EU Council Regulation 2022/263 — import ban and export restrictions on non-government-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk

Mechanism

Adopted under Article 215 TFEU alongside Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/266, in response to Russia's recognition of the two areas and the ordering of Russian armed forces into them. Article 2 bans imports of goods originating there, plus related financing and insurance. Article 4 bans exports of Annex II goods and technology and related technical assistance. Article 3 restricts investment and loans.

Downstream implications

• Closes the EU as a market for goods from the two areas; the measure is territorial, not a sectoral list.
• GTA tags coal, crude petroleum and uranium among affected sectors; the Annex II product list was not read for this filing.
• Extended to Kherson and Zaporizhzhia on 2022-10-07 (separate GTA intervention 109403).

Open questions

• Annex II product scope was not itemised from the primary text.