Article 1
Decision 2014/145/CFSP is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1(1), the following point is added: ‘(j) natural persons that have participated in or enabled transfers of ownership, control or economic benefit of the business interests of leading businesspersons who are subject to Union restrictive measures pursuant to the criterion set out in point (e) of this paragraph and listed in the Annex to this Decision, thereby significantly frustrating those measures, with the exception of transfers expressly permitted pursuant to derogations and exemptions laid down in this Decision, Decision 2014/512/CFSP, or Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 or (EU) No 833/2014,’ ; (2) in Article 2(1), the following point is added: ‘(m) natural or legal persons, entities or bodies that have participated in or enabled transfers of ownership, control or economic benefit of the business interests of leading businesspersons who are subject to Union restrictive measures pursuant to the criterion set out in point (g) of this paragraph and listed in the Annex to this Decision, with the exception of transfers expressly permitted pursuant to derogations and exemptions laid down in this Decision, Decision 2014/512/CFSP, or Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 or (EU) No 833/2014,’ ; (3) the following Article is added: ‘Article 2b Leading businesspersons operating in Russia listed in the Annex pursuant to Article 1(1), point (e), and Article 2(1), point (g), who claim to have transferred ownership, control or economic benefit of their business interests on or after 24 February 2022 shall continue to be considered as leading businesspersons and maintained in the list set out in the Annex, unless sufficient, recent and reliable information demonstrates that they no longer meet the criteria set out in Article 1(1), point (e), and Article 2(1), point (g).’.