Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus

Article 1

• (a) provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the items referred to in paragraph 1 or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of such items, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Belarus;

• (b) provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the items referred to in paragraph 1, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of such items, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, Belarus;

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

Article 1a

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 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 1b

• (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.

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, 8311, as listed in Annex XVIII to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, 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 to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, exported from Hungary after having determined that such goods or technology are destined for Azerbaijan.

Article 2

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

• (b) sale, supply, transfer or export of non-combat vehicles which have been manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for protective use of personnel of the Union and its Member States in Belarus;

• (c) provision of technical assistance, brokering services and other services related to such equipment or to such programmes and operations;

• (d) provision of financing and financial assistance related to such equipment or to such programmes and operations,

on condition that such exports and assistance have been approved in advance by the relevant competent authority.

Article 2a

Article 2ab

Article 2b

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this paragraph within two weeks of the authorisation.

Article 2c

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 Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.

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 of 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  —————.

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;

• (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 Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.

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 II 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 2da(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 2d

1a. The transit via the territory of Belarus of goods and technology which might contribute to the military and technological enhancement of Belarus or to the development of its defence and security sector 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, 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 Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.

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 the military and technological enhancement of Belarus or to the development of its defence and security sector 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 Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.

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 the military and technological enhancement of Belarus or to the development of its defence and security sector 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 II, 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 1da(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 2da

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 II;

• (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 II; 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 II.

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 to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, 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 2db

• (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 2e

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 2ea

• (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 2eb

• (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 2f, 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 2ec

• (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 5 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 2ed

• (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 2f

Article 2g

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 2h

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 control as of 1 June 2021, as listed in Annex III;

• (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 points (a) and (b) of this Article;

• (d) a natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in points (a), (b) or (c) of this Article.

Article 2ha

Article 2hb

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 2hc

• (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.

The Union shall take the necessary measures in order to determine the relevant items covered by this paragraph.

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 Decision.

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.

10a. The prohibitions in paragraph 4 shall not apply to the provision of software with certain uses in the banking and financial sector as listed in Annex XXVI to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 that is necessary for the execution until 25 January 2026 of contracts concluded before 24 October 2025, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

10b. Paragraph 5a shall not apply to the execution until 1 January 2026 of contracts concluded before 24 October 2025, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such a contract.

10c. Paragraph 4c shall not apply to the execution until 25 June 2026 of contracts concluded before 24 April 2026, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

• (a) removes the control by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I over the assets of a non-listed legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State which is owned or controlled by the former; and

• (b) ensures that no further funds or economic resources accrue to the benefit of the listed natural or legal person, entity or body.

12a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities may authorise the provision of services referred to therein, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that those services are strictly necessary for the functioning of a consular or diplomatic representation of Belarus located in a Member State.

• (a) 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) civil society activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Belarus;

• (c) the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States or partner countries in Belarus, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Belarus enjoying immunities in accordance with international law;

• (d) ensuring critical energy supply within the Union and the purchase, import or transport into the Union of titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore;

• (e) ensuring the continuous operation of infrastructures, hardware and software which are critical for human health and safety, or the safety of the environment;

• (f) 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;

• (g) the provision of electronic communication services by Union telecommunication operators necessary for the operation, maintenance and security, including cybersecurity, of electronic communication services in Belarus, in Ukraine, in the Union, between Belarus and the Union, and between Ukraine and the Union, and for data centre services in the Union;

• (h) the exclusive use of legal persons, entities or bodies established in Belarus that are owned by, or solely or jointly controlled by, a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State, a member country of the European Economic Area, Switzerland or a partner country as listed in Annex IV; or

• (i) the ongoing construction of infrastructures up to 25 m in height necessary for civil energy supply and distribution to educational and healthcare facilities.

Article 2i

• (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 control as of 1 June 2021, as listed in Annex III;

• (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 points (a) and (b) of this paragraph;

• (d) a natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in points (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph.

• (a) the activities concerned are for the purpose of providing support for the Belarusian civilian population, such as humanitarian assistance, environmental projects, and nuclear safety or the loan or credit is necessary to comply with legal or regulatory minimum reserve or similar requirements to meet solvency and liquidity criteria for financial entities in Belarus which are majority-owned by financial institutions of the Union; and

• (b) the activities or the loan or credit concerned do not entail funds or economic resources being made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a person, entity or body referred to in Article 4.

When applying the conditions under points (a) and (b), the competent authority shall require adequate information as regards the use of the authorisation granted, including information concerning the purpose of, and the counterparts to, the activities concerned.

The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this Article within two weeks of the authorisation.

Article 2j

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

• (b) any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of a legal person, entity or body referred to in point (a).

Article 2k

It shall be prohibited to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent prohibitions in this Decision, including by participating in such activities without deliberately seeking that object or effect but being aware that the participation may have that object or effect and accepting that possibility.

Article 2l

In addition to the prohibitions set out in Article 2i, the following shall be prohibited:

• (a) any disbursement or payment by the European Investment Bank (EIB) under or in connection with any existing agreements entered into between the Republic of Belarus or any public authority thereof and the EIB;

• (b) the continuation by the EIB of any existing Technical Assistance Service Contracts relating to projects financed under the agreements referred to in point (a), and which are intended for the direct or indirect benefit of the Republic of Belarus or any public authority thereof to be performed in Belarus.

Article 2m

Member States shall take the necessary action to limit the involvement in Belarus of multilateral development banks of which they are members, in particular the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, including by voting against new loans or other forms of financing to the entities mentioned in Article 2i, except for those mentioned in paragraphs (2) and (3) thereof, and without affecting projects financing private sector support for small and medium enterprises.

Article 2n

• (a) designated natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I;

• (b) any natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in Articles 2h, 2i, 2j or 2y, or listed in Annex II, III or V;

• (c) any other Belarussian person, entity or body, including the Belarusian government;

• (d) any person, entity or body acting through or on behalf of one of the persons, entities or bodies referred to in points (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph;

• (e) a natural person of a third country who is not a Belarusian national and any legal person, entity or body established in a third country other than Belarus, with the exception of partner countries listed in Annex IVa to this Decision, selling, supplying, transferring or exporting goods, technology and services, the sale, supply, transfer or export of which is prohibited under this Decision, whether or not originating in the Union, to the persons, entities or bodies referred to in points (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this paragraph or for use in Belarus.