1. It shall be prohibited to provide access, after 16 April 2022, to ports and, after 29 July 2022, to locks in the territory of the Union to any vessel registered under the flag of Russia, and for such vessels to access ports and locks, with the exception of access to locks for the purpose of leaving the territory of the Union.
1a. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall also apply, after 8 April 2023, to any vessel certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply to vessels that have changed their Russian f lag or their registration, to the f lag or register of any other State after 24 February 2022.
3. For the purposes of this Article, with the exception of paragraph 1a, a "vessel" means:
(a) a ship falling within the scope of the relevant international conventions, including replicas of historical ships;
(b) a yacht, of 15 metres in length or more, which does not carry cargo and carrying no more than 12 passengers; or
(c) recreational craft or persona
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