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1. Natural and legal persons, entities and bodies that sell, supply, transfer or export common high priority items as listed in Annex XXX or goods as listed in Annex XXXI shall:

(a) take appropriate steps, proportionately to their nature and size, to identify and assess the risks of exportation to Belarus and exportation for use in Belarus for such goods or technology, and ensure that those risk assessments are documented and kept up-to-date;

(b) implement appropriate policies, controls and procedures, proportionately to their nature and size, to mitigate and manage effectively the risks of exportation to Belarus and exportation for use in Belarus for such goods or technology, whether those risks were identified at their level or at the level of the Member State or of the Union.

1a. Paragraph 1 shall apply as of 2 January 2025 with regard to Annex XXX and as of 26 May 2025 with regard to Annex XXXI.

2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to natural and legal persons, entities and bodies that sell, supply or transfer common high priority items as listed in Annex XXX or goods as listed in Annex XXXI only within the Union or to countries listed in Annex Vba.

3. Natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall ensure that any legal person, entity or body established outside the Union that they own or control and that sells, supplies, transfers or exports common high priority items as listed in Annex XXX or goods as listed in Annex XXXI implements the requirements in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1.

3a. Paragraph 3 shall apply as of 2 January 2025 with regard to Annex XXX and as of 26 May 2025 with regard to Annex XXXI.

4. Paragraph 3 shall not apply where, due to reasons that it did not cause itself, a natural or legal person, entity or body is not able to exercise control over the legal person, entity or body that it owns.