Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 is amended as follows: (1) Article 3m is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 6, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘6. As of 5 February 2023, and by way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities of Croatia may authorise until 31 December 2025 the purchase, import or transfer of vacuum gas oil falling under CN code 2710 19 71 originating in Russia or exported from Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:’ ; (b) in paragraph 8, the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘By way of temporary derogation, the prohibitions referred to in the third subparagraph shall apply as from 5 June 2025 to the import and transfer into Czechia, and to the sale to purchasers in Czechia, of petroleum products obtained from crude oil which has been delivered by pipeline into another Member State as referred to in paragraph 3, point (d). If alternative supplies for such petroleum products are made available to Czechia before that date, the Council shall terminate that temporary derogation. During the period until 5 June 2025, the volumes of such petroleum products imported into Czechia from other Member States shall not exceed the average volumes imported into Czechia from those other Member States over the same period during the previous five years.’ ; (2) in Article 5a, the following paragraph is inserted: ‘12a. Actions by a central securities depository carried out in good faith pursuant to paragraphs (4) to (12) on the basis that such actions are in accordance with this Regulation shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of that depository, or of its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the action was a result of negligence.’ ; (3) Article 5aa is amended as follows: a) in paragraph 3, point (d) is replaced by the following: ‘(d) transactions, including sales, which are strictly necessary for the wind-down, by 31 December 2025, of a joint venture or similar legal arrangement concluded before 16 March 2022, involving a legal person, entity or body referred to in paragraph 1;’ ; b) paragraph 3a is replaced by the following: ‘3a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, transactions which are strictly necessary for the divestment and withdrawal by 31 December 2025, by the entities referred to in paragraph 1 or their subsidiaries in the Union from a legal person, entity or body established in the Union.’ ; (4) in Article 11 paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities, based on a specific and case-by-case assessment, may authorise, until 31 December 2025, the satisfaction of a claim made by one of the persons, entities and bodies indicated in point (b) paragraph 1, under such conditions as the competent authorities deem appropriate and after having determined that the satisfaction of the claim is strictly necessary for the divestment from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia.’ ; (5) the following article is inserted: ‘Article 11c 1. No injunction, order, relief, judgment or other court decision pursuant to or derived from Article 248 of the Arbitration Procedure Code of the Russian Federation or equivalent Russian legislation shall be recognised, given effect or enforced in a Member State. 2. No request for assistance during an investigation or other criminal proceedings, and no punishment or other sanction pursuant to the Russian Criminal Code based on an alleged violation of an injunction, order, relief, judgment or other court decision pursuant or derived from Article 248 of the Arbitration Procedure Code of the Russian Federation or equivalent Russian legislation shall be recognised, given effect or enforced in a Member State.’ ; (6) Article 12b is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘1. By way of derogation from Articles 2, 2a, 3, 3b, 3c, 3f, 3h and 3k, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply or transfer of goods and technologies listed in Annexes II, VII, X, XI, XVI, XVIII, XX and XXIII to this Regulation and in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 as well as the sale, licensing or transfer in any other way of intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as granting rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets, related to the goods and technology mentioned above until 31 December 2025, where such sale, supply, transfer, licensing, granting rights to access or re-use is strictly necessary for the divestment from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:’ ; (b) paragraph 1a is replaced by the following: ‘1a. By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply or transfer of goods and technologies listed in Annex II until 31 December 2025, where such sale, supply or transfer is strictly necessary for the divestment from a joint venture incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State before 24 February 2022, involving a Russian legal person, entity or body, and operating a gas pipeline infrastructure between Russia and third countries.’ ; (c) in paragraph 2, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘2. By way of derogation from Articles 3g and 3i, the competent authorities may authorise the import or transfer of goods listed in Annexes XVII and XXI until 31 December 2025, where such import or transfer is strictly necessary for the divestment from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:’ ; (d) in paragraph 2a, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘2a. By way of derogation from Article 5n, the competent authorities may authorise the continuation of the provision of services listed therein until 31 December 2025 where such provision of services is strictly necessary for the divestment from Russia or the wind-down of business activities in Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:’.