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\n The European Commission<\/strong> will not add any new import bans in its next package of sanctions on Russia, EU diplomats said, as a 13th package proposal takes its final shape.<\/p>\n The Commission and European Union<\/strong> member states want to quickly pass a new set of measures to mark the second anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n Despite calls from some EU countries to ban more Russian exports like aluminium<\/strong>, the Commission will propose a package it hopes will cause minimal debate among member states so it is passed quickly.<\/p>\n Member states need to vote unanimously to adopt new sanctions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n “There will be hundreds of listings… entities and individuals. No big (company) names,” one of the diplomats said.<\/p>\n The diplomat said the Commission proposal – which could arrive as early as this week – would also expand the list of Russian companies that EU firms cannot sell dual-use goods to.<\/p>\n Dual-use goods are those items that can serve a purpose in ordinary life as well as on the battlefield to make weapons<\/strong> such as drones.<\/p>\n The sources added that once the 13th sanctions package<\/strong> is passed, the Commission will quickly propose a 14th set of measures which could include some new import bans.<\/p>\n The EU has already banned many big ticket items such as sea-borne Russian oil imports<\/strong> and, most recently, diamonds.<\/p>\n Brussels believes little is left that EU countries could find unanimous agreement on, with Russian nuclear fuel and liquefied natural gas<\/strong> sanctions considered off the table for now.<\/p>\n The EU will also soon adopt a first-step law to set aside windfall revenues from Russia’s 300 billion euros of immobilised assets, mostly held in Europe. The EU hopes to use these revenues to fund Ukraine\u2019s reconstruction<\/strong>. This could amount to some 15 billion euros over four years.<\/p>\n (Reuters – Reporting by Julia Payne; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" February 4, 2024 The European Commission will not add any new import bans in its next package of sanctions on Russia, EU diplomats said, as a 13th package proposal takes its final shape. The Commission and European Union member states want to quickly pass a new set of measures to mark the second anniversary of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/38657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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