The corrigendum amended entry 273 found on page 6, in the Annex, in the column ‘Names’.
Council Regulation (EU) 2025/392 took all the measures and amendments in Decision (CFSP) 2025/391 in order to amend Regulation (EC) No 765/2006. The amendments and measures:
- strengthen the prohibition on the export of dual-use goods and technology listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), and of goods and technology which might contribute to the technological enhancement of Belarus’s defence and security sector, as listed in Annex Va to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, to entities on the list of legal persons, entities or bodies in Annex II to Decision 2012/642/CFSP.
- expand the list of items which might contribute to Belarus’s military and technological enhancement or to the development of its defence and security sector by listing items which have been used by Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine and items which contribute to the development or production of Belarus’s military systems, including chemical precursors to riot control agents, software related to computer numerical control (CNC) machines, chromium ores and compounds and controllers used to guide unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
- impose further restrictions on exports of goods which could contribute to the enhancement of Belarusian industrial capacities, such as chemical elements, pyrotechnic articles and combustible materials.
- further extend the list of goods and technology subject to the prohibition on transit via the territory of Belarus of machinery and of goods which could contribute, in particular, to the enhancement of Belarusian industrial capacities.
- establish derogations for the provision of certain goods and machinery necessary for civilian non-publicly available electronic communications networks.
- introduce further restrictions on the import of primary aluminium, which allows Belarus to diversify its sources of revenue, thereby enabling its involvement in the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
- impose a restriction on the sale, supply, transfer, export or provision of software related to oil and gas exploration in order to further restrict the oil and gas exploration and production capacities of Belarus and minimise the risk of circumvention of restrictive measures via the territory of Belarus.
- introduce a prohibition on the provision of construction services, including civil engineering works.
- clarify that the sale, license or transfer in any other way of intellectual property rights or trade secrets related to that software is prohibited.
- introduce a derogation from the prohibition on the provision of construction, architectural and engineering services, legal advisory services and IT consultancy services where those services are strictly necessary for the functioning of a consular or diplomatic representation of Belarus located in a Member State.
- expand the scope of the prohibition on accepting deposits to include those from legal persons, entities or bodies established in third countries and majority-owned by Belarusian nationals or natural persons residing in Belarus. Additionally, it subjects the acceptance of deposits for non-prohibited cross-border trade to a prior authorisation by the national competent authorities.
- prohibit the provision of crypto-asset wallet, account or custody services to Belarusian persons and residents and, in order to limit circumvention of this prohibition, it includes a prohibition on Belarusian nationals or natural persons residing in Belarus owning or controlling, or holding any posts on the governing bodies of, the legal persons, entities or bodies providing such services.
- introduce an exemption from the prohibition on the sale, supply, transfer or export of banknotes denominated in any official currency of a Member State to or for use in Belarus, where it is necessary for use in civil society and media activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Belarus, under certain conditions.
- amend the prohibition on the transport of goods by road within the territory of the Union, including in transit, by operators that are owned for 25 % or more by a Belarusian natural or legal person. Entities established in the Union before 8 April 2022 and already operating as road transport undertakings should be prohibited from making any changes to their capital structure that would increase the percentage share owned by a Belarusian natural or legal person, entity or body, unless that percentage share remains below 25 % following such a change.
- introduce an additional designation criterion which applies to those forming part of, supporting, materially or financially, or benefiting from the military and industrial complex of Belarus.
- introduce a derogation allowing the release of funds that were frozen due to the involvement of a listed intermediary bank in their transfer, under the conditions that the transfer is between two non-listed natural or legal persons, entities or bodies and is carried out using accounts at non-listed credit institutions. Decision (CFSP) 2025/391 also introduces a derogation allowing the release of funds that were frozen due to the involvement of a listed issuing bank in their transfer under the condition that the transfer is between two non-listed natural or legal persons, entities or bodies.
- To help combat the re-exportation of certain goods, pursuant to Decision (CFSP) 2025/391, Union operators that are selling, supplying, transferring or exporting such goods to third countries, other than countries listed in Annex Vba to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, are required to implement due diligence mechanisms capable of identifying and assessing the risks of such re-exportation to Belarus and mitigating such risks. Moreover, pursuant to Decision (CFSP) 2025/391, Union operators are required to ensure that legal persons, entities and bodies established outside the Union that they own or control also implement those requirements.
- make certain amendments to the exemptions and derogations from the prohibition on the export of dual-use goods and advanced technologies.
- reference to transition periods which have expired and other references that are not necessary for compliance with certain provisions of Decision 2012/642/CFSP are deleted.
The statements of reasons in Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/386 relating to 10 natural and two legal persons included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 were amended.