Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/3187 of 16 December 2024 amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine

‘12 Actions by a central securities depository carried out in good faith pursuant to paragraphs (4) to (11) on the basis that such actions are in accordance with this Decision shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of that depository, or of its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the action was a result of negligence.’

‘3a By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, transactions which are strictly necessary for the divestment and withdrawal by 31 December 2025, by the entities referred to in paragraph 1 or their subsidiaries in the Union from a legal person, entity or body established in the Union.’

‘6 As of 5 February 2023, and by way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities of Croatia may authorise until 31 December 2025 the purchase, import or transfer of vacuum gas oil falling under CN code 2710 19 71 originating in Russia or exported from Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:’

‘1 By way of derogation from Articles 3, 3a, 4, 4c, 4d, 4g, 4j and 4m, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply or transfer of goods and technologies listed in Annexes II, VII, X, XI, XVI, XVIII, XX and XXIII to Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 and in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 as well as the sale, licensing or transfer in any other way of intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as granting 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 mentioned above until 31 December 2025, where such sale, supply, transfer, licensing, granting rights to access or re-use is strictly necessary for the divestment from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:’

‘1a By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply or transfer of goods and technologies listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 until 31 December 2025, where such sale, supply or transfer is strictly necessary for the divestment from a joint venture incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State before 24 February 2022, involving a Russian legal person, entity or body, and operating a gas pipeline infrastructure between Russia and third countries.’

‘2 By way of derogation from Articles 4i and 4k, the competent authorities may authorise the import or transfer of goods listed in Annexes XVII and XXI to Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 until 31 December 2025, where such import or transfer is strictly necessary for the divestment from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:’

‘2a By way of derogation from Article 1k, the competent authorities may authorise the continuation of the provision of services listed therein until 31 December 2025 where such provision of services is strictly necessary for the divestment from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:’

‘4 By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities, based on a specific and case-by-case assessment, may authorise, until 31 December 2025, the satisfaction of a claim made by one of the persons, entities and bodies indicated in paragraph 1, point (b), under such conditions as the competent authorities deem appropriate and after having determined that the satisfaction of the claim is strictly necessary for the divestment from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia.’

1 No injunction, order, relief, judgment or other court decision pursuant to or derived from Article 248 of the Arbitration Procedure Code of the Russian Federation or equivalent Russian legislation shall be recognised, given effect or enforced in a Member State.

2 No request for assistance during an investigation or other criminal proceedings, and no punishment or other sanction pursuant to the Russian Criminal Code, based on an alleged violation of an injunction, order, relief, judgment or other court decision pursuant or derived from Article 248 of the Arbitration Procedure Code of the Russian Federation or equivalent Russian legislation shall be recognised, given effect or enforced in a Member State.’.

Annexes IV and XVI to Decision 2014/512/CFSP are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.