Green Light For 11th Sanctions Package Against Russia

EU countries approved new restrictive measures that also strengthen export controls

The Council of the European Union, through EU Reg. 2023/1216 of June 23, 2023, adopted the 11th package of sanctions against Russia.

Among the main new features is the introduction of a new anti-circumvention tool aimed at restricting the export, to third countries that lend themselves to triangular transactions with Russia, of specific categories of goods and technologies that can contribute to the technological strengthening of Russia's defence and security field. At present, however, Annex XXXIII, which is supposed to list third countries at persistent and high risk of circumvention along with the goods whose export is prohibited, is empty. It will therefore need to be monitored for changes in order to operate safely and legally even when exporting to destinations other than Russia.