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1. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, accounting, auditing, including statutory audit, bookkeeping or tax consulting services, or business and management consulting or public relations services to:

(a) the Government of Russia; or (b) legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia.

2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, construction, architectural and engineering services, legal advisory services and IT consultancy services to:

(a) the Government of Russia; or (b) legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia.

2a. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, market research and public opinion polling services, technical testing and analysis services and advertising services to:

(a) the Government of Russia; or (b) legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia.

2b. It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer, export, or provide, directly or indirectly, software for the management of enterprises, software for industrial design and manufacture and software with certain uses in the banking and financial sector as listed in Annex XXXIX to:

(a) the Government of Russia; or (b) legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia.

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3a. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and services referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 2a and 2b for their provision, directly or indirectly, to the Government of Russia or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and services referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 2a and 2b for their provision, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly, to the Government of Russia or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia.

(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 2b and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of that software, directly or indirectly to the Government of Russia or to any legal person, entity or body established in Russia.

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10. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2, 2a, 2b and 3a, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer, export, or provision of the services referred to therein, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that this is necessary for:

(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 Russia;

(c) the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States or partner countries in Russia, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Russia 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 Russia, in Ukraine, in the Union, between Russia 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 Russia 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 country member of the European Economic Area, Switzerland or a partner country as listed in Annex VIII.

5. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the provision of services that are strictly necessary for the exercise of the right of defence in judicial proceedings and the right to an effective legal remedy.

6. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the provision of services which are strictly necessary to ensure access to judicial, administrative or arbitral proceedings in a Member State, as well as for the recognition or enforcement of a judgment or an arbitration award rendered in a Member State, provided that such provision of services is consistent with the objectives of this Regulation and Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.

————— 8. Paragraphs 2, 2a and 2b shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer, export, or provision of services necessary for public 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.

8a. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 2a shall not apply to the provision of services, by nationals of a Member State who are residents of Russia and were so before 24 February 2022, to the legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in point (h) of paragraph 10 who are their employers, provided that such services are intended for the exclusive use of those legal persons, entities or bodies.

————— 9a. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 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 setting-up, certification or evaluation of a firewall which:

(a) removes the control by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, 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.

9b. By way of derogation from paragraph 2b, 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 necessary for the contribution of Russian nationals to international open-source projects.

9c. 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 the Russian Federation located in a Member State.

10a. The prohibition in paragraph 2b shall not apply to the provision of software with certain uses in the banking and financial sector as listed in Annex XXXIX that is necessary for the execution until 30 September 2025 of contracts concluded before 20 July 2025, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.

11. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 9a, 9b, 9c and 10 within two weeks of the authorisation.