S.I. No. 228/2026 - European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Russia) (No. 5) Regulations 2026

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TITLE: Ireland's Government Publications Office Implements European Union Restrictive Measures Concerning Russia Regulations BODY: On May 27, 2026, Ireland's Minister for Finance, Simon Harris, made Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 228/2026, which implements European Union (EU) restrictive measures concerning Russia into Irish law. The regulation gives effect to Council Regulation (EU) No. 2024/1485 of May 27, 2024, and Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 of October 8, 2024, as amended by subsequent European implementing regulations and acts. The regulations establish criminal offences for contravention of specified provisions within both council regulations. Persons who breach the regulations face penalties on summary conviction of a class A fine or imprisonment for up to 12 months, or both. On conviction on indictment, penalties increase to fines not exceeding €500,000 or imprisonment for up to three years, or both. The regulations also empower competent authorities in Ireland to issue written directions for administration and enforcement purposes; failure to comply with such directions within specified timeframes constitutes an offence attracting a class A fine or imprisonment for up to six months on summary conviction. Directors, managers, and officers of body corporates may be held personally liable for offences committed with their consent, connivance, or attributable to their neglect. The regulations extend to acts committed outside Ireland by Irish citizens, with prosecutions requiring Director of Public Prosecutions consent. The regulations revoke the previous European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Russia) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 174 of 2026). The notice of this statutory instrument's making was published in Iris Oifigiúil on June 2, 2026. The regulations apply to all persons and entities subject to Irish jurisdiction. REFERENCES: Government Publications Office, Ireland. S.I. No. 228/2026 - European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Russia) (No. 5) Regulations 2026. Available at: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/

S.I. No. 228/2026 - European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Russia) (No. 5) Regulations 2026 Home Baile Statutory Instruments Ionstraimí Reachtúla 2026 S.I. No. 228/2026 - European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Russia) (No. 5) Regulations 2026 S.I. No. 228/2026 - European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Russia) (No. 5) Regulations 2026 Amendments Leasuithe Download PDF Íoslódáil PDF Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 2 nd June, 2026. I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EU) No. 2024/1485 of 27 May 2024 1 as amended and Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 of 8 October 2024 2 , hereby make the following regulations: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Russia) (No. 5) Regulations 2026. 2. (1) In these Regulations - “Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1485” means Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 of 27 May 2024 as amended by the European acts specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1; “Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642” means Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 of 8 October 2024 as amended by the European acts specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1; “Council Regulations” means Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 and Council Regulation 2024/2642. “European act” means an act adopted by an institution of the European Union or an institution of the European Communities. (2) A word or expression which is used in these Regulations and which is also used in the Council Regulation has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Council Regulations. 3. (1) A person who contravenes a provision of – (a) Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (b) Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 shall be guilty of an offence. (2) A person who contravenes a condition of an authorisation granted under a provision of the Council Regulations shall be guilty of an offence. 4. A person who is guilty of an offence under Regulation 3 shall be liable - (a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both. 5. A competent authority in the State, following such consultation as it considers necessary with other competent authorities, for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of the Council Regulations or these Regulations, may give in writing such directions to a person as it sees fit. 6. A person who fails to comply with a direction given under Regulation 5 within the time specified in the direction shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both. 7. Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in such capacity, that person shall, as well as the body corporate, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence. 8. (1) Proceedings for an offence under these Regulations in relation to an act committed outside the State may be taken in any place in the State and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed in that place. (2) Where a person is charged with an offence referred to in paragraph (1), no further proceedings in the matter (other than any remand in custody or on bail) may be taken except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (3) In proceedings for an offence referred to in paragraph (1) – (a) a certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and stating that a passport was issued by that Minister to a person on a specified date, and (b) a certificate that is signed by an officer of the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and stating that, to the best of the officer’s knowledge and belief, the person has not ceased to be an Irish citizen, is evidence that the person was an Irish citizen on the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed, and is taken to have been signed by the person purporting to have signed it, unless the contrary is shown. (4) A person who has been acquitted or convicted of an offence in a place outside the State shall not be proceeded against for an offence under these Regulations in relation to an act committed outside the State consisting of the conduct, or substantially the same conduct, that constituted the offence of which the person has been acquitted or convicted. 9. The European Union (Restrictive Measures concerning Russia) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 ( S.I. No. 174 of 2026 ) are revoked. Schedule 1 European acts amending Council Regulations Part 1 Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 1. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1488 of 27 May 2024 3 2. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2465 of 10 September 2024 4 3. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/958 of 20 May 2025 5 4. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1081 of 26 May 2025 6 5. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1438 of 15 July 2025 7 6. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2356 of 20 November 2025 8 7. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2638 of 22 December 2025 9 8. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/431 of 23 February 2026 10 9. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1147 of 26 May 2026 11 Part 2 Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 1. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3188 of 16 December 2024 12 2. Council Regulation (EU) 2025/964 of 20 May 2025 13 3. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/965 of 20 May 2025 14 4. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/968 of 20 May 2025 15 5. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1278 of 26 June 2025 16 6. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1444 of 15 July 2025 17 7. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2021 of 3 October 2025 18 8. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2568 of 15 December 2025 19 9. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/259 of 29 January 2026 20 10. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/647 of 16 March 2026 21 11. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/885 of 21 April 2026 22 Schedule 2 1. Contravention of provision of the Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 Article 2 (1) Article 3 (1) Article 4 (1) or (2) Article 5 (1) Article 6 (1) or (2) Article 11 (1) Article 12 (1) Article 13 (1) or (2) Article 15 (1) 2. Contravention of provision of the Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 Article 1a (1) Article 1b (1) Article 1c Article 2 (1) or (2) Article 8 (1) Article 9 (1) or (2) Article 11 (1) GIVEN under my Official Seal, 27 May, 2026. SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Finance. 1 OJ L, 2024/1485, 27.5.2024 2 OJ L, 2024/2642, 9.10.2024 3 OJ L, 2024/1488, 27.05.2024 4 OJ L, 2024/2465, 12.9.2024 5 OJ L, 2025/958, 20.5.2025 6 OJ L, 2025/1081, 27.5.2025 7 OJ L, 2025/1438, 15.7.2025 8 OJ L, 2025/2356, 20.11.2025 9 OJ L, 2025/2638, 22.12.2025 10 OJ L, 2026/431, 23.2.2026 11 OJ L, 2026/1147, 26.5.2026 12 OJ L, 2024/3188, 16.12.2024 13 OJ L, 2025/964, 20.5.2025 14 OJ L, 2025/965, 20.5.2025 15 OJ L, 2025/968, 21.5.2025 16 OJ L, 2025/1278, 26.6.2025 17 OJ L, 2025/1444, 15.7.2025 18 OJ L, 2025/2021, 6.10.2025 19 OJ L, 2025/2568, 15.12.2025 20 OJ L, 2026/259, 29.1.2026 21 OJ L, 2026/647, 16.3.2026 22 OJ L, 2026/885, 21.4.2026

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