Recital 32

(32) Russian legislation and court practice enable persons to lodge a claim before certain Russian courts, which then assert jurisdiction over disputes and render judgments condemning Union companies in relation to contracts or transactions affected by Union restrictive measures. Accordingly, evidence shows that Russian persons, entities or bodies, or persons, entities or bodies acting through or on behalf of one of those Russian persons, entities or bodies, or owned or controlled by such persons, entities or bodies, seek or might seek to initiate and pursue legal proceedings in connection with measures imposed under Regulations (EU) No 269/2014 and (EU) No 833/2014, or seek or might seek to obtain recognition or enforcement of judgments granted through such legal proceedings. In order to preserve the effectiveness of Union restrictive measures, it is necessary for the Union to take action to mitigate the effect of such practices. First, by ensuring that Union courts can issue, in addition to orders to not initiate or to discontinue certain abusive legal proceedings, orders to not seek to enforce, recognise or rely upon any injunction, order, relief, judgment or other court decision, in any jurisdiction, that was or might be obtained in those legal proceedings. Second, by requiring Member States to not recognise or enforce any injunction, order, relief, judgment or other court or administrative decision given by a Russian court or authority 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 Regulations (EU) No 269/2014 and (EU) No 833/2014, whether or not the relevant injunction, order, relief, judgment or other court decision is rendered pursuant to Article 248.1 or Article 248.2 of the Arbitration Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.