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Article 4 is amended as follows: in paragraph 2, point (a), the following subpoint is added: ; the military forensic analysis of items originating in Russia recovered from Ukraine; or’ paragraph 3 is deleted; the following paragraphs are inserted: ‘3a. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1b of Article 3k, or to the provision of related financing or financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services or other services, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, intended for health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment, or as a response to natural disasters. 3b. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under the conditions they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology listed in paragraph 1b of Article 3k, or the provision of related financing or financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services or other services, after having determined that such goods or technology or the provision of related financing or financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services or other services are necessary for: ; medical or pharmaceutical purposes, or for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuations; the exclusive use and under the full control of the authorising Member State and in order to fulfil its maintenance obligations in areas which are under a long-term lease agreement between that Member State and the Russian Federation; the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities, the supply of precursor material for the production of medical radioisotopes and similar medical applications, or critical technology for environmental radiation monitoring, as well as for civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development; or the production of titanium goods required in the aeronautic industry, for which no alternative supply is available.’ paragraph 4 is deleted; the following paragraph is added: ‘5. Paragraphs 3a and 3b are without prejudice to the exemptions and derogations laid out in Article 3k, and in particular paragraphs 4a, 5 and 5b thereof.’ ;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-09 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.