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– The prohibition shall not apply to road transport undertakings transporting mail as a universal service.
– The prohibition shall not apply until 16 April 2022 to the transport of goods that started before 9 April 2022, provided that the vehicle of the road transport undertaking: (a) was already in the territory of the Union on 9 April 2022, (b) needs to transit through the Union in order to return to Belarus.
– The competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the transport of goods by a road transport undertaking established in Belarus if the competent authorities have determined that such transport is necessary for:
(a) the purchase, import or transport into the Union of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, as well as titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore;
(b) the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Regulation;
(c) humanitarian purposes; or,
(d) the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States in Belarus, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Belarus enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.

shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of banknotes denominated in any official currency of a Member State provided that such sale, supply, transfer or export is necessary for: (a) the personal use of natural persons travelling to Belarus or members of their immediate families travelling with them; (b) the official purposes of diplomatic missions, consular posts or international organisations in Belarus enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.

There are exemptions for (i) trustors/beneficiaries who are nationals/residents of Member States, (ii) humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuationsand civil society activities; or civil society activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Russia.

National authorities may also grant derogations for the transport of energy, certain metals, food, and pharmaceutical products, humanitarian purposes, the functioning of diplomatic missions and the re-export of cultural goods on loan in the context of formal cultural cooperation, This ban will not affect mail services and goods in transit between Kaliningrad and Russia,
It shall be prohibited for any road transport undertaking established in Belarus to transport goods by road within the territory of the Union, including in transit,
The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply until 16 April 2022 to the transport of goods that started before 9 April 2022, provided that the vehicle of the road transport undertaking:
(a) was already in the territory of the Union on 9 April 2022, or
(b) needs to transit through the Union in order to return to Belarus,
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the transport of goods by a road transport undertaking established in Belarus if the competent authorities have determined that such transport is necessary for:
(a) the purchase, import or transport into the Union of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, as well as titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore;
(b) the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Decision;
(c) humanitarian purposes; or,
(d) the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States in Belarus, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Belarus enjoying immunities in accordance with international law,

the competent authorities may authorise the award and continued execution of contracts intended for:
(a) the operation, maintenance, decommissioning and radioactive waste management, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities, as well as the supply of precursor material for the production of medical radioisotopes and similar medical applications, critical technology for environmental radiation monitoring, as well as civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of R&D;
(b) intergovernmental cooperation in space programmes;
(c) the provision of strictly necessary goods or services which can only be provided, or which can only be provided in sufficient quantities, by the persons referred to in paragraph 1;
(d) the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the EU and of the Member States in Russia, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Russia enjoying immunities in accordance with international law;
(e) the purchase, import or transport of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, as well as titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore from or through Russia into the EU;
(f) the purchase, import or transport into the EU of coal and other solid fossil fuels until 10 August 2022,