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Article 5n is amended as follows: paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, construction, architectural and engineering services, legal advisory services and IT consultancy services to: ; the Government of Russia; or legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia.’ in paragraph 3a, the following point is added: ; sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the software referred to in paragraph 2b and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of that software, directly or indirectly to the Government of Russia or to any legal person, entity or body established in Russia.’ paragraphs 4b and 7 are deleted; the following paragraph is inserted: ‘9c. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the competent authorities may authorise the provision of services referred to therein, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that those services are strictly necessary for the functioning of a consular or diplomatic representation of the Russian Federation located in a Member State.’ ; paragraph 11 is replaced by the following: ‘11. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraphs 9a, 9b, 9c and 10 within two weeks of the authorisation.’ ;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-15 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.