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This is the Belarus-perimeter companion to the EU's 14th Russia sanctions package (filed as 2024-06-24-eu-council-regulation-1745-14th-russia-sanctions-package): rather than introduce new categories of restriction, it extends the existing Russia-sanctions architecture to Belarus specifically to shut down the observed pattern of using Belarus as a pass-through jurisdiction for goods and finance that would otherwise be caught by the Russia regime.
Import bans. Gold, diamonds, helium, coal, and other mineral products (including crude oil) of Belarusian origin or exported from Belarus are barred from EU import — the same commodity set already banned for Russia under earlier packages (e.g. the 5th package's coal ban, 2022-04-08-eu-council-regulation-576-5th-russia-sanctions-package-coal-import-ban). Belarusian-origin goods and technology on the EU Common Military List are also barred from import.
Export and transit bans. The regulation extends to Belarus the export restrictions already in force against Russia on dual-use items, oil-refining and LNG-liquefaction equipment, maritime-navigation goods, and luxury goods, and bans transit via Belarusian territory of firearms, parts, and ammunition exported from the EU.
Anti-circumvention. The package is explicitly framed by the Council as closing circumvention routes rather than creating a new sanctions perimeter — the same goods/services already restricted for Russia become restricted for Belarus to prevent re-routing.
are now foreclosed on the same terms as Russian-origin flows, removing a previously available re-labelling/transhipment route.
goods categories under Regulation 765/2006 as amended) while the anti-circumvention framing and transport/transit provisions are qualitative.