The European Union was unable to agree on the 14th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation.
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Officials from 27 EU countries have been discussing the sanctions package for more than a month. The new measures include a ban on the transshipment of Russian liquefied natural gas and a plan to hold EU operators responsible for sanctions violations by subsidiaries and partners in third countries. However, sanctions are blocked by Germany. This was reported by Reuters with reference to EU diplomats.
Berlin’s hesitation was partly due to internal differences between the Foreign Office and the Chancellor’s Office.
The withdrawn provision was an extension of the “absence of Russia provision” to subsidiaries in third countries. This clause would force these subsidiaries to “contractually prohibit re-export to the Russian Federation and re-export for use in Russia.”
According to Politico, Germany is concerned about this clause, because it forced European Union companies to guarantee that their clients would not be able to then sell sanctioned goods to the aggressor country.
Let us recall that on June 17, the Council of the European Union decided to extend the sanctions imposed by Brussels in response to the occupation of Crimea until June 23, 2025. These include a ban on the import of products from the occupied peninsula, as well as infrastructure or financial investments and tourism services from Crimea. These restrictions were first introduced 10 years ago – in June 2014.
Source: Reuters, Politico
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