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EU: 21st sanctions package against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine (July 2026)

Announcement

23 Jul 2026

In July 2026, the European Union amended Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 to implement part of its 21st package of sanctions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Number of interventions

16

13 certainly harmful

1 likely harmful

2 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

25 Jan 2027

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, creating a new listing category in Annex XLVII to Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 that enables the EU to prohibit EU ope...

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Implementation date

01 Jan 2027

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Foreign customer limit

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, broadening the scope of the prohibition on providing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal services to Russian-owned ...

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Implementation date

25 Aug 2026

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Labour market access

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, extending the prohibition on Russian actors owning, controlling or holding governing body positions in EU-incorporat...

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Implementation date

23 Aug 2026

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, forbidding transactions, directly or indirectly, with 11 '"credit and financial institutions and entities providing ...

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Implementation date

13 Aug 2026

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, prohibiting EU operators from engaging in any transactions with CJSC Eco-Islamic Bank from Kyrgyzstan. The measure f...

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Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, forbidding transactions, directly or indirectly, with 5 entities or bodies established outside of the Union that sig...

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Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, forbidding transactions, directly or indirectly, with 6 "credit and financial institutions and entities providing cr...

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Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, prohibiting to engage, directly or indirectly, in any transaction with 33 new Russian financial entities. The measur...

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Implementation date

24 Jul 2026

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Export-related non-tariff measure, nes In force

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, introducing a notification obligation for sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker vessels by EU operators to thi...

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Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, prohibiting EU operators from engaging in any transactions with two Russian ports and four Russian airports. The mea...

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Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Export ban In force

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, adding 51 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 Jul 2026
Foreign customer limit In force

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, forbidding port access and the provision of several services to 41 vessels that contribute to Russia’s warfare again...

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Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Import ban In force

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, banning the purchase, import, or transfer of goods such as metals, chemicals and minerals under CN codes 2603, 2604,...

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Implementation date

24 Jul 2026

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, delisting Yelo Bank from the list in Annex XLIV in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of entities that EU operators are pro...

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Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Import ban In force

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 to narrow the import ban on tanned or dressed furskins (CN 4302) by excluding s...

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Implementation date

No implementation date

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 23 Jul 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments

Recent update from 29 Jul 2026:

On 23 July 2026, the European Union published Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848, establishing a legal framework to prohibit EU operators from engaging in any transaction with crypto-asset service p...

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