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the following articles are inserted: ‘Article 4o 1. It shall be prohibited to purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly, crude oil or petroleum products, if they originate in Russia or are exported from Russia. 2. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance or any other services related to the prohibition in paragraph 1. 3. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply: (a) until 5 December 2022, to one-off transactions for near-term delivery, concluded and executed before that date, or to the execution of contracts for the purchase, import or transfer of crude oil, concluded before 4 June 2022, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that those contracts have been notified by the relevant Member States to the Commission by 24 June 2022 and that the one-off transactions for near-term delivery be notified by the relevant Member States to the Commission within 10 days of their completion; (b) until 5 February 2023, to one-off transactions for near-term delivery, concluded and executed before that date, or to the execution of contracts for the purchase, import or transfer of petroleum products concluded before 4 June 2022, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that those contracts have been notified by the relevant Member States to the Commission by 24 June 2022 and that the one-off transactions for near-term delivery be notified by the relevant Member States to the Commission within 10 days of their completion; (c) to the purchase, import or transfer of seaborne crude oil and of petroleum products where those goods originate in a third country and are only being loaded in, departing from, or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian; (d) to crude oil which is delivered by pipeline from Russia into Member States, until the Council, acting by unanimity, on a proposal by the High Representative with the support of the Commission, decides that the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply. 4. If the supply of crude oil by pipeline from Russia to a landlocked Member State is interrupted for reasons outside the control of that Member State, seaborne crude oil from Russia may be imported into that Member State, by way of an exceptional temporary derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 , until the supply is resumed or until the Council decision referred to in paragraph 3(d) applies with regard to that Member State, whichever is the earliest. 5. As of 5 December 2022, and by way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities of Bulgaria may authorise the execution until 31 December 2024 of contracts concluded before 4 June 2022, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, for the purchase, import or transfer of seaborne crude oil and of petroleum products originating in Russia or exported from Russia. 6. As of 5 Feburary 2023, and by way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities of Croatia may authorise until 31 December 2023 the purchase, import or transfer of vacuum gas oil originating in Russia or exported from Russia, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) no alternative supply of vacuum gas oil is available; and (b) Croatia has notified the Commission, at least two weeks prior to the authorisation, of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted and the Commission has not objected within that time frame. 7. The goods imported following a derogation granted by a competent authority under paragraph 5 or 6 shall not be sold on to buyers located in another Member State or in a third country. 8. The transfer or transport of crude oil delivered by pipeline into Member States as referred to in paragraph 3(d) to other Member States or to third countries, or its sale to purchasers in other Member States or in third countries, shall be prohibited. All consignments and containers of such crude oil shall be clearly marked as ‘REBCO: export prohibited’. As from 5 Feburary 2023, where crude oil has been delivered by pipeline into a Member State as referred to in paragraph 3(d), it shall be prohibited to transfer or transport petroleum products which are obtained from such crude oil to other Member States or to third countries, or to sell such petroleum products to purchasers in other Member States or in third countries. By way of temporary derogation, the prohibitions referred to in the third subparagraph shall apply as from 5 December 2023 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(d). If alternative supplies for such petroleum products are made available to Czechia before that date, the Council, acting by unanimity, shall adopt a decision terminating that temporary derogation. During the period until 5 December 2023, 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. 9. The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to purchases in Russia of crude oil or petroleum products which are required in order to meet the essential needs of the purchaser in Russia or of humanitarian projects in Russia. 10. The Union shall take the necessary measures in order to determine the relevant items to be covered by this Article. Article 4p 1. It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services or financing or financial assistance, related to the transport, including through ship-to-ship transfers, to third countries of crude oil or petroleum products which originate in Russia or which have been exported from Russia. 2. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to: (a) the execution until 5 December 2022 of contracts concluded before 4 June 2022, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts; or (b) the transport of crude oil or petroleum products where those goods originate in a third country and are only being loaded in, departing from or transiting through Russia, provided that both the origin and the owner of those goods are non-Russian.’;