The Merchant Shipping Directorate has issued an MS Notice to
bring to the attention of all concerned, the new package of
restrictive measures adopted by the Council of the European Union
to respond to actions undermining or threatening the territorial
integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
The new measures introduce, amongst other sanctions, an import
ban on goods from the non-government controlled areas of the
Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, restrictions on trade and
investments related to certain economic sectors, a prohibition to
supply tourism services, and an export ban for certain goods and
technologies. In terms of financial restrictions, the measures
introduce a sectoral prohibition to finance the Russian Federation,
its government and Central Bank.
