Sanctions imposed The following is prohibited: - The import into the Union of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol. - Export in goods and technology for use in the sectors of transport, telecommunications, energy, or the prospection, exploration and production of oil, gas and mineral resources. - Providing, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance, as well as insurance and reinsurance related to the import into the Union of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol. - New investment in the sectors of transport, telecommunications, energy, and exploitation of natural resources; export of key equipment and technologies related to the those sectors. - Foreign investment. - The provision of services directly related to the investment ban, and to tourism activities. - The provision of services in telecommunications and energy sector and concerning the exploitation of oil, gas and minerals. |
Council Decision Council Decision 2014/386/CFSP of 23 June 2014 concerning restrictions on goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol, in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.183.01.0009.01.ENG Amendments: Council Decision 2014/933/CFSP of 18 December 2014 amending Decision 2014/386/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.365.01.0152.01.ENG |
Council Regulation Council Regulation(EU) No 1351/2014 of 18 December 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.365.01.0046.01.ENG Corrigendum: Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 of 23 June 2014 concerning restrictions on the import into the Union of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol, in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol ( OJ L 183, 24.6.2014 ) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.197.01.0087.01.ENG Amendments:Council Regulation (EU) No 825/2014 of 30 July 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 concerning restrictions on the import into the Union of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol, in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.226.01.0002.01.ENG Amendments: Council Regulation (EU) No 1351/2014 of 18 December 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.365.01.0046.01.ENG |
The EU sanctions are targeted only against the import of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol, and without a certificate of origin issued by the Government of Ukraine.
The prohibition on the import of goods shall be without prejudice to the execution before 26 September 2014 of an obligation arising from a contract concluded before 25 July 2014, or the conclusion and execution before 26 September 2014 of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such a contract.
Restrictions of financial nature (financing, financial assistance, insurance, reinsurance) have also been imposed in relation to the import into the EU of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol.
In accordance with amendments adopted on 31 July 2014, a ban has been imposed on new investment related to infrastructure in the sectors of transport, telecommunications and energy and the exploitation of natural resources in Crimea and Sevastopol, and an export ban on key equipment and technology related to those sectors.
This review has been prepared for information purposes. All publications of the EU legislation are available in the Official Journal of the European Union http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOIndex.do?ihmlang=en
For further information on restrictive measures see the website of the European External Action Service at http://eeas.europa.eu/cfsp/sanctions/index_en.htm.