Ukraine: EU agrees to extend the scope of sanctions on Russia and Belarus

The Council adopted the following restrictive measures:

• Exclude three Belarusian banks from the SWIFT system
   
• Prohibit transactions with the Central Bank of Belarus related to the management of reserves or assets, and the provision of public financing for trade with and investment in Belarus
   
• Clarify the notion of “transferable securities” so as to clearly include crypto-assets, and thus ensure the proper implementation of the sectoral restrictions in place
   
• Prohibit the listing and provision of services in relation to shares of Belarus state-owned organisations on EU trading venues as of 12 April 2022
   
• Significantly limit the financial inflows from Belarus to the EU, by prohibiting the acceptance of deposits exceeding €100.000 from Belarusian nationals or residents, the holding of accounts of Belarusian clients by the EU central securities depositories, as well as the selling of euro-denominated securities to Belarusian clients
   
• Prohibit the provision of euro denominated banknotes to Belarus
   
• Further restrictive measures with regard to the export of maritime navigation goods and radio communication technology to Russia
   
• Add 160 individuals to the list of sanctioned people and organisations. With these additions, the list comprises a total of 862 individuals and 53 organisations

Related documents

• Commission press release of 9 March 2022
• Council press release on the extended sanctions adopted on 9 March 2022
• Council press release on the extended financial measures adopted on 9 March 2022
• Sanctions adopted on 9 March 2022 published in the Official Journal
• Extended financial measures adopted on 9 March 2022 published in the Official Journal