Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 is amended as follows: in Article 3(1), point (k) is replaced by the following: ; natural or legal persons, entities or bodies that own, control, manage or operate vessels that transport crude oil or petroleum products or mineral products originating in Russia or exported from Russia and practice irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33), or that otherwise provide material, technical or financial support to the operations of such vessels; or’ in Article 4(1), the following points are added: ; necessary for the needs of state-funded intermediate organisations for the foreign cultural policy of the Member States in Russia; necessary for Member States’ historical responsibility programmes or for the support of Member States’ ethnic minorities in Russia.’ the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 5c 1. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities of the Member States may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources where such funds or economic resources are subject to an arbitral decision rendered after the date on which the natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in Article 2 was included in Annex I, provided that the arbitral proceedings giving rise to that decision were initiated by that natural or legal person, entity or body. Such authorisation may be granted insofar as the arbitral decision concerns the award of costs of arbitral proceedings, and the arbitral decision awards such costs to a party that is a natural or legal person, entity or body that is neither listed, nor owned or controlled by a listed person, entity or body subject to the restrictive measures in this Regulation, or that is not a Russian national nor established in Russia and that is not subject to the restrictive measures set out in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014. 2. Such authorisation shall be limited to the payment of costs of the arbitral proceedings, including, where applicable, the fees and expenses of the arbitral tribunal, administrative fees of the arbitral institution, and reasonable legal and other procedural costs incurred by the opposing party, as awarded by the arbitral tribunal in connection with the conduct of the arbitral proceedings. It shall not extend to the payment of any principal amount, damages, interest or other substantive claims awarded for as long as sanctions are in force.’ ; Article 6a(1a) is replaced by the following: ‘1a. By way of derogation from Article 2(2), the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, payments to the entity listed under entry number 265 under heading “B. Entities” in Annex I, for goods and services that can only be provided by that entity and that are necessary for the operation, maintenance or repair of Budapest metro line 3 cars delivered by Metrowagonmash in 2018 and of Sofia metro lines 1, 2 and 4 cars, delivered by Metrowagonmash before 2017.’ ; Article 6b is amended as follows: paragraph 5e is amended as follows: in the introductory wording the words ‘entities listed under entry numbers 56, 270 and 579’ are replaced by the words ‘entities listed under entry numbers 56, 270, 579 and 726’; in point (a), to the words ‘entities listed under entry numbers 56, 270 and 579’ are replaced by the words ‘entities listed under entry numbers 56, 270, 579 and 726’; the following paragraph is inserted: ‘5k. By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the release of certain frozen funds belonging to the entity listed under entry number 639 under the heading “Entities” in Annex I to this Regulation, or the making available of certain economic resources to that entity, under such conditions as they deem appropriate after having determined that such funds and economic resources are strictly necessary to facilitate a significant reduction in the intake of, or reliance on, the import of Russian crude oil and provided that the release of funds or making available of economic resources is completed before 24 October 2026.’ ; in Article 11(1), the following point is added: ; any natural person of a third country or any legal person, entity or body established in a third country, with the exception of partner countries listed in Annex VIII of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, making available funds or economic resources the making available of which is prohibited under this Regulation, to the persons, entities or bodies referred to in points (a) or (b) of this paragraph.’ Article 11a is replaced by the following: ‘Article 11a 1. Any person referred to in Article 17, point (c) or (d), shall be entitled to recover, in judicial proceedings before the competent courts of a Member State, any direct or indirect damages, including legal costs, incurred by that person, or by a legal person, entity or body that the person referred to in Article 17, point (d), owns or controls, as a consequence of claims lodged with courts in third countries by persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 11(1), point (a) or (b), in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which has been affected, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the measures imposed under this Regulation, provided that the person concerned does not have effective access to the remedies under the relevant jurisdiction. Such damages may be recovered from the persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 11(1), point (a) or (b), that lodged the claims with the courts in the third country, or from persons, entities or bodies that own or control those entities or bodies. 2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, any person referred to in Article 17, point (c) or (d), shall be entitled to recover, in judicial proceedings before the competent courts of a Member State, any direct or indirect damages, including legal costs, incurred by that person or by a legal person, entity or body that the person referred to in Article 17, point (d), owns or controls, as a consequence of injunctions, orders, reliefs, judgments or other judicial or administrative decisions rendered in third countries other than Russia, which seek to enforce judgments upholding claims referred to in paragraph 1, provided that the person concerned does not have effective access to the remedies under the relevant jurisdiction. Such damages may be recovered from the persons, entities or bodies, that seek or cooperate in the enforcement of judgments upholding claims referred to in paragraph 1 in a third country other than Russia, or from persons, entities or bodies that own or control those entities or bodies, with the exception of their lawyers and of members of the judiciary, and with the exception of persons referred to in Article 17, point (c) or (d), or legal persons, entities or bodies that the persons referred to in Article 17, point (c) or (d), own or control, against whom a judgment upholding claims referred to in paragraph 1 has been issued.’.

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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.