25 February 2023

The Council of the European Union adopted the following additional measures

• Additional listings: The EU has added about 120 individuals and entities to our sanction list, including Russian decision-makers, senior government officials and military leaders complicit in the war against Ukraine, as well as proxy authorities installed by Russia in the occupied territories in Ukraine, among others...
• Additional EU export bans: New export restrictions have been introduced on sensitive dual-use and advanced technologies that contribute to Russia's military capabilities and technological enhancement, based on information received from Ukraine, our Member States and our partners. This includes additional electronic components used in Russian weapons systems (drones, missiles, helicopters, other vehicles), as well as bans on specific rare earths and thermal cameras with military applications. Moreover, we are also listing 96 additional entities associated to Russia's military-industrial complex, bringing the total of military end-users that are listed to 506. This also includes, for the first time, seven Iranian entities that have been using EU components and providing Russia with military "Shahed" drones to attack civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. Importantly, we are working in close coordination with partners, and are adding Australia, Canada and New Zealand and Norway to the list of our partner countries.
  
  Additional export bans are now also imposed on goods that can be easily redirected to be used to support the Russian war effort including
  • vehicles: heavy trucks not yet banned (and their spare parts), semi-trailers, and special vehicles such as snowmobiles
  • goods easily directed to the Russian military: including electric generators, binoculars, radars, compass, etc
  • construction goods such as bridges, structures for buildings tower-like, fork-lifts trucks, cranes, etc.
  • goods that are critical for the functioning and enhancement of Russian industrial capacity (electronics, machine parts, pumps, machinery for working metals, etc.)
  • complete industrial plants: this category has been added to avoid loopholes
  • goods used in the aviation industry (turbojets)...
• Additional imports bans into the EU: Today's package imposes import bans on the following Russian high-revenue goods
  • bitumen and related materials like asphalt
  • synthetic rubber and carbon blacks...
• Financial sector: Three Russian banks have been added to the list of entities subject to the asset freeze and the prohibition to make funds and economic resources available.
• Other measures include the following...
  • prohibition on Russian nationals and entities to book gas storage capacity in the Union (LNG excluded)
  • measures to facilitate the divestment from Russia by EU operators
    A third country shipping company, suspected of helping Russia circumvent sanctions on oil exports, has also been listed.
• Enforcement and anti-circumvention measures: Today's package imposes new reporting obligations on Russian Central Bank assets. This is especially important regarding the possible use of public Russian assets to fund the reconstruction of Ukraine after Russia is defeated...