On 31 July 2014, Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 and Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP were published on the Official Journal of the European Union raising new sanctions against Russia concerning, also, dual-use goods and technology
Main elements:
Annex II provides a list of certain technologies used by oil industry that will be submitted to export authorisation;
Authorisations for all sales, supplies, transfers or exports of the technologies included in Annex II shall not be granted if competent authorities have reasonable ground to determine that the sale, supply transfer or export of the technologies is for projects pertaining to deep water oil exploration and production, Artic oil exploration and production, or shale oil projects in Russia;
An authorisation is also required for export of technical assistance or brokering services and financing or financial assistance related to technologies listed in Annex II;
A prohibition to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, dual-use goods and technology (listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 428/2009) is adopted if those items are or may be intended for military use or for a military end-user;
A denial of authorisation is required by Regulation (EC) No. 428/2009, if the competent authorities have reasonable ground to believe that the end-user might be a military end-user or that the goods might have a military end-use;
A prohibition is also adopted to supply :
a) technical assistance related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List;
b) financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List;
c) technical assistance or brokering services related to dual-use goods and technology if intended for military end-use or end-user;
d) financing or financial assistance related to the dual-use goods and technology.
These provisions apply to activities starting from 1 August 2014 (all prohibitions listed shall be without prejudice to the execution of an obligation arising from a contract or an agreement concluded before 1 August 2014).