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1. It shall be prohibited to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the measures referred to in Articles 2 and 3.

2. Natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I or Annex Ia shall:

(a) report before 9 January 2023 or within 6 weeks from the date of listing in Annex I, whichever is the latest, funds or economic resources within the jurisdiction of a Member State belonging to, owned, held or controlled by them, to the competent authority of the Member State where those funds or economic resources are located;

(aa) report before 9 September 2023 or within 6 weeks from the date of listing in Annex Ia, whichever is the latest, funds or economic resources within the jurisdiction of a Member State belonging to, owned, held or controlled by them, to the competent authority of the Member State where those funds or economic resources are located; and (b) cooperate with the competent authority in any verification of such information.

3. Failure to comply with paragraph 2 shall be considered as participation, as referred to in paragraph 1, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the measures referred to in Article 2.

4. The Member State concerned shall inform the Commission within 2 weeks of the information received pursuant to paragraph 2, points (a) and (aa).

5. The obligation in paragraph 2, point (a) shall not apply until 1 January 2023 with regard to funds or economic resources located in a Member State that had laid down a similar reporting obligation under national law before 28 November 2022.

5a. The obligation in paragraph 2, point (aa), shall not apply until 2 September 2023 with regard to funds or economic resources located in a Member State that had laid down a similar reporting obligation under national law before 1 August 2023.

6. Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

7. Any processing of personal data shall be carried out in accordance with this Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council and only in so far as necessary for the application of this Regulation.