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Council Decision (EU) 2024/1852 of 25 June 2024 on the denial of advantages under Part III of the Energy Charter Treaty by the Union to any legal entity that is owned or controlled by citizens or nationals of the Russian Federation or of the Republic of Belarus and to any investment within the meaning of the Energy Charter Treaty which is an investment of an investor of the Russian Federation or of the Republic of Belarus

Council Decision (EU) 2024/1852 of 25 June 2024 on the denial of advantages under Part III of the Energy Charter Treaty by the Union to any legal entity that is owned or controlled by citizens or nationals of the Russian Federation or of the Republic of Belarus and to any investment within the meaning of the Energy Charter Treaty which is an investment of an investor of the Russian Federation or of the Republic of Belarus

Decision (EU) 2024/1852 · Decision · 3 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

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1.   The Union shall deny, pursuant to Article 17(1) of the Energy Charter Treaty, the advantages of Part III of that agreement to any legal entity that is owned or controlled by citizens or nationals of the Russian Federation or of the Republic of Belarus, and that has no substantial business activities in the area of the Contracting Party, or former Contracting Party, in which it is organised. 2.   The Union shall deny, pursuant to Article 17(2), point (b), of the Energy Charter Treaty, the advantages of Part III of that agreement to any investment of an investor of the Russian Federation or of the Republic of Belarus in the circumstances described in that provision.

Article 2

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The Commission shall, on behalf of the Union, give effect to this Decision by circulating the Declaration in the Annex within the Energy Charter Conference.

Supplementary provisions

DECLARATION

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ANNEX DECLARATION on behalf of the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden The European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the above-mentioned Member States that are, or have been, Contracting Parties to the Energy Charter Treaty (the ‘Agreement’) herewith deny the advantages of Part III of the Agreement to: (1) any legal entity that is owned or controlled by citizens or nationals of the Russian Federation or of the Republic of Belarus and that has no substantial business activities in the area of the Contracting Party, or former Contracting Party, in which it is organised, pursuant to Article 17(1) of the Agreement; and (2) any investment within the meaning of the Agreement which is an investment of an investor of the Russian Federation or of the Republic of Belarus, pursuant to Article 17(2), point (b), of the Agreement. The Union and its Member States have adopted and maintain restrictive measures against the Russian Federation over its war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as against the Republic of Belarus as accomplice in this war of aggression. The restrictive measures include measures that (i) prohibit transactions with investors of the Russian Federation and of the Republic of Belarus, and (ii) would be violated or circumvented if the benefits of Part III of the Agreement were accorded to investors of those states or to their investments.

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