Announcement
23 Apr 2026
In April 2026, the European Union amended Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 to implement part of its 20th package of sanctions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Number of interventions
23
14 certainly harmful
3 likely harmful
6 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
01 Jan 2027
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Import ban
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, prohibiting the importation of natural gas condensate of subheading CN 2709 00 10 from liquefied natural gas productio...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Foreign customer limit
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, prohibiting the provision of LNG terminal services to any person or entity in Russia, or to any EU-established enti...
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Implementation date
24 May 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, forbidding transactions, directly or indirectly, with RUBx and Digital Rouble. The measure forms part of the 20th ro...
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Implementation date
14 May 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, prohibiting EU operators from engaging in any transactions with one bank from Azerbaijan. The measure forms part of ...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, creating a new list of legal persons, entities, and bodies with which indirect or direct engagement in transactions ...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, forbidding transactions, directly or indirectly, with three credit and financial institutions and entities providin...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, prohibiting to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction with 20 new Russian entities. The measure forms pa...
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Implementation date
25 Apr 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Foreign customer limit
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, prohibiting the provision of technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance related to ...
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Implementation date
24 Apr 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Export ban
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, deleting "the list of Items" prohibited from being exported by Article 3. This includes 25 eight-digit CN Codes and 5 ...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Import quota
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, imposing an importation quota on Russian ammonia (CN code 2814). As products under this code were previously prohibite...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Import ban
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, exempting imports from Lichtenstein from the import ban of petroleum products under CN code 2710 if they contain Rus...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, delisting five third-country credit and financial institutions and entities providing crypto-assets services or pay...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Foreign customer limit
In force
Recent update from 24 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, re-allowing port access and the provision of several services to 11 vessels previously considered to "contribute to ...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Export ban
In force
Recent update from 24 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, removing several products from the list of products subject to an export ban to Russia. The measure forms part of th...
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Implementation date
24 Apr 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Export ban
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, adding the Kyrgyz Republic to the EU’s "anti-circumvention tool". The regulation prohibits the "sell, supply, transfer...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, prohibiting EU operators from engaging in any transactions with two Russian and one Indonesian ports. The measure f...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Export ban
In force
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, adding 60 entities to the list of firms that cannot, under any circumstances, get an exception from the export ban o...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Foreign customer limit
In force
Recent update from 24 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, forbidding port access and the provision of several services to 46 vessels that contribute to Russia’s warfare again...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Export ban
In force
Recent update from 24 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, extending the list of products subject to an export ban to Russia. The measure forms part of the 20th round of sanct...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Import ban
In force
Recent update from 24 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, banning the purchase, import, or transfer of metals, chemicals and minerals under CN codes 2501, 2517, 2519, 2522, 2...
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Implementation date
No implementation date
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, establishing a new prohibition to engage in any transaction with entities that seek or cooperate in the enforcement, o...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, establishing a new prohibition to engage in any transaction for Russian entities that allegedly “steal and use intelle...
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Announced: 23 Apr 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
Recent update from 23 Apr 2026:
On 23 April 2026, the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506, establishing a new prohibition to engage in any transaction for Russian entities that allegedly are “taking advantage...
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Related State Acts
Announced: 22 May 2026
Switzerland: Two Belarusian companies added to the frozen fund list (May 2026)
Announced: 21 May 2026
Switzerland: Further sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (May 2026)
Announced: 24 Apr 2026
China: Government removes EU banks UAB Urbo Bankas and AB Mano Bankas from "countermeasures" list
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
EU: Two Belarusian companies and one Chinese added to the frozen fund list (April 2026)
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
EU: 77 companies from Russia, China, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Seychelles, United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan added to the frozen funds list (April 2026)
Announced: 23 Apr 2026
EU: Sanctions related to Belarus’s involvement in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (April 2026)
Clarification: 23 Apr 2026
EU: 19th sanctions package against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine (October 2025)
Removed: 23 Apr 2026
EU: 18th sanctions package against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine
Announced: 20 May 2025
EU: 17th sanctions package against Russia modifies dual-use export bans and targets new vessels
Announced: 23 Jun 2023
EU: 11th sanctions package against Russia includes extended export bans and targets firms in third-countries
Clarification: 23 Apr 2026
EU: New import, export, and public procurement bans relating to Russia
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