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1. It shall be prohibited to engage in any transaction, directly or indirectly, with ports and locks listed in Part A of Annex XLVII. Part A of Annex XLVII shall include ports and locks in Russia that are used:

(a) for the transfer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or missiles, related technologies or components thereof in support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

(b) for the transport of goods and technology used in the defence and security sector, from or to Russia, for use in Russia or for Russia’s warfare in Ukraine;

(c) for the maritime transport of crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XXV, that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia by vessels practicing irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33);

(d) for the transport of goods originating in or exported from the Union, as listed in Annexes XI, XX and XXIII to this Regulation, or goods originating in Russia or exported from Russia and imported into the Union, as listed in Annex XXI to this Regulation, and thereby enabling Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine;

(e) in such a way as to facilitate or engage in the violation or circumvention or otherwise significantly frustrate the provisions of this Regulation or of Regulations (EU) No 269/2014, (EU) No 692/2014 or (EU) 2022/263.

2. It shall be prohibited to engage in any transaction, directly or indirectly, with airports listed in Part B of Annex XLVII. Part B of Annex XLVII shall include airports in Russia that are used:

(a) for the transfer of UAVs or missiles, related technologies or components thereof in support of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

(b) for the transport of goods and technology used in the defence and security sector, from or to Russia, for use in Russia or for Russia’s warfare in Ukraine;

(c) for the transport of goods originating in or exported from the Union listed in Annexes XI, XX and XXIII to this Regulation, or goods originating in Russia or exported from Russia and imported into the Union, as listed in Annex XXI to this Regulation, and thereby enabling Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine;

(d) in such a way as to facilitate or engage in the violation or circumvention or otherwise significantly frustrate the provisions of this Regulation or of Regulations (EU) No 269/2014, (EU) No 692/2014 or (EU) 2022/263.

3. Paragraph 1 shall not apply:

(a) in the case of a vessel in need of assistance seeking a place of refuge, of an emergency port call for reasons of maritime safety, or for saving life at sea, or for humanitarian purposes, or 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 as a response to natural disasters;

(b) to transactions which are strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of natural gas, titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore from or through Russia into the Union, a country member of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the Western Balkans;

(c) unless prohibited under Article 3m or 3n, to transactions which are strictly necessary for the direct or indirect purchase, import or transport of oil, including refined petroleum products, from or through Russia;

(d) to transactions which are necessary for the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Regulation;

(e) to transactions for the purchase, import or transfer of seaborne crude oil and of petroleum products listed in Annex XXV where those goods originate in a third country and are only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian.

(f) to transactions necessary for 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;

(g) to transactions for the purchase, import or transfer of coal falling under CN code 2701 where it originates in a third country and is only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian.

4. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to transactions which are strictly necessary for:

(a) humanitarian purposes, the evacuation or repatriation of persons, or initiatives providing support to victims of natural, nuclear or chemical disasters;

(b) the operation of flights required for attending meetings with the objective of seeking a solution to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine or of promoting the policy objectives of the restrictive measures;

(c) an emergency landing, take-off or overflight;

(d) travel for official purposes of members of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States or partner countries in Russia or of international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law;

(e) travel, for personal reasons, of natural persons to and from Russia or of members of their immediate families travelling with them;

(f) the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Regulation.

(g) 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.

5. Operators shall inform the competent authority of the Member State where they are incorporated or under whose law they are constituted of any transaction concluded pursuant to paragraph 3 or 4 within 2 weeks of its conclusion. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any information received pursuant to this paragraph within 2 weeks of its receipt.