1. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly, mineral products, as listed in Annex VII, and crude oil, as listed in Annex XXIII, if they originate in Belarus or are exported from Belarus.

2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance or any other services related to the prohibition in paragraph 1.

3. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to purchases in Belarus of mineral products listed in Annex VII which are required in order to meet the essential needs of the purchaser in Belarus or of humanitarian projects in Belarus.

4. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to crude oil, as listed in Annex XXIII, until 2 October 2024, to one-off transactions for near-term delivery, concluded and executed before that date, or to the execution of contracts for the purchase, import or transfer of crude oil, as listed in Annex XXIII concluded before 1 July 2024, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that those contracts have been notified by the relevant Member State to the Commission by 23 July 2024 and that the one-off transactions for near-term delivery are notified by the relevant Member States to the Commission within 10 days of their completion.