Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine
European Council / Council of the European Union
Council of the EU
Statements and remarks
11 August 2025 10:05
On 18 July 2025, the Council adopted Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/14951.
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1495 imposes further restrictions in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, among others, constraining Russia's energy revenues through a prohibition on the purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly into the Union, of petroleum products obtained in a third country from Russian crude oil, as well as on the provision of related technical or financial assistance. The Decision also provides for a dynamic automatic procedure to modify the price cap for Russian crude oil depending on the average market price of Russian crude oil. It expands into a transaction ban the previous prohibition on the provision of specialised financial messaging services, and adds 22 entities subject to the ban. A transaction ban on the Russian Direct Investment Fund is also introduced. The Decision expands export restrictions on items that contribute to Russia's military and technological enhancement or to the development of its defence and security sector. The Decision introduces several further measures, including to combat circumvention of EU sanctions.
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway and Ukraine align themselves with this Council Decision.
They will ensure that their national policies conform to this Council Decision.
The European Union takes note of this commitment and welcomes it.
1OJ L, 2025/1495, 19.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1495/oj
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