S.I. No. 277/2022 - European Union (Restrictive Measures Concerning Ukraine) (No. 12) Regulations 2022


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 10th June, 2022.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014 of 5 March 20141 as amended, Council Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014 of 17 March 20142 as amended, Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014 of 23 June 20143 as amended, Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 of 31 July 20144 as amended and Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263 of 23 February 20225 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Ukraine) (No.12) Regulations 2022.

2. (1) In these Regulations –

“Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014” means Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014 of 5 March 20141 as amended by the European acts specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1;

“Council Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014” means Council Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014 of 17 March 20142 as amended by the European acts specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1;

“Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014” means Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014 of 23 June 20143 as amended by the European acts specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1;

“Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014” means Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 of 31 July 20144 as amended by the European acts specified in Part 4 of Schedule 1;

“Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263” means Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263 of 23 February 20225 as amended by the European act specified in Part 5 of Schedule 1;

“Council Regulations” means Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014, Council Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014, Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014, Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 and Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263;

“European act” means an act adopted by an institution of the European Union or an institution of the European Communities.

(2) A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and which is also used in the Council Regulations has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Council Regulations.

3. (1) A person who contravenes a provision of -

(a) Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014 specified in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2,

(b) Council Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014 specified in paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 2,

(c) Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014 specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 2,

(d) Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 specified in paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, or

(e) Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263 specified in paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 2,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person who contravenes a condition of an authorisation granted under a provision of -

(a) Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014 specified in paragraph 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 2,

(b) Council Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014 specified in paragraph 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 2,

(c) Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014 specified in paragraph 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 2,

(d) Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 specified in paragraph 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, or

(e) Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263 specified in paragraph 5 of Part 2 of Schedule 2,

shall be guilty of an offence.

4. A person who is guilty of an offence under Regulation 3 shall be liable -

(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.

5. A competent authority in the State, following such consultation as it considers necessary with other competent authorities, for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of the Council Regulations or these Regulations, may give in writing such directions to a person as it sees fit.

6. A person who fails to comply with a direction given under Regulation 5 within the time specified in the direction shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

7. Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in such capacity, that person shall, as well as the body corporate, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.

8. (1) Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations in relation to an act committed outside the State may be taken in any place in the State and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed in that place.

(2) Where a person is charged with an offence referred to in paragraph (1), no further proceedings in the matter (other than any remand in custody or on bail) may be taken except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(3) In proceedings for an offence referred to in paragraph (1) –

(a) a certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and stating that a passport was issued by that Department to a person on a specified date, and

(b) a certificate that is signed by an officer of the Minister for Justice and stating that, to the best of the officer’s knowledge and belief, the person has not ceased to be an Irish citizen,

is evidence that the person was an Irish citizen on the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed, and is taken to have been signed by the person purporting to have signed it, unless the contrary is shown.

(4) A person who has been acquitted or convicted of an offence in a place outside the State shall not be proceeded against for an offence under these Regulations in relation to an act committed outside the State consisting of the conduct, or substantially the same conduct, that constituted the offence of which the person has been acquitted or convicted.

9. The European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Ukraine) (No. 11) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 197 of 2022 ) are revoked.

Schedule 1

Part 1

Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014

1. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 381/2014 of 14 April 20146

2. Council Regulation (EU) 2015/138 of 29 January 20157

3. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/357 of 5 March 20158

4. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/869 of 5 June 20159

5. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1777 of 5 October 201510

6. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/311 of 4 March 201611

7. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/374 of 3 March 201712

8. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/326 of 5 March 201813

9. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/352 of 4 March 201914

10. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1163 of 5 July 201915

11. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/370 of 5 March 202016

12. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/391 of 4 March 202117

13. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2152 of 6 December 202118

14. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/375 of 3 March 202219

Part 2

Council Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014

1. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 284/2014 of 21 March 201420

2. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 433/2014 of 28 April 201421

3. Council Regulation (EU) No. 476/2014 of 12 May 201422

4. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 477/2014 of 12 May 201423

5. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 577/2014 of 28 May 201424

6. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 753/2014 of 11 July 201425

7. Council Regulation (EU) No. 783/2014 of 18 July 201426

8. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 810/2014 of 25 July 201427

9. Council Regulation (EU) No. 811/2014 of 25 July 201428

10. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 826/2014 of 30 July 201429

11. Council Regulation (EU) No. 959/2014 of 8 September 201430

12. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 961/2014 of 8 September 201431

13. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1225/2014 of 17 November 201432

14. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1270/2014 of 28 November 201433

15. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/240 of 9 February 201534

16. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/427 of 13 March 201535

17. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1514 of 14 September 201536

18. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/353 of 10 March 201637

19. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1661 of 15 September 201638

20. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1955 of 8 November 201639

21. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/437 of 13 March 201740

22. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1374 of 25 July 201741

23. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1417 of 4 August 201742

24. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1547 of 14 September 201743

25. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1549 of 14 September 201744

26. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2153 of 20 November 201745

27. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/388 of 12 March 201846

28. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/705 of 14 May 201847

29. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1072 of 30 July 201848

30. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1230 of 12 September 201849

31. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1929 of 10 December 201850

32. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/92 of 21 January 201951

33. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/408 of 14 March 201952

34. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/409 of 14 March 201953

35. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1163 of 5 July 201954

36. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1403 of 12 September 201955

37. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/119 of 28 January 202056

38. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/398 of 13 March 202057

39. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1267 of 10 September 202058

40. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1367 of 1 October 202059

41. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/446 of 12 March 202160

42. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1464 of 10 September 202161

43. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1791 of 11 October 202162

44. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2193 of 13 December 202163

45. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/236 of 21 February 202264

46. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/259 of 23 February 202265

47. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/260 of 23 February 202266

48. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/261 of 23 February 202267

49. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/330 of 25 February 202268

50. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/332 of 25 February 202269

51. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/336 of 28 February 202270

52. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/353 of 2 March 202271

53. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/396 of 9 March 202272

54. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/408 of 10 March 202273

55. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/427 of 15 March 202274

56. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/580 of 8 April 202275

57. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/581 of 8 April 202276

58. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/625 of 13 April 202277

59. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/658 of 21 April 202278

60. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/878 of 3 June 202279

61. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/880 of 3 June 202280

Part 3

Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014

1. Council Regulation (EU) No. 825/2014 of 30 July 201481

2. Council Regulation (EU) No. 1351/2014 of 18 December 201482

Part 4

Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014

1. Council Regulation (EU) No. 960/2014 of 8 September 201483

2. Council Regulation (EU) No. 1290/2014 of 4 December 201484

3. Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1797 of 7 October 201585

4. Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2212 of 30 November 201786

5. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1163 of 5 July 201987

6. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/262 of 23 February 202288

7. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/328 of 25 February 202289

8. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/334 of 28 February 202290

9. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/345 of 1 March 202291

10. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/350 of 1 March 202292

11. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/394 of 9 March 202293

12. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/428 of 15 March 202294

13. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/576 of 8 April 202295

14. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/879 of 3 June 202296

Part 5

Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263

1. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/626 of 13 April 202297

Schedule 2

Part 1

1. Contravention of provision of Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014

Article 2

Article 7(1)

Article 8 (1)

Article 9

2. Contravention of provision of Council Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014

Article 2

Article 7(1)

Article 8 (1)

Article 9

3. Contravention of provision of Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014

Article 2

Article 2a (1)

Article 2b (1) and (2)

Article 2c (1), (2) and (3)

Article 2d (1), (2), (3) and (4)

Article 4

4. Contravention of provision of Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014

Article 2 (1), (2) and (3)

Article 2a (1), (2) and (3)

Article 2c (1)

Article 2e (1) and (3)

Article 2f (1) and (3)

Article 3

Article 3a (1)

Article 3b (1) and (2)

Article 3c (1), (2), (3) and (4)

Article 3d (1)

Article 3ea (1)

Article 3f

Article 3g

Article 3h

Article 3i (1) and (2)

Article 3j (1) and (2)

Article 3k (1) and (2)

Article 3l (1)

Article 3m (1), (2), (7) and (8)

Article 3n (1)

Article 4 (1), (2b) and (3)

Article 5 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)

Article 5a (1), (2) and (4)

Article 5aa (1)

Article 5b (1) and (2)

Article 5e (1)

Article 5f (1)

Article 5g (1)

Article 5h (1)

Article 5i (1)

Article 5j

Article 5k (1)

Article 5l (1)

Article 5m (1) and (2)

Article 5n (1)

Article 12

5. Contravention of provision of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263

Article 2 (1)

Article 3 (1)

Article 4 (1) and (2)

Article 5 (1) and (3)

Article 6 (1)

Article 8

Part 2

1. Authorisation under provision of Council Regulation (EU) No. 208/2014

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6

2. Authorisation under provision of Council Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014

Article 2a

Article 4

Article 5 (1)

Article 6 (1)

Article 6a

Article 6b

3. Authorisation under provision of Council Regulation (EU) No. 692/2014

Article 2e

4. Authorisation under provision of Council Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014

Article 2 (4) and (5)

Article 2a (4) and (5)

Article 2b (1)

Article 2e (4)

Article 3

Article 3a (2)

Article 3b (4)

Article 3c (6)

Article 3d (3)

Article 3ea (5)

Article 3f (4)

Article 3h (4)

Article 3k (5)

Article 3l (4)

Article 3m (4), (5) and (6)

Article 4

Article 5a (5)

Article 5c (1)

Article 5d (1)

Article 5k (2)

Article 5m (5) and (6)

Article 5n (5)

5. Authorisation under provision of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/263

Article 4a

Article 5a

Article 7

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3 June, 2022.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Finance.

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