Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 was amended to adopt Decision (CFSP) 2026/508, by which it:
- Adds 60 entities (including some in third countries) linked to Russia’s military-industrial complex and subjects them to tighter export restrictions on dual-use and sensitive technologies.
- Expands the list of restricted goods to include items such as CNC machine tools, microelectronics, UAV components, lubricants and energetic materials.
- Introduces further import restrictions on goods generating significant revenue for Russia, including metals, minerals, chemicals, rubber and furs.
- Strengthens anti-circumvention measures by extending transit bans, targeting third-country intermediaries, and identifying jurisdictions with high circumvention risk such as the Kyrgyz Republic.
- Imposes additional export restrictions on goods that could enhance Russian industrial capacity, including steel products, tools and industrial machinery.
- Extends broadcasting prohibitions to cover entities that replicate or mirror already banned content.
- Prohibits the provision of LNG terminal services to Russian entities, with existing contracts to terminate by 1 January 2027.
- Amends the oil price cap framework and provides for the possibility of a full ban on maritime services related to Russian oil.
- Adds 20 financial institutions to the transaction ban list while removing 5 entities that have ceased circumvention activities.
- Prohibits transactions involving the digital rouble and restricts engagement with Russian crypto-asset service providers and certain crypto-assets.
- Requires importers of polished diamonds to provide due diligence confirming that the diamonds are not of Russian origin.
- Enables transaction bans on Russian companies benefiting from the so-called “temporary management” of foreign-owned assets.
- Expands restrictions on services that could enhance Russia’s technological capabilities, including managed security services.
- Prohibits the acceptance of Russian funding by EU research bodies, universities, NGOs and companies involved in research and innovation.
- Strengthens legal protections by allowing EU operators to claim damages and counter actions brought under Russian jurisdiction, and expands the prohibition on satisfying related claims.
- Tightens rules on the sale of tanker vessels and introduces due diligence requirements to prevent their use in the shadow fleet.
- Introduces additional restrictions on vessels supporting Russia’s energy exports, including icebreakers and LNG tankers, while allowing limited derogations for vessel recycling.
- Targets Russian entities using EU intellectual property without consent by enabling transaction bans.
- Updates rules on travel notifications for Russian diplomats and strengthens reporting obligations on suspected circumvention activities.
- Lists specific ports and facilities, including in third countries, that are used to circumvent the oil price cap.