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1. This Regulation shall apply to goods, services and persons, including workers, within the internal market.

2. This Regulation shall not apply to the following:

(a) medicinal products as defined in Article 1, point (2), of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ;

(b) medical devices as defined in Article 2, point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2022/123;

(c) other medical countermeasures as referred to in Article 3, point (10), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 and included in the list established in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2372;

(d) semiconductors as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council ;

(e) energy products within the meaning of Article 2, paragraph 1, of Council Directive 2003/96/EC , electricity within the meaning of Article 2, paragraph 2, of that Directive and other products as referred to in Article 2, paragraph 3, of that Directive;

(f) financial services, such as banking, credit, insurance and re-insurance, occupational or personal pensions, securities, investment funds, payment and investment advice, including the services and activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council , as well as settlement and clearing activities and advisory, intermediation and other auxiliary financial services;

(g) defence-related products as defined in Article 3, point 1, of Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council or as defined by the national law of Member States in compliance with Union law.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, points (a), (b) and (c), of this Article, Articles 20 to 23 and Article 44 of this Regulation shall apply to the products referred to in those points.

4. This Regulation is without prejudice to other legal acts of the Union laying down specific rules on crisis response or crisis management, such as:

(a) Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union Civil Protection Mechanism;

(b) the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) 2015/479 relating to the Commission’s power to assess whether it is appropriate to impose restrictions to exports of goods in line with the international rights and obligations of the Union;

(c) Regulations (EU) 2022/2371 and (EU) 2022/2372 relating to the EU Health Security Framework;

(d) Decision 2014/415/EU establishing the Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR) arrangements, including the political coordination role of the IPCR, and Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1993 laying down rules on the operation of those arrangements.

5. This Regulation is without prejudice to Union competition rules, including antitrust, merger and State aid rules.

6. This Regulation is without prejudice to the responsibility of the Member States to safeguard national security or their power to safeguard essential state functions, including ensuring the territorial integrity of the State and maintaining law and order. In particular, national security remains the sole responsibility of each Member State.

7. This Regulation shall not affect the exercise of fundamental rights, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’). In particular, this Regulation shall not affect the right to strike or the right to take other action covered by the specific industrial relations systems in Member States, in accordance with national law and practice. It also shall not affect the right to negotiate, conclude and enforce collective agreements, or to take collective action in accordance with national law and practice.