Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Belarus

Type of sectoral sanctions

Financial measures

Measures

1) European Investment Bank (EIB) is prohibited from making any disbursement or payment under or in connection with any existing agreements entered between Belarus or any public authority thereof and the EIB. 2) It is prohibited to provide public financing or financial assistance for trade with, or investment in, Belarus. 3) It is prohibited to a...

Additional Sanctions

Arms export
Aviation or the space industry
Cement
Diamonds
Embargo on dual-use goods
Financial measures
Firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition
Flights, airports, aircrafts
Gold
Iron and steel
Luxury goods
Machinery and electrical equipment
Maritime navigation
Mineral products
Oil refining
Potassium chloride
Restrictions on equipment used for internal repression
Restrictions on equipment used for internal repression
Restrictions on goods
Restrictions on services
Road transport
Rubber
Telecommunications equipment
Tobacco
Wood

Program information

Authority

EU

Program

Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine

Regime

EU country specific

Target State

Belarus

Official Information

The EU has imposed several successive rounds of individual and sectoral sanctions, against those responsible for internal repression and human rights abuses in Belarus, and in the context of Belarus’ involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Council of the EU first adopted targeted restrictive measures against specific Belarusian officials ...

Program URL

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02012D0642-20220604