal and other products, as listed in Annex XXII | Purchase, import, transfer. Technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods or to their provision, manufacture, maintenance and use. Financing, financial assistance, or other services. | Originate in or exported from Russia | Execution until 10 August 2022 of contract concluded before 9 April 2022 | Art. 3j | |
| Goods which could contribute in particular to the enhancement of Russian industrial capacities Exact list in Annex XXIII | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods or to their provision, manufacture, maintenance and use. Financing, financial assistance, or other services. | Any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia | - Execution until 10 July 2022 of contract concluded before 9 April 2022 - goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States or partner countries in Russia or of international organisations, -the goods falling under CN codes 2701, 2702, 2703 and 2704 as listed in Annex XXIII, the prohibitions in paragraph 1 and 2 shall not apply to the execution until 8 January 2023 of contracts concluded before 7 October 2022, | -Humanitarian purposes,medical or pharmaceutical purposes -maintenance obligations in areas which are under a long-term lease agreement between that Member State and the Russian Federation -establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities | Art. 3k |
| Road transportation | Transport goods by road within the territory of the Union | Road transport undertaking established in Russia | - mail universal service; - 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; - transport of goods that started before 9 April 2022. | - purchase, import or transport into the Union of natural gas, oil, titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore; - 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; - humanitarian purposes; - functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States in Russie; - transfer or export to Russia of cultural goods which are on loan in the context of formal cultural cooperation with Russia. | Art. 3l |
| Crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XXV | purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance | Originate in Russia or are exported from Russia | -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, -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, -crude oil and of petroleum products listed in Annex XXV -crude oil falling under CN 2709 00 -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. | -Bulgaria may authorise the execution until 31 December 2024 of contracts concluded before 4 June 2022 for the purchase, import or transfer of seaborne crude, -Croatia may authorise until 31 December 2023 the purchase, import or transfer of vacuum gas oil falling under CN 2710 19 71 | Art. 3m |
| Crude oil or petroleum products, delivered by pipeline into a Member State | transfer or transport of crude oil delivered by pipeline into Member States, , or its sale to purchasers in other Member States or in third countries, transfer or transport petroleum products falling under CN 2710 | delivered by pipeline into Member Statesto other Member States or to third countries | - from 5 December 2023 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(d). If alternative supplies for such petroleum products are made available to Czechia before that date, the Council shall terminate that temporary derogation. - until 5 December 2023, 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 | Art 3m.8 | |
| gold, as listed in Annex XXVI, Annex XXVII | purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance | originates in Russia and it has been exported from Russia into the Union or to any third country after 22 July 2022 | -necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic missions -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 | the transfer or import of cultural goods which are on loan in the context of formal cultural cooperation with Russia. | Art 3n |
| Military equipment and dual-goods and technology intended for military use or for a military end-user | Technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance | Any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia or for use in Russia | - Execution of contracts condluded before 1 August 2014 - provision of assistance necessary for the maintenance and safety of exiting capabilities within the Union - provision, sale, supply, transfer or export of spare parts and services necessary for the maintenance and safety of existing capabilities within the Union | For european space launcher : - sale, supply, transfer export or import, purchase or transport of Hydrazine (CAS 302-01-2) in concentrations of 70% or more, within a limit of 800kg for each individual lauche or satellite; - import, purchase or transport of Unsymmetrical dimetrhyl hydrazine (CAS 57-14-7); - sale, supply, transfer or export, purchase or transport of monomethyl hydrazine (CAS 60-34-4) if the quantity is necessary for the laynch of the satellite for which it is made ExoMars 2020 mission Items listed in Annex II | Art. 4 |
| 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. | Purchase, sale, investment services or assistance in the issuance | - Credit institutions listed in Annex III, - entities established outside the Union held at more than 50% by these institutions, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction | Art. 5(1) | ||
| Transferable securities and money-market instruments issued after 12 April 2022 | Purchase, sale, investment services or assistance in the issuance | - Credit institutions listed in Annex XII, - entities established outside the Union held at more than 50% by these institutions, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction | Art. 5(2) | ||
| 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 | Purchase, sale, investment services or assistance in the issuance | - Credit institutions listed in Annexes V and VI, - entities established outside the Union held at more than 50% by these institutions, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction | Art. 5(3) | ||
| Transferable securities and money-market instruments issued after 12 April 2022 | Purchase, sale, investment services or assistance in the issuance | - Credit institutions listed in Annex XIII, - entities established outside the Union held at more than 50% by these institutions, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction | Art. 5(4) | ||
| Transferable securities | List and provide services on trading venues registered or recognised in the Union | Any legal person, entity or body established in Russia and with over 50 % public ownership | Art. 5(5) | ||
| Loans or credit with a maturity exceeding 30 days | Make or be part of any arrangement | - Entities listed in Annexes III, V, VI and XII, - entities established outside the Union held at more than 50% by these entities, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction" | - Financing for non-prohibited imports or export of goods and non-financial services between the Union and a third State; - 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; - drawdown or disbursements made under a contract concluded before 26 February 2022 | Art. 5(6) and 5(7) | |
| Loans or credit | Make or be part of any arrangement | - Entities institutions listed in Annexes III, V, VI, XII and XII, - entities established outside the Union held at more than 50% by these entities, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction" | - Financing for non-prohibited imports or export of goods and non-financial services between the Union and a third State; - 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; - drawdown or disbursements made under a contract concluded before 26 February 2022 | Art. 5(6) and 5(7) | |
| Transferable securities and money-market instruments issued after 9 March 2022 | Purchase, sale, investment services or assitance in the issuance | - Russia and its government; - Central Bank of Russia; - legal persons, entities or bodies acting on their behalf or at their direction | Art. 5a(1) | ||
| Loans or credit | Make or be part of any arrangement after 23 February 2022 | - Russia and its government; - Central Bank of Russia; - legal persons, entities or bodies acting on their behalf or at their direction | - Financing for non-prohibited imports or export of goods and non-financial services between the Union and a third State; - drawdown or disbursements made under a contract concluded before 23 February 2022 | Art. 5a(2) | |
| Management of reserves and assets | Transactions related to these reserves and assets | Central Bank of Russia | Necessary to ensure the financial stability of the Union as a whole or of the Member State concerned | Art. 5a(4) | |
| Any transaction | Direct or indirect engagement | - Entities listed in Annex XIX, - entities established outside the Union held at more than 50% by these entities, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction | -Execution until 15 May 2022 of contracts concluded with a legal person, entity or body referred to in Part A of Annex XIX before 16 March 2022 -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 -execution until 8 January 2023 of contracts concluded with a legal person, entity or body referred to in Part B of Annex XIX before 7 October 2022 -reception of payments due by the legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Part B of Annex XIX to contracts performed before 8 January 2023 - transactions strictly necessary for the purchase, import or transport of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, as well as 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 - transaction related to energy projects outside Russia in which a legal person, entity or body listed in Annex XIX is a minority shareholder - transactions for the purchase, import or transport into the Union of coal and other solid fossil fuels, as listed in Annex XXII until 10 August 2022 -necessary for the wind-down, by 31 December 2022, of a joint venture or similar legal arrangement concluded before 16 March 2022 - necessary for the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products -necessary to ensure access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State | Art. 5aa | |
| Deposits exceeding EUR 100,000 and crypto-assets wallet, account or custody services of a value exceeding EUR 10,000 | Accept such deposits | Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia. 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 | - Nationals of, or persons having a temporary or permanent resident in, a Member State, a country member of the EEA or Switzerland ; - deposits which are necessary for non-prohibited cross-border trade in goods and services between the Union and Russia. | - satisfy the basis needs of the targeted persons; - reasonable legal fees; - extraordinary expanses; - official purposes of a diplomatic mission or consular post or international organisation; - humanitarian purposes; - civil society activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Russia. | Art. 5b to 5d |
| Transferable securities issued after 12 April 2022 | Services defined in the Annex of Regulation (EU) No 909=2014 | Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia | Nationals of, or persons having a temporary or permanent resident in, 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 | Art. 5e | |
| Transferable securities denominated in any official currency of a Member State issued after 12 April 2022 | Sale | Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia | Nationals of, or persons having a temporary or permanent resident in, 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 | Art. 5f | |
| Financial messaging services | Provide such services | - Entities listed in Annex XIV; - entities established in Russia held at more than 50% by these entities | Art. 5h | ||
| Banknotes denominated in any official currency of a Member State | Sale, supply, transfer or export | Russia, or any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, or for use in Russia | - personal use of natural persons travelling to Russia; - official purposes of diplomatic missions, consular posts or international organisations | Art. 5i | |
| Credit rating services | Provide such services | Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia | Nationals of, or persons having a temporary or permanent resident in, a Member State | Art. 5j | |
| Public or concession contracts (Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU and 2009/81/EC) | Award or continue the execution of such contracts | - Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia, - entities held at more than 50% by these entities, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction. | - civil nuclear sector; - intergovernmental cooperation in space programmes; - provision of strictly necessary goods or services which can only be provided by such person; - functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States in Russia, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations; - purchase, import or transport of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, as well as titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore from or through Russia into the Union; - purchase, import or transport into the Union of coal and other solid fossil fuels, as listed in Annex XXII until 10 August 2022 | -the operation, maintenance, decommissioning and radioactive waste management, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities -intergovernmental cooperation in space programmes - functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States in Russia -the purchase, import or transport of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, as well as titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore from or through Russia into the Union | Art. 5k |
| Union, Euratom or Member State national programme and contracts within the meaning of Regulation 2018/1046 | Provide direct or indirect support, including financing and financial assistance or any other benefit | Any legal person, entity or body established in Russia with over 50 % public ownership or public control | - humanitarian purposes, public health emergencies, human health and safety or the environment, or natural disasters; - phytosanitary and veterinary programmes; - intergovernmental cooperation in space programmes and under the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Agreement; - civil nuclear sector; - mobility exchanges for individuals and people-to-people contacts; - climate and environmental programmes, with the exception of support in the context of research and innovation; - unctioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States in Russia, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Russia. | Art. 5l | |
| Trust and similar legal arrangement | Register, provide a registered office, business or administrative address as well as management services | - Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia, - entities held at more than 50% or controlled by these entities, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction. | - Operations that are strictly necessary for the termination by 10 May 2022 of contracts which are not compliant with this Article concluded before 9 April 2022; - nationals of, or persons having a temporary or permanent resident in, a Member State | - humanitarian purposes - civil society activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Russia | Art. 5l |
| Claims in connection with any contract or transaction affected by the measures imposed under the Regulation | Satisfy such claims | - Personnes listed in the Regulation; - any other Russian person, entity or body; - person acting through them or on their behalf | Art. 11 | ||
| accounting, auditing, including statutory audit, bookkeeping or tax consulting services, or business and management consulting or public relations services. architectural and engineering services, legal advisory services and IT consultancy services | Provide this services : accounting, auditing, including statutory audit, bookkeeping or tax consulting, architectural and engineering services, legal advisory services and IT consultancy services | - Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia, - entities held at more than 50% or controlled by these entities, - person acting on their behalf or at the direction. | Services §1 : -provision of services that are strictly necessary for the termination by 5 July 2022 of contracts which are not compliant with this Article concluded before 4 June 2022. Sevices §2 -provision of services that are strictly necessary for the termination by 8 January 2023 of contracts which are not compliant with this Article concluded before 7 October 2022 - necessary for public health -for software updates for non-military use and for a non-military Both services §1, 2 : -services that are strictly necessary for the exercise of the right of defence in judicial proceedings and the right to an effective legal remedy, -necessary to ensure access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State -provision of services intended for the exclusive use of legal persons, established in Russia, or entity which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State, a country member of the European Economic Area, Switzerland or a partner country as listed in Annex VIII | -humanitarian purposes, civil society activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Russia -the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States -ensuring critical energy supply within the Union and the purchase -ensuring the continuous operation of infrastructures -the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities -the provision of electronic communication services by Union telecommunication operators necessary for the operation, maintenance and security | Art 5n |
The consolidated Regulation can be found here.
Sanctions against Belarus
| Bien considéré | Type d'action interdite | Personne concernée | Exception | Exception sous réserve d'autorisation | Fondement juridique |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment which might be used for internal repression Exact list in Annex III | Sale, supply, transfer or export | Any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus | Protective clothing temporarily exported to Belarus by UN personnel, personnel of the Union or its Member States, representatives of the media or humanitarian and development workers and associated persons exclusively for their personal use | Humanitarian or protective use | Art. 1a |
| Equipment which might be used for internal repression Exact list in Annex III | Technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance | Any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus | Protective clothing temporarily exported to Belarus by UN personnel, personnel of the Union or its Member States, representatives of the media or humanitarian and development workers and associated persons exclusively for their personal use | - Humanitarian purposes; - protective use; - for institution building programmes of the UN and the Union; - for EU or UN crisis management operations; - non-combat vehicles to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for the protective use of personnel of the Union and its Member States in Belarus. | Art. 1b |
| Goods and technology listed in the Common Military List | Technical assistance, financing or financial assistance | Any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus | Protective clothing temporarily exported to Belarus by UN personnel, personnel of the Union or its Member States, representatives of the media or humanitarian and development workers and associated persons exclusively for their personal use | Non lethal equipment for: - humanitarian purposes; - protective use; - for institution building programmes of the UN and the Union; - for EU or UN crisis management operations. Non-combat vehicles to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for the protective use of personnel of the Union and its Member States in Belarus. | Art. 1b |
| Surveillance equipment, technology or software Exact list in Annex IV | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance Telecommunication or internet monitoring or interception services | Any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus | Autorisation possible unless the equipment, technology or software in question would be used for repression by the Belarusian Government, public bodies, corporations or agencies, or any natural or legal person or entity acting on their behalf or at their direction | Art. 1c and 1d | |
| Dual-use goods and technology | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance or other services | Any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus | - Humanitarian purposes - Medical or pharmaceutical purposes - Temporay export of items for use by news media - Software updates - Consumer communication devices - Cyber-security and information seciruty for natural and legal persons in Belarus (except Belarus State and public undertakings) - personal use | - Intergovernmental cooperation in civilian and space matters - civil nuclear matters - civilian telecommunications networks - person incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or of the USA - diplomatic representations of the Union, Member States or the USA - execution of a contract concluded before 3 March 2022, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022 For the persons listed in Annex V, the authorisation can only be granted in case of non-military end-user and non-military end-use. In any case, the authorisation cannot be granted when the supply relates to aviation or the space industry. | Art. 1e |
| Goods and technology which might contribute to Belarus’s military and technological enhancement, or to the development of its defence and security sector Exact list in Annex Va | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance or other services | Any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus | - Humanitarian purposes - Medical or pharmaceutical purposes - Temporay export of items for use by news media - Software updates - Consumer communication devices - Cyber-security and information seciruty for natural and legal persons in Belarus (except Belarus State and public undertakings) - personal use | - Intergovernmental cooperation in civilian and space matters - civil nuclear matters - civilian telecommunications networks - person incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or of the USA - diplomatic representations of the Union, Member States or the USA - execution of a contract concluded before 3 March 2022, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022 For the persons listed in Annex V, the authorisation can only be granted in case of emergency or in case of contract. In any case, the authorisation cannot be granted when the supply relates to aviation or the space industry. | Art. 1f and 1fa |
| Goods used for the production or manufacturing of tobacco products Exact list in Annex VI | Sale, supply, transfer or export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance, insurance and reinsurance | Any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus | Art. 1g | ||
| Mineral products Exact list in Annex VII | Import, purchase, transport Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance, insurance and reinsurance | Originate in, or exported from, Belarus | - Purchases which are required in order to meet the essential needs of the purchaser in Belarus or of humanitarian projects in Belarus; - transit | Art. 1h | |
| Potash products Exact list in Annex VIII | Import, purchase, transport Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance, insurance and reinsurance | From Belarus, whether or not originating in Belarus | Art. 1i | ||
| Transferable securities and money-market instruments with a maturity exceeding 90 days, issued after 29 June 2021 | Purchase, sale, investment services, assistance in the issuance | - Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; - credit institutions listed in Annex IX; - entities established outside the Union held at more than 50% by these institutions; - person acting on their behalf or at the direction. | Art. 1j | ||
| Reserves and assets | Transactions | Central Bank of Belarus and the persons acting on its behalf or at its direction | Necessity to ensure the financial stability of the Union as a whole or of the Member State concerned | Art. 1ja | |
| Transferable securities | List and provide services on trading venues registered or recognised in the Union | Any legal person, entity or body established in Belarus and with over 50 % public ownership | Art. 1jb | ||
| New loans or credit with a maturity exceeding 90 days | Make or be part of any arrangement after 29 June 2021 | - Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; - credit institutions listed in Annex IX; - entities established outside the Union held at more than 50% by these institutions; - person acting on their behalf or at the direction. | Financing for non-prohibited imports or export of goods and non-financial services between the Union and a third State | - providing support for the Belarusian civilian population, such as humanitarian assistance, environmental projects, and nuclear safety; - necessary to comply with legal or regulatory minimum reserve or similar requirements to meet solvency and liquidity criteria for financial entities in Belarus which are majority-owned by financial institutions of the Union Provided that such funds are not made available to a person targeted by an asset freeze measure. | Art. 1k |
| Insurance or re-insurance | Provision | - Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; - person acting on their behalf or at the direction. | - Provision of compulsory or third party liability insurance to Belarusian persons, entities or bodies where the risk insured is situated in the Union; - insurance for Belarusian diplomatic or consular missions in the Union | Art. 1l | |
| Wood products Exact list in Annex X | Import, purchase, transport Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance, insurance and reinsurance | Originate in, or exported from, Belarus | Execution, until 4 June 2022, of contracts concluded before 2 March 2022 | Art. 1o | |
| Cement products Exact list in Annex XI | Import, purchase, transport Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance, insurance and reinsurance | Originate in, or exported from, Belarus | Execution, until 4 June 2022, of contracts concluded before 2 March 2022 | Art. 1p | |
| Iron and steel products Exact list in Annex XII | Import, purchase, transport Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance, insurance and reinsurance | Originate in, or exported from, Belarus | Execution, until 4 June 2022, of contracts concluded before 2 March 2022 | Art. 1q | |
| Rubber products Exact list in Annex XIII | Import, purchase, transport Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance, insurance and reinsurance | Originate in, or exported from, Belarus | Execution, until 4 June 2022, of contracts concluded before 2 March 2022 | Art. 1r | |
| Machinery Exact list in Annexe XIV | Sale, supply, transfer, export Technical assistance, brokering services, financing financial assistance, insurance and reinsurance | Any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus | - Humanitarian purposes - Medical or pharmaceutical purposes - Temporay export of items for use by news media - Software updates - Consumer communication devices - Cyber-security and information seciruty for natural and legal persons in Belarus (except Belarus State and public undertakings) - personal use; - execution, until 4 June 2022, of contracts concluded before 2 March 2022 | Art. 1s | |
| Public financing or financial assistance for trade with, or investment in, Belarus | Provision of such financing or assistance | - Commitments established prior to 10 March 2022; - SME established in the Union for a maximum amount of 10 million euros per project; - trade in food, and for agricultural, medical or humanitarian purposes. | Art. 1t | ||
| Deposits exceeding EUR 100,000 | Accept such deposits | Belarus nationals or natural persons residing in Belarus, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Belarus | - Nationals of, or persons having a temporary or permanent resident in, a Member State, a country member of the EEA or Switzerland; - deposits necessary for non-prohibited cross-border trade in goods and services between the Union and Belarus. | - satisfy the basis needs of the targeted persons; - reasonable legal fees; - extraordinary expanses; - official purposes of a diplomatic mission or consular post or international organisation; - humanitarian purposes; - civil society activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Belarus. | Art. 1u to 1w |
| Transferable securities issued after 12 April 2022 | Services as defined in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 | Belarus nationals or natural persons residing in Belarus, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Belarus | Nationals of, or persons having a temporary or permanent resident in, a Member State | Art. 1x | |
| Euro denominated transferable securities issued after 12 April 2022 | Sale | Belarus nationals or natural persons residing in Belarus, or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Belarus | Nationals of, or persons having a temporary or permanent resident in, a Member State | Art. 1y | |
| Euro denominated banknotes | Sale, supply, transfer or export | Belarus or to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus | - personal use of natural persons travelling to Belarus; - official purposes of diplomatic missions, consular posts or international organisations. | Art. 1za | |
| Financial messaging services | Supply of such services (date depending on the type of entity, specified in Annex XV) | - Entities listed in Annex XV; - any entity established in Belarus held for more than 50% by such entities. | Art. 1zb | ||
| Prohibition to land in, take off or overfly the territory of the Union | Belarussian air carriers | Emergency landing or emergency overflight | Humanitarian purposes of any other purposes consistent with the objectives of the Regulation | Art. 8b and 8c | |
| Claims in connection with any contract or transaction affected by the measures imposed under the Regulation | Satisfy such claims | - Personnes listed in the Regulation (trade sanctions and asset freeze); - any other Belarussian person, entity or body; - person acting through them or on their behalf | Art. 8d |
The consolidated Regulation can be found here.