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    EU formally extends sanctions against Russia

    npsBy nps20 December 2016Updated:25 June 2024 No Comments2 Mins Read
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    EU formally extends sanctions against Russia

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    (BRUSSELS) – The European Union prolonged economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy by a further six months on Monday, continuing its response to the crisis in Ukraine.

    These measures were originally introduced on 31 July 2014, initially for one year as a response to Russia’s actions aimed at destabilising the situation in Ukraine.

    The sanctions, which were reinforced in September 2014, target the financial, energy and defence sectors, and the area of dual-use goods.

    On 19 March 2015, the European Council agreed to link the duration of the sanctions to the complete implementation of the Minsk agreements, which was foreseen to take place by 31 December 2015.

    Since the Minsk agreements were not fully implemented by 31 December 2015, the Council extended the sanctions until 31 July 2016, and on 1 July 2016, until 31 January 2017. Having assessed the implementation of the Minsk agreements at the European Council meeting of 15 December, the EU heads of state and government paved the way to renew the sanctions for a further six months, until 31 July 2017. The Council formalised this decision on 19 December 2016 by written procedure and as it is the rule for all decisions on prolongation of restrictive measures, unanimously.

    The economic sanctions prolonged by this decision notably:

    • limit access to EU primary and secondary capital markets for 5 major Russian majority state-owned financial institutions and their majority-owned subsidiaries established outside of the EU, as well as three major Russian energy and three defence companies
    • impose an export and import ban on trade in arms
    • establish an export ban for dual-use goods for military use or military end users in Russia
    • curtail Russian access to certain sensitive technologies and services that can be used for oil production and exploration

    In addition to these economic sanctions, several EU measures are also in place in response to the crisis in Ukraine including:

    • targeted individual restrictive measures, namely a visa ban and an asset freeze, currently against 152 people and 37 entities until 15 March 2017;
    • restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol, limited to the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol, currently in place until 23 June 2017.

    Overview of EU restrictive measures in response to the crisis in Ukraine

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