Article 2eb
1. It shall be prohibited to: (a) acquire any new or extend any existing participation in any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Belarus or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Belarus; (b) grant or be part of any arrangement to grant any new loan or credit, or otherwise provide financing, including equity capital, to any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Belarus or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Belarus, or for the documented purpose of financing such a legal person, entity or body; (c) create any new joint venture with any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Belarus or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Belarus; or (d) provide investment services directly related to the activities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c). 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, any activity referred to in paragraph 1 after having determined that: (a) it is necessary to ensure critical energy supply within the Union, as well as the transport of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, unless prohibited under Article 2f, from or through Belarus into the Union; or (b) it exclusively concerns a legal person, entity or body operating in the energy sector in Belarus owned by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State. 3. The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 2 within 2 weeks of the authorisation.