Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 1, the following point is added:
'(x) "mining and quarrying sector" means a sector covering the location, extraction, management and processing activities relating to non-energy producing materials;';
(2) Article 3a is replaced by the following:
'Article 3a
1. It shall be prohibited to:
(a) acquire any new or extend any existing participation in any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Russia;
(b) grant or be part of any arrangement to grant any new loan or credit or otherwise provide financing, including equity capital, to any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Russia or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Russia, or for the documented purpose of financing such a legal person, entity or body;
(c) create any new joint venture with any legal person,
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