Recital 4

(4) Decision (CFSP) 2024/1744 amends the prohibition to land in, take off from or overfly the territory of the Union so that it also applies to any aircraft which is used for a non-scheduled flight and with regard to which a Russian natural or legal person, entity or body is in a position to effectively determine the place or time of its take-off or landing, such as for example to fulfil the request of Russian natural persons to be transported to specific holiday destinations or the request of Russian legal persons to transport their employees to business meetings in the Union or their clients to tourist destinations. That amendment is aimed at avoiding circumvention practices of the prohibition to land in, take off or overfly the territory of the Union and at further pursuing the objective of indirectly exerting maximum pressure on the Russian Government in order to end its actions and policies destabilising Ukraine and the military aggression against it. The prohibition does not apply to an aircraft which a Russian person merely pilots without being in a position to effectively determine the place or time for its take-off or landing, such as in the case of pilots employed by non-Russian air carriers. Decision (CFSP) 2024/1744 also amends the same prohibition to introduce an exemption for certain aircraft when used for private, non-corporate flights carried out within Union territory and airspace for recreational or training purposes.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-17 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.