Council Regulation (EU) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 L 134

Description

- freezing of funds and economic resources of listed persons, entities and bodies.
- the member States deny permission to land in, take off from or overfly their territories to any aircraft operated by Belarusian air carriers, including as a marketing carrier.
- trade restrictions concerning petroleum products, potassium chloride ('potash') and goods used for the production or manufacturing of tobacco products.
- restrictions on access to Union capital markets in relation to the Belarusian Government, as well as Belarusian state-owned financial institutions and entities.
- ban on provision of insurance and re-insurance to the Belarusian Government and Belarusian public bodies and agencies.
***added 2-March-2022
- Introducing further restrictions related to the trade of goods used for the production or manufacturing of tobacco products, mineral products, potassium chloride (“potash”) products, wood products, cement products, iron and steel products and rubber products.
- Prohibiting the export to Belarus or for use in Belarus of dual-use goods and technology, exports of goods and technology which might contribute to Belarus’s military, technological, defence and security development, and exports of machinery.
*** added 9-March-2022
- prohibiting the listing and provision of services in relation to shares of Belarusian state-owned entities on Union trading venues.
- introducing new measures which significantly limit the financial inflows from Belarus to the Union by prohibiting the acceptance of deposits exceeding certain values from Belarusian nationals or residents, the holding of accounts of Belarusian clients by the Union central securities depositories as well as the selling of euro-denominated securities to Belarusian clients.
- prohibiting transactions with the Central Bank of Belarus related to the management of reserves or assets, the provision of public financing for trade with and investment in Belarus, with limited exceptions, and the provision of euro denominated banknotes to Belarus or for use in Belarus.
- imposing further restrictive measures with regard to the provision of specialised financial messaging services to certain Belarusian credit institutions and their Belarusian subsidiaries, which are relevant for the Belarusian financial system and which are already the subject of restrictive measures imposed by the Union.
- adding obligations on the Network Manager for air traffic management network functions of the single European sky regarding overflight prohibitions and amending the provisions on non-circumvention.
*** added 8-April-2022
- prohibiting the sale to Belarus of transferable securities denominated in any official currency of a Member State.
- prohibiting the sale, supply, transfer or export to Belarus of banknotes denominated in any official currency of a Member State.
- prohibiting road transport undertakings established in Belarus from transporting goods by road within the territory of the European Union.
*** added 3-August-2022
- export ban on goods and technology suited for use in aviation and the space industry, including aircraft engines and their parts, for both manned and unmanned aircraft.
*** added 30-June-2024
- Export restrictions on goods which could contribute in particular to the enhancement of Belarusian industrial capacities.
- Prohibiting the transit via the territory of Belarus of dual-use goods and technology, goods and technology which might contribute to Belarus’s military and technological enhancement I18or to the development of its defence and security sector, goods which could contribute in particular to the enhancement of Belarusian industrial capacities, goods and technology suited for use in aviation or the space industry, and arms exported from the Union
- Restrictions on exports to Belarus, in particular concerning maritime navigation goods and technology and luxury goods.
- Prohibiting the direct or indirect import, purchase or transfer of diamonds from Belarus, which applies to diamonds originating in Belarus, diamonds exported from Belarus and diamonds transiting Belarus. That prohibition applies to non-industrial natural and synthetic diamonds as well as to diamond jewellery.
- Import ban on mineral products to include crude oil.
- Export ban on goods and technology suitable for use in oil refining and liquefaction of natural gas.
- Prohibiting the provision of certain services 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 their behalf or at their direction by prohibiting the provision of accounting services, auditing services, including statutory audit, bookkeeping services, tax consulting services, business and management consulting, and public relations services.
- Prohibiting the provision of architectural and engineering services as well as of IT consultancy services and legal advisory services to Belarus.
- Prohibiting the provision of certain services 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 their behalf or at their direction by banning the provision of advertising, market research and public opinion polling services, as well as product testing and technical inspection services.
- Import ban on goods which allow Belarus to diversify its sources of revenue, thereby enabling its involvement in the Russian aggression against Ukraine. That prohibition includes coal and other products.
- Prohibiting the direct or indirect import, purchase or transfer of gold. That prohibition applies to gold of Belarusian origin, exported from Belarus after the entry into force of this Regulation.
- Restrictive measures in various sectors, particularly in the energy and aviation sectors.
- Prohibiting the transport of goods by road in the Union by trailers and semi-trailers registered in Belarus, including when hauled by trucks registered outside of Belarus.
- Requiring that exporters contractually prohibit the re-exportation to Belarus or re-exportation for use in Belarus of sensitive goods and technology as listed in Annexes XVI, XVII, XXVIII and XXX, common high priority items, or firearms and ammunition as listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 258/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘no-Belarus clause’).
- Requiring Union operators that are selling, supplying, transferring or exporting common high priority items to third countries, other than the countries listed in Annex Vba, to implement due diligence mechanisms capable of identifying and assessing risks of exportation to Belarus and mitigating such risks. Moreover, requiring Union operators to ensure that legal persons, entities and bodies established outside the Union that they own or control also implement those requirements.
- Introducing a provision to enable Member State nationals and companies to obtain compensation from Belarusian individuals and entities that caused damages to them. That includes damage caused to the companies they own or control, in connection with a contract or a transaction the performance of which was affected by the measures imposed, provided that the Member State national or company concerned does not have effective access to remedies, for example under the relevant bilateral investment treaty. Compensation may be claimed before Member State courts in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union and Member State law regarding jurisdiction and court procedures in civil and commercial matters, including those concerning possible interim relief procedures.
- Requiring that Union operators undertake their best efforts to ensure that legal persons, entities and bodies established outside the Union that they own or control do not participate in activities that undermine the restrictive measures provided for. Such activities are those resulting in an effect that those restrictive measures seek to prevent, for example, that a recipient in Belarus obtains goods, technology, financing or services of a type that is subject to prohibitions.
- Where a natural or legal person voluntarily, completely and in due time discloses a violation of the restrictive measures, it should be possible for national competent authorities to take that self-disclosure into account when applying penalties, as appropriate, in accordance with national administrative law or with other relevant national law or rules.
*** added 24-February-2025
- restriction on the sale, supply, transfer, export or provision of software related to oil and gas exploration.
- prohibition on the provision of construction services, including civil engineering works.
- prohibition to sell, supply, transfer, export, or provide, directly or indirectly, software for the management of enterprises and software for industrial design and manufacture 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 their behalf or at their direction.
- prohibition on the provision of crypto-asset wallet, account or custody services to Belarusian persons and residents
- prohibition on Belarusian nationals or natural persons residing in Belarus owning or controlling, or holding any posts on the governing bodies of, the legal persons, entities or bodies providing such services.
- requirement to implement due diligence mechanisms capable of identifying and assessing the risks of such re-exportation to Belarus and mitigating such risks.
*** added 18-July-2025
- prohibition  on the procurement from Belarus of arms and related materiel of all types.