Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus

Article 1

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

• 1. ‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every kind, including but not limited to:
• (a) cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;
• (b) deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;
• (c) publicly- and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;
• (d) interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;
• (e) credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;
• (f) letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;
• (g) documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources.

• 1. ‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the use of the funds, including portfolio management.

• 1. ‘economic resources’ means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds but can be used to obtain funds, goods or services.

• 1. ‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them.

• 1. ‘territory of the Community’ means the territories of the Member States, including their airspace, to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty.

• 1. ‘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.

• 1. ‘belarusian air carrier’ means an air transport undertaking holding a valid operating licence or equivalent issued by the competent authorities of Belarus;

• 1. ‘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 ([^E0001]);

• 1. ‘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.

• 1. ‘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.

• 1. ‘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;

• 1. ‘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;

• 1. ‘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;

• 1. ‘public corporation’ means an undertaking, other than a credit institution, established in Belarus with over 50 % public ownership, or under public control, as of 1 June 2021;

• 1. ‘claim’ means any claim, whether asserted by legal proceedings or not, made before, on or after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, under or in connection with a contract or transaction, and includes in particular:
• (i) a claim for performance of any obligation arising under or in connection with a contract or transaction;
• (ii) a claim for extension or payment of a bond, financial guarantee or indemnity of whatever form;
• (iii) a claim for compensation in respect of a contract or transaction;
• (iv) a counterclaim;
• (v) a claim for the recognition or enforcement, including by the procedure of exequatur, of a judgment, an arbitration award or an equivalent decision, wherever made or given;

• 1. ‘contract or transaction’ means any transaction of whatever form and whatever the applicable law, whether comprising one or more contracts or similar obligations made between the same or different parties; for this purpose, ‘contract’ includes a bond, guarantee or indemnity, in particular a financial guarantee or financial indemnity, and credit, whether legally independent or not, as well as any related provision arising under, or in connection with, the transaction;

• 1. ‘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, does not constitute financing or financial assistance;

• 1. ‘partner country’ means a country applying a set of export control measures substantially equivalent to those set out in this Regulation, as listed in Annex Vb;

• 1. ‘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 those devices;

• 1. ‘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 ([^E0002]);

• 1. ‘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 ([^E0003]), 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;

• 1. ‘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;

• 1. ‘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;

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

• 1. ‘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;

• 1. ‘competent authorities’ means the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex II;

• 1. ‘energy sector’ means a sector covering the following activities with the exception of civil nuclear related activities:
• (i) the exploration, production, distribution within Belarus 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 Belarus 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;

• 1. ‘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 ([^E0004]);

• 1. ‘payment services’ means services as defined in Article 4, point (3), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council ([^E0005]);

• 1. ‘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 ([^E0006]);

• 1. ‘services directly related to tourism activities’ means the following services:
• (a) 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;
• (b) tourist guide services;
• (c) advertising services related to the services referred to in points (a) and (b).

Article 1a

• (a) to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex III, whether or not originating in the Union, to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (b) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions referred to in point (a).

Article 1aa

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

• (b) the execution of contracts concluded before 20 July 2025, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

Article 1ab

• (a) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian purposes or protective use or for institution building programmes of the UN and the Union, or for EU or UN crisis management operations; or

• (b) non-combat vehicles fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for the protective use of personnel of the Union and its Member States in Belarus,

provided that the provision thereof has first been approved by the competent authority of a Member State, as identified on the websites listed in Annex II.

Article 1b

• (a) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services or other services related 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 Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (b) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex III, to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (c) to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List or in Annex III, or the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (d) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions referred to in points (a) to (c).

• (a) non-lethal military equipment, or equipment which might be used for internal repression, intended solely for humanitarian purposes or protective use or for institution building programmes of the UN and the Union, or for EU or UN crisis management operations; or

• (b) non-combat vehicles fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for the protective use of personnel of the Union and its Member States in Belarus,

provided that the provision thereof has first been approved by the competent authority of a Member State, as identified on the websites listed in Annex II.

Article 1ba

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

• (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 Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (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 Belarus, or for use in Belarus; or

• (c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to 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 Belarus or for use in Belarus.

Article 1bb

3d. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 3 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods falling under CN codes 6902 and 6909 19, as listed in Annex XVIII, that is necessary for the execution until 25 April 2026 of contracts concluded before 24 October 2025, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

3e. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 3 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods falling under CN codes 2931, 2932, 4001, 4015, 4016, 6805, 7318, 7325, 8209 and 8311, as listed in Annex XVIII, that is necessary for the execution until 25 July 2026 of contracts concluded before 24 April 2026, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

• (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 Belarus; 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.

• (a) goods falling under CN code 8417 20 ;

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

• (c) goods falling under CN code 8414 60 ;

• (d) goods falling under CN 3916 20 when strictly necessary for the sale of PVC flooring.

14a. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 3, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods falling under CN codes 8517 62 and 8523 52, 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 related technical or financial assistance are intended for civilian electronic communications networks.

14b. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities may authorise the transit via the territory of Belarus of goods and technology falling under CN code 3403 19 80 as listed in Annex XIX exported from Hungary, after having determined that such goods or technology are destined for Azerbaijan.

Article 1c

Article 1d

• (a) provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or brokering services related to the equipment, technology and software identified in Annex IV, or related to the installation, provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of the equipment and technology identified in Annex IV or to the provision, installation, operation or updating of any software identified in Annex IV, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (b) provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the equipment, technology and software identified in Annex IV to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (c) provide any telecommunication or internet monitoring or interception services of any kind to, or for the direct or indirect benefit of, the Belarusian Government, public bodies, corporations and agencies or any natural or legal person or entity acting on their behalf or at their direction.

Article 1e

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

• (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 Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (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 Belarus, or for use in Belarus; or

• (c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to 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 Belarus or for use in Belarus.

• (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 XXX 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 Belarus 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 Belarus 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.

• (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 Belarus 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 XXX 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 Belarus 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.

• (i) the end-user might be a military end-user, a natural or legal person, entity or body in Annex V, 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 Article 1fa(1b), point (a); or

• (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.

Article 1f

1a. The transit via the territory of Belarus of goods and technology which might contribute to Belarus’s military and technological enhancement or to the development of its defence and security sector, as listed in Annex Va, 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 Belarus’s military and technological enhancement, or the development of the defence and security sector, as listed in Annex Va to this Regulation, to any third country other than Belarus, 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 Belarus, or for use in Belarus.

• (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 Belarus, or for use in Belarus;

• (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 Belarus or for use in Belarus; or

• (c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to 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 Belarus or for use in Belarus.

• (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 XXX 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 Belarus of the relevant exemption

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

• (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 Belarus 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;

• (j) software updates;

• (k) use as consumer communication devices; or

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

4b. By way of derogation from paragraph 1a, the competent authorities may authorise the transit via the territory of Belarus of goods and technology which might contribute to Belarus’s military and technological enhancement or to the development of its defence and security sector, as listed in Annex Va, 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.

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.

• (i) the end-user might be a military end-user, a natural or legal person, entity or body in Annex V, 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 Article 1fa(1b), point (a); or

• (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.

Article 1fa

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 V;

• (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 V; or

• (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 V.

1b. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 1a, 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 Va, 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 3 March 2022, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such a contract, provided that the authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022.

Article 1fb

Article 1fc

The competent authorities shall exchange information on the enforcement of Articles 1e, 1f and 1fa with the other Member States and the Commission, including on related infringements and penalties, as well as best practices of national enforcement authorities and the detection and prosecution of unauthorised exports. The exchange of information shall be carried out using the electronic system provided for in Article 23(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/821.

3a. When a Member State grants an authorisation in accordance with Articles 1e(4)(d), 1f(4)(d) or 1fd(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 2 weeks of the authorisation.

Article 1fd

• (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 Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (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 Belarus or for use in Belarus; or

• (c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to 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 Belarus or for use in Belarus.

Article 1g

1a. It shall be prohibited 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 paragraph 1

Article 1ga

• (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 Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (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 Belarus or for use in Belarus; or

• (c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to 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 Belarus or for use in Belarus.

Article 1gb

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

• (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 Belarus or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Belarus, 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 Belarus or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Belarus; or

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

• (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 1h, from or through Belarus into the Union; or

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

Article 1gc

• (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 Belarus or for use in Belarus;

• (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 Belarus or for use in Belarus; or

• (c) sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to 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 Belarus or for use in Belarus.

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.

Article 1gd

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

• (b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the sale, supply, transfer, export or provision of software referred to in paragraph 1, 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 Belarus, or for use in Belarus; or

• (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 sale, supply, transfer, export or provision of software referred to in paragraph 1, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus.

Article 1h

Article 1i

1a. It shall be prohibited 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 paragraph 1.

Article 1j

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 29 June 2021 by:

• (a) the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies;

• (b) a major credit institution established in Belarus with over 50 % public ownership, or under public control, as of 1 June 2021, as listed in Annex IX;

• (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 referred to in point (a) or (b) of this Article; or

• (d) a natural or 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 Article.

Article 1ja

Article 1jb

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

Article 1jc

• (a) the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or

• (b) any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.

• (a) the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or

• (b) any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.

• (a) the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or

• (b) any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.

• (a) the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or

• (b) any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.

4a. It shall be prohibited, as of 25 November 2025, to provide, directly or indirectly, commercial space-based services consisting of Earth observation or satellite navigation, artificial intelligence (AI) services consisting of access to models or to platforms for their training, fine-tuning and inference, or high-performance computing, including access to graphic processing unit accelerated computing, or quantum computing services to:

• (a) the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or

• (b) any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.

4b. It shall be prohibited, as of 25 May 2026, to provide, directly or indirectly, managed security services to:

• (a) the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or

• (b) any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.

4c. It shall be prohibited to provide services directly related to tourism activities in Belarus.

• (a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the services and software referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4b, directly or indirectly, to the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies or to any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of such a legal person, entity or body;

• (b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the services and software referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4b, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly, to the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies or to any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of such a legal person, entity or body; or

• (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 4 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of that software, directly or indirectly, to the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies or to any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of such a legal person, entity or body.

5a. A prior authorisation shall be required for the provision, directly or indirectly, of any service not covered by paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b or 4c, to the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies. The competent authorities may authorise, based on a specific and case-by-case assessment, the provision of such services, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that this is consistent with the objectives of this Regulation.

5b. Paragraph 5a shall not apply to the provision, directly or indirectly, of services not covered by paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b or 4c to a consular or diplomatic representation of Belarus located in a Member State, where those services are strictly necessary for the functioning of that representation.