Sanctions on dual-use goods

Goods, services with military and civil purpose (“dual-use goods and services”)

The EU has sharpened and extended export controls on dual-use goods to target sensitive sectors in Russia’s military industrial complex, and limit Russia’s access to crucial advanced technology, such as:

• drones and software for drones
• software for encryption devices
• software used to manufacture weapons
• semiconductors and advanced electronics
• engines for drones
• chemicals and chemical precursors that could be used for chemical weapons or other military applications
• law enforcement items
• special materials and industrial machinery
• camouflage gear and riot control agents
• rare earths
• thermostats
• thermographic cameras
• machine tools
• machinery parts
• DC motors and servomotors for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
• electronic components identified in weapon systems (helicopters, missiles, drones, and wheeled vehicles)
• all-terrain vehicles such as quad bikes
• microwave and aerial amplifiers
• digital flight data recorders
• chemical precursors to energetic material
• spare parts and components of high-precision Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine tools
• metals used for the construction of weapon systems 
• products used in the preparation of propellants 

The EU has also extended the list of sanctioned entities to whom tighter restrictions apply, including companies active in military and defence areas, which are logistically and materially supporting the invasion.

The existing export ban now also covers jet fuel and fuel additives, which may be used by the Russian army.

Lower tech items used by the military such as toy/hobby drones, video-game controllers, complex generator devices, laptop computers, cameras and lenses, radio navigational aid apparatus and apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or data are also prohibited.