Council Regulation (EU) 2023/2873of 18 December 2023amending Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

Article 2 shall not apply to funds or economic resources that are needed for the provision of pilot services which are necessary for reasons of maritime safety.

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(6) Article 8 is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraphs are added:

The obligation in the first subparagraph shall apply subject to national or other applicable rules regarding the confidentiality of information held by judicial authorities.

For the purposes of the first subparagraph, the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and their clients shall include the confidentiality of communications relating to legal advice provided by other certified professionals who are authorised under national law to represent their clients in judicial proceedings, insofar as such legal advice is provided in connection with pending or prospective judicial proceedings.;

(b) the following paragraph is inserted:

1d.

Member States shall designate by 31 October 2024 the national authorities competent to identify and trace, where appropriate, the funds and economic resources belonging to, or owned, held or controlled by, any natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I and that are located in their jurisdiction, with a view to preventing or detecting instances of a breach or circumvention, or attempts at a breach or circumvention, of the prohibitions set out in this Regulation..

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2023.

For the Council

The President

P. Navarro Ríos