Belarus Regime

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/355 of 2 March 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus.

Article 1fb has been amended and now reads as follows:

1. The notification to the competent authority referred to in Articles 1e(3) and 1f(3) shall be submitted by electronic means, whenever possible, on forms containing at least all the elements of, and in the order provided for in, the models set out in Annex Vc.

2. All authorisations referred to in Articles 1e and 1f shall be issued by electronic means, whenever possible, on forms containing at least all the elements of, and in the order provided for in, the models set out in Annex Vc.’.

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