EU bans export of 200 items to Crimea


Brussels, Dec 20 (IANS/TASS): The European Union (EU) has imposed a ban on the supply of more than 200 items to Crimea in eastern Ukraine.

The items range from cigarette lighters to yachts, ships, floating structures, planes, spacecraft to spare parts.

The full list of the new trading restrictions for Crimea agreed Thursday was published by the EU’s official journal.

The goods are grouped into eight classes, but as a matter of fact the supply of any industrial product to Crimea is prohibited.

The EU also banned its companies from providing tourist services in Crimea and the cruise ships belonging to the European companies or flying the EU flag, from visiting seven ports -- Sevastopol, Kerch, Yalta, Feodosiya, Yevpatoria, Chernomorsk and Kamysh-Burun.

The European companies are not allowed to provide knowhow and equipment for transport, telecommunications, energy, hydrocarbons and minerals exploration and development, as well as assistance and mediatory services in creating related infrastructures.

  

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