Achter deze link het 18e sanctie pakket in al haar detalis:
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Prijs ruwe olie
With today’s package, the EU is curtailing Russia’s energy revenues through a number of different measures. The EU is lowering the price cap for crude oil from USD 60 to USD 47.6 per barrel, to align it with current global oil prices and is introducing an automatic and dynamic mechanism to modify the oil price cap and ensure that this price cap is effective. Oil exports still represent one third of the Russian government’s revenues.
En weer 105 nieuwe schaduwvloot schepen op de korrel:
The EU is also imposing further sanctions across the shadow fleet value chain. An additional 105 vessels will be subject to a port access ban and a ban on the provision of a broad range of services related to maritime transport, bringing the total number of listed vessels to 444. This measure targets non-EU tankers that are part of Vladimir Putin’s shadow fleet circumventing the oil price cap mechanism, which support the energy sector of Russia or which transport military equipment for Russia or stolen Ukrainian grain.
Ook assets uit het buitenland worden nu aangepakt, zoals de raffinage capaciteit in India:
Full-fledged sanctions (asset freezes, travel bans, bans on providing resources) target Russian and international companies managing shadow fleet vessels, traders of Russian crude oil and a major customer of the shadow fleet – a refinery in India with Rosneft as its main shareholder. For the first time, The EU is also listing the captain of a shadow fleet vessel, as well as a private operator of an international flag registry. Lastly, one entity in the Russian LNG sector is also included in today’s listings.
En een ban op raffinageproducter can Russische ruwe olie:
Furthermore, the EU is introducing an import ban on refined petroleum products made from Russian crude oil and coming from any third country – with the exception of Canada, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States – thereby preventing Russia’s crude oil from reaching the EU market through the back door.
Banktransacties
Voor aantal banken gaat een volledige transactie gelden, die was er nog niet:
The EU is upgrading the existing prohibition on providing EU-based specialised financial messaging services to certain Russian banks to a full transaction ban. This will apply to 22 additional Russian banks, on top of the 23 banks already subject to the ban.
De drempel wordt verlaagd om financiële instellingen aan te kunnen pakken die Rusland's oorlog supporten:
The EU is lowering the threshold for sanctioning third-country financial and credit institutions and crypto-asset service providers that are frustrating sanction measures against Russia, supporting Russia’s war of aggression or are connected to the System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS), the Russian alternative financial messaging service, developed by the Central Bank of Russia and used to shield Russian banks from the impact of EU sanctions.
Ook gaat de EU een transactieban laten gelden om landen, kredietinstellingen en crypto service providers, die de Russische oorlog. ondersteunen, aan te pakken:
The EU is also expanding the transaction ban on third countries’ financial and credit institutions and crypto-asset service providers which, through their actions, frustrate EU sanctions or support Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The transaction ban on third-country operators that circumvent oil-related prohibitions has also been widened.
En een specifieke transactieban voor het Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF):
Additionally, a ban is imposed a ban on carrying out any transaction with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and its sub-funds and companies, and Council has have established an instrument to extend such a ban to certain companies in which the RDIF has invested and to entities providing investment services or other financial services to the RDIF itself. Such companies and financial institutions will be selected by the Council; four Russian entities in which the RDIF has invested are already listed. This measure further limits Russia’s access to global financial markets and foreign currency.
En de financiële software kunnen de Russen ook niet vernieuwen:
Lastly, the Council is putting in place a new ban on selling, supplying, transferring and exporting software management systems and software with certain uses in the banking and financial sector.
Toeleveranciers van de Russische militaire industrie:
Sancties voor suppliers, waaronder 3 Chinese:
With a view to curbing Russia’s military capabilities, the Council is imposing further full-fledged sanctions on suppliers of the Russian military industrial complex, including three entities based in China that sell goods used on the battlefield. These measures aim to further constrain Russia’s access to goods and technologies. Additionally, the package covers eight companies operating in the Belarusian military-industrial complex, which is supporting Russia’s war efforts.
Export restricties voor 26 nieuwe rechtspersonen en organisaties:
26 new entities will be subject to tighter export restrictions concerning dual-use goods and technologies, including those that could contribute to the technological enhancement of Russia’s defence and security sector. Eleven of these entities are located in third countries other than Russia (seven in China and Hong Kong, and four in Türkiye),and have been involved in circumventing export restrictions, including for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Export bans met een gezamenlijke waarde van boven de 2,5 miljard op productiemachines. Dit wordt precies nu actueel vanwege de bovenmatige belasting van de Russische productiemiddelen:
Additionally, the EU has agreed further export bans worth more than €2.5 billion. The list of restricted items contributing to the technological enhancement of Russia’s defence and security sector will now include items for the development and production of Russia’s military systems such as computer numerical control (CNC) machines and constituent chemicals for propellants. Furthermore, the existing transit ban via the territory of Russia is expanded to cover selected economically critical goods used for construction and transport.
Het bovenstaande gaat vooral de Russische economie raken en het Russisch militair complex. Nog wat extra sancties met betrekking tot de (militaire) opvoeding van Oekraïnse kinderen in Rusland en de rol van Belarus als leverancier zijn terug te lezen achter de link. Al met al een stevig pakket met de nodige zaken die ik graag al wat eerder had willen zien maar er nu in ieder geval zijn.