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1. By way of derogation from Articles 2, 2a, 3, 3b, 3c, 3f, 3h and 3k, 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 this Regulation 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:

(a) the goods and technologies are owned by a national of a Member State or by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or by 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; and (b) the competent authorities deciding on requests for authorisations have no reasonable grounds to believe that the goods might be for a military end-user or have a military end-use in Russia; and (c) the concerned goods and technologies were physically located in Russia before the relevant prohibitions in Articles 2, 2a, 3, 3b, 3c, 3f, 3h or 3k entered into force in respect of those goods and technologies.

2. By way of derogation from Articles 3g and 3i, the competent authorities may authorise the import or transfer of goods listed in Annexes XVII and XXI 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:

(a) the goods are owned by a national of a Member State or by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or by 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; and (b) the concerned goods were physically located in Russia before the relevant prohibitions in Articles 3g and 3i entered into force in respect of those goods.

2a. By way of derogation from Article 5n, 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:

(a) such services are provided to and for the exclusive benefit of the legal persons, entities or bodies resulting from the divestment; and (b) the competent authorities deciding on requests for authorisations have no reasonable grounds to believe that the services might be provided, directly or indirectly, to the Government of Russia or a military end-user or have a military end-use in Russia.

2b. By way of derogation from Article 5n(2), the competent authorities may authorise the provision, until 31 March 2024, of legal advisory services which are legally required for the completion of a sale or transfer of proprietary rights directly or indirectly owned by legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia in a legal person, entity or body established in the Union.

3. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 1, 1a, 2, 2a or 2b within two weeks of the authorisation.

4. All authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 with respect to goods and technologies listed in Annex VII as well as in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 shall be issued by electronic means, whenever possible, on forms containing at least all the elements of, and in the order provided for in, the model C set out in Annex IX.

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 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.