If you would like to be notified every time a document guidance is updated you can use the RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication) that is available on this page. RSS feeds consolidate information sources in one place and provide updates when a site adds new content.
To do this, you will need to
- download and install an RSS feed reader (or aggregator) in your browser: you can usually do this by installing an add-on or an extension to your browser
- paste the RSS feed link into the RSS feed reader: identify the place in the reader where you can add a new feed and insert the link below
You can use the first link below to be notified about all guidance, or the other links to only receive notifications about updates on a specific topic.
- Horizontal:
https://finance.ec.europa.eu/node/1296/rss_en?f%5B0%5D=sanctions_category_sanctions_category%3A155
- Individual financial measures:
https://finance.ec.europa.eu/node/1296/rss_en?f%5B0%5D=sanctions_category_sanctions_category%3A156
- Sector specific questions:
https://finance.ec.europa.eu/node/1296/rss_en?f%5B0%5D=sanctions_category_sanctions_category%3A160
- Finance and banking:
https://finance.ec.europa.eu/node/1296/rss_en?f%5B0%5D=sanctions_category_sanctions_category%3A157
- Trade and customs
https://finance.ec.europa.eu/node/1296/rss_en?f%5B0%5D=sanctions_category_sanctions_category%3A158
RSS feed links can also be found on the RSS icon below.
Note that when you define specific filters on this page the RSS feed link that can be found on the RSS icon will reflect these filters, and you will only receive notifications based on these defined filters. This also allows you to combine filters for the notifications you receive.
These guidance documents were drafted by the Commission services to support national authorities, EU operators and citizens in the interpretation and implementation of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 and Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263. By analogy, they also apply to Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006. Only the Court of Justice of the EU is competent to interpret EU law.
Filter by
Guidance documents (16)
RSSThe guidance assists industry to identify Russian evasion practices, to protect G7 technology from misappropriation, prevent reputational harm, and mitigate liability risk while supporting continued success of export controls and sanctions.
- Topic
- Trade and customs
A list of prohibited dual-use goods and advanced technology items used in Russian military systems found on the battlefield in Ukraine or critical to the development, production or use of those systems.
- Topic
- Trade and customs
Guidance setting out general advice on risk assessment, best practices for conducting due diligence on business partners, transactions and goods, as well as a list of circumvention red flags. With focus on export-related sanctions.
- Topic
- Horizontal
Coalition statements and guidance in response to recent developments in the maritime Russian oil trade.
- Topic
- Energy
Guidance supporting the implementation and recognition of firewalls (frameworks removing the control of designated persons).
- Topic
- Individual financial measures
A list of mainly industrial goods subject to EU sanctions, for which anomalous trade flows via certain third countries to Russia have been detected.
- Topic
- Trade and customs
Guidance on the handling of goods which were brought into the EU in good faith before the sanctions entered into force, have not been released for free circulation and remain blocked in customs offices of the Member States.
- Topic
- Trade and customs
Guidance issued by the multilateral REPO Task Force, setting out certain typologies of Russian sanctions evasion tactics and recommendations on how to mitigate the risk of exposure to continued evasion. With focus on financial sanctions.
- Topic
- Horizontal
Commission opinion on Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine), notably on “control” and on “making funds or economic resources available”.
- Topic
- Individual financial measures
Commission opinion on Article 2 of Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 (territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine), notably on “control” and on services and labour as “economic resources”.
- Topic
- Individual financial measures