Status: 02/23/2023 04:18 am
According to a media report, Federal Minister of Economics Habeck wants to take action against circumventing the sanctions against Russia. A ten-point paper contains stricter conditions for exports to third countries.
According to a report, Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) is planning tougher action against circumventing EU sanctions against Russia.
According to a ten-point paper from which the television stations RTL and ntv quoted during the night, Habeck’s ministry is planning, among other things, stricter conditions for the export of goods that could serve the Russian war effort in Ukraine.
In addition, according to the information, the pressure on third countries, from which sanctioned goods originating from Germany are still being resold to Moscow, is to be increased.
Exports from third countries continue to be a problem
Habeck’s ministry wants to counteract the “considerable” continued export of sanctioned goods “together more effectively than before, at national and EU level,” the paper says.
According to the information, foreign trade data indicate that EU-sanctioned goods are exported to certain third countries and from there to Russia. According to the paper, Germany must work to ensure that this problem is the focus of the next EU sanctions package against Russia.
Pressure on companies and third countries should increase
According to Habeck’s plans, companies will only be able to export to certain third countries if they submit transparent so-called end-use certificates when registering the exports. In such declarations, the buyer explains in writing what the purchased goods will be used for. Deliberate violations of this should therefore be punished across Europe as far as possible.
According to the paper, it should also become easier in the future to exclude companies from third countries from receiving sanctioned goods if they have already passed on such goods to Russia. The pressure should also be increased on the third countries themselves. Among other things, it should be possible in the future to use pressure measures such as the threat of lifting tariff relief to induce “non-cooperative” states to cooperate in complying with Russia’s sanctions.