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1. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, goods which generate significant revenues for Russia thereby enabling its actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, as listed in Annex XXI into the Union if they originate in Russia or are exported from Russia.

2. It shall be prohibited to:

(a) provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibition in paragraph 1;

(b) provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any purchase, import or transfer of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibition in paragraph 1.

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3a. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to purchases in Russia which are necessary for the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States, including delegations, embassies and missions, or for the personal use of nationals of Member States and their immediate family members.

3aa. The competent authorities of a Member State may allow the import of goods which are intended for the strict personal use of natural persons travelling to the Union or of their immediate family members, limited to personal effects owned by those individuals and which are manifestly not intended for sale.

3ab. The competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the entry into the Union of a vehicle falling under CN code 8703 not intended for sale and owned by a citizen of a Member State or an immediate family member who is resident in Russia and is driving the vehicle into the Union for strict personal use.

3c. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise the purchase, import or transfer of the goods listed in Annex XXI, or the provision of related technical and financial assistance, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that this is 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, 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.

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3ac. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the entry into the Union of motor vehicles falling under CN code 8703 provided that they have a diplomatic vehicle registration plate and are necessary for the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations, including delegations, embassies and missions, or of international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or for the personal use of their staff and their immediate family members.

3ad. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not prevent vehicles already in the territory of the Union on 19 December 2023 from being registered in a Member State.

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3cc. With regard to the goods falling under CN code 7201 , the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the import, purchase or transport, or related technical or financial assistance of the following quantities of goods:

(a) 1 140 000 metric tonnes between 19 December 2023 and 31 December 2024;

(b) 700 000 metric tonnes between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.

3cd. With regard to the goods falling under CN code 7203 , the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the import, purchase or transport, or related technical or financial assistance, of the following quantities of goods:

(a) 1 140 836 metric tonnes between 19 December 2023 and 31 December 2024;

(b) 651 906 metric tonnes between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.

3ce. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the import or transfer of goods that were physically located in Russia before the relevant prohibition entered into force in respect of those goods, falling under CN codes 8471, 8523, 8536 and 9027, as listed in Annex XXI, or the provision of related technical and financial assistance, after having determined that those goods are components of medical devices and are brought into the Union for the purpose of maintenance, repair or returning of defective components.

————— 3cg. With regard to the goods falling under the CN code 7601, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the import, purchase or transport, or related technical or financial assistance, necessary for the import into the Union of 275 000 metric tonnes of such goods between 25 February 2025 and 26 February 2026.

3ch. With regard to the goods falling under CN code 7601, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the execution from 26 February 2026 until 31 December 2026 of contracts concluded before 25 February 2025, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, for a total volume of imports into the Union during that period not exceeding 50 000 metric tonnes of such goods.

————— ————— 3e. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the competent authorities may authorise the purchase, import or transfer of goods falling under CN codes 7007, 7019, 8479, 8481, 8483, 8487, 8504, 8517, 8525, 8531, 8536, 8537, 8538, 8539, 8542, 8543, 8603, as listed in Annex XXI, or the provision of related technical and financial assistance, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that this is necessary for the operation, maintenance or repair of Budapest metro line 3 cars delivered in 2018, in execution of the service life guarantee provided by Metrowagonmash prior to 24 June 2023.

3f. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the import of goods, falling under CN codes 9026, 9027 and 9031, as listed in Annex XXI, including the provision of related technical and financial assistance on those imported goods, for the purposes of maintenance, repair or the periodic certification of primary and secondary crude oil measuring points on the Druzhba pipeline into the Union, and after having determined that the goods are strictly necessary for the provision of services to ensure uninterrupted supplies of crude oil by the Druzhba pipeline from Russia, as referred to in Article 3m(3), point (d), and that they will be exported pursuant to Article 3k(5f) for a period of time that is strictly necessary for the purposes of maintenance, repair or the periodic certification of the Druzhba pipeline.

4. As of 10 July 2022, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the import, purchase or transport, or the related technical or financial assistance, necessary for the import into the Union, of:

(a) 837 570 metric tonnes of potassium chloride of CN 3104 20 between 10 July of a given year and 9 July of the following year;

(b) 1 577 807 metric tonnes combined of the other products listed in Annex XXI under CN 3105 20 , 3105 60 and 3105 90 between 10 July of a given year and 9 July of the following year.

5. The import volume quotas set out in paragraphs 3cc, 3cd, 3cg, 3ch and 4 of this Article shall be managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with the management system for tariff-rate quotas provided for in Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

6. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 3ab, 3c, and 3e within two weeks of the authorisation.