Recital 17

(17) The effective application of Union restrictive measures necessitates common minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences consisting of conduct breaching or failing to fulfil the specific conditions under authorisations granted by the competent authorities to carry out certain activities, which in the absence of such an authorisation amount to a violation of a prohibition or restriction that constitutes a Union restrictive measure. Any activity conducted in the absence of an authorisation could be considered, depending on the circumstances of the case, a violation of Union restrictive measures that consist in freezing funds or economic resources, travel bans, arm embargoes or other sectoral economic and financial measures.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.