Announcement
02 Mar 2022
In March 2022, the EU adopted further trade restrictions on Belarus in the context of the Russian attack on Ukraine.
Source
Number of interventions
2
2 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
03 Mar 2022
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 04 Aug 2023
EU: New export bans targetting Belarus given its involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Announced: 08 Apr 2022
EU: Prohibition on supplying banknotes to Belarus and from using the country's road transport operators
Announced: 08 Apr 2022
EU: Commission adds 4 Russian banks and 14 other companies to the frozen funds list
Clarification: 23 Apr 2026
EU: New import, export, and public procurement bans relating to Russia
Announced: 16 Mar 2022
Switzerland: Trade restrictions and financial sanctions against Belarus introduced
Clarification: 23 Apr 2026
EU: Further trade restrictions with Russia on steel and iron products, luxury goods and other financial sanctions
Announced: 15 Mar 2022
EU: Inclusion of 9 Russian companies into the frozen fund list
Announced: 09 Mar 2022
EU: Export ban on certain maritime technologies to Russia
Announced: 09 Mar 2022
EU: Additional financial sanctions on Belarus, including on its Central Bank and the exclusion of 3 banks from SWIFT
Announced: 02 Mar 2022
EU: Additional financial sanctions on Russia, including the exclusion of 7 banks from the SWIFT paying system
Announced: 02 Mar 2022
EU: Suspension of broadcasting activities of Russian state-owned Sputnik and RT
Announced: 28 Feb 2022
EU: Russian carriers banned from EU airspace
Announced: 28 Feb 2022
EU: Russian insurance company SOGAZ added to the frozen funds list
Announced: 28 Feb 2022
EU: Financial entities forbidden from processing transactions of the Russian Central Bank
Announced: 25 Feb 2022
EU: Inclusion of 27 Belarusian companies in the frozen funds list following the attack on Ukraine
Announced: 25 Feb 2022
EU: Prohibition to provide financial services to 76 Russian entities
Announced: 25 Feb 2022
EU: Export ban on dual-use, oil refining and aviation goods and technology to Russia
Announced: 23 Feb 2022
EU: Three Russian banks and one technology company added to the frozen funds list as part of sanctions package
Announced: 23 Feb 2022
EU: Prohibition to provide financial services to the Russian government and Central Bank
Announced: 23 Feb 2022
EU: Trade restrictions with Ukraine's non-government-controlled regions of Donetsk and Luhansk
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