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Version status: Inserted | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 3 March 2022 - onwards

Article 1q

1. It shall be prohibited:

(a) to import, directly or indirectly, iron and steel products as listed in Annex XII into the Union if they:

(i) originate in Belarus; or

(ii) have been exported from Belarus;

(b) to purchase, directly or indirectly, iron and steel products as listed in Annex XII which are located in or which originated in Belarus;

(c) to transport iron and steel products as listed in Annex XII if they originated in Belarus or are being exported from Belarus to any other country;

(d) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to the prohibitions in points (a), (b) and (c).

2. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the execution until 4 June 2022 of contracts concluded before 2 March 2022, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts.