Article 8
1. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, any of the following to any natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I: (a) technical assistance related to military activities or to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance or use of goods and technology included in the Common Military List of the European Union ( 8 ) ; (b) financing or financial assistance related to military activities or to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance or use of goods and technology included in the Common Military List of the European Union; (c) investment services related to military activities or to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance or use of goods and technology included in the Common Military List of the European Union. 2. The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 shall be prohibited. 3. The prohibition set out in paragraph 1(b) shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies which provided financing or financial assistance, where they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe this prohibition.