FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of December 30, 2006 No. 281-FZ

About special economic measures and enforcement powers

Accepted by the State Duma on December 22, 2006

Approved by the Federation Council on December 27, 2006

Article 1. Legal basis of application of special economic measures and enforcement powers

1. The legal basis of application of special economic measures and enforcement powers is constituted by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the conventional principles and rules of international law, the international agreements of the Russian Federation, the resolution of the Security Council of the United Nations, this Federal Law, regulatory legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, and also regulatory legal acts of federal executive bodies adopted according to them.

2. Special economic measures are applied in cases of emergence of set of the circumstances requiring immediate reaction to international and illegal act or unfriendly action of foreign state or its bodies and officials, the posing threats to interests and safety of the Russian Federation and (or) the violating rights and freedoms of her citizens.

3. Enforcement powers are applied to accomplishment of resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations.

Article 2. Purposes and principles of application of special economic measures and enforcement powers

1. The purposes of application of special economic measures are ensuring interests and safety of the Russian Federation and (or) elimination or minimization of threat of violations of the rights and freedoms of her citizens.

2. Special economic measures are applied on the basis of the following principles:

1) legality;

2) publicity of application of special economic measures;

3) justification and objectivity of application of special economic measures.

3. The purposes and the principles of application of enforcement powers are determined according to the purposes and the principles of organization activity of the United Nations provided by its Charter.

Article 3. Special economic measures and enforcement powers

1. Special economic measures are temporary and are applied irrespective of other measures directed to protection of interests of the Russian Federation, safety of the Russian Federation, and also to protection of the rights and freedoms of her citizens.

2. Prohibition on making of actions concerning the blocked persons and (or) assignment of obligation of making of the specified actions, and also the restrictions set by the legislation of the Russian Federation belong to special economic measures.

2.1. For the purpose of this Federal Law are understood as the blocked persons:

1) foreign states, and (or) the foreign organizations, and (or) foreign citizens, and (or) the stateless persons determined according to article 4 of this Federal Law;

2) legal entities under control to the foreign organizations, and (or) foreign citizens, and (or) stateless persons.

2.2. For the purpose of this Federal Law the legal entity under control to the foreign organization, and (or) the foreign citizen, and (or) the stateless person, is understood as the legal entity in whom specified persons and (or) the organization have the right directly or indirectly (through the third parties including entering one group of persons) independently or to dispose jointly owing to participation in this under control legal entity of more than 50 percent of votes in the supreme body of management of this under control legal entity.

2.3. Special economic measures can be directed:

1) on suspension of realization of all or part of programs in the field of economic, technical assistance, and also programs in the field of military and technical cooperation;

2) on will lock (restriction) of making of financial transactions on the blocked persons and (or) freezing (blocking) of the money and (or) other property belonging to the blocked persons and also the financial transactions made in interests and (or) for benefit of the blocked persons;

3) on prohibition or establishment of restrictions for implementation of the external economic transactions;

4) on the termination or suspension of action of the international trade agreements and other international treaties of the Russian Federation in the field of foreign economic relations;

5) on change of export and (or) import customs duties;

6) on prohibition or restriction for calling ports of the Russian Federation of courts and for use of airspace of the Russian Federation or its certain areas;

7) on establishment of restrictions for implementation of tourist activities;

8) on prohibition on participation in the international scientific and scientific and technical programs and projects, scientific and scientific and technical programs and projects of foreign state.

3. Realization of special economic measures is obligatory for public authorities, local government bodies, and also for the organizations which are under jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and physical persons. Realization of special economic measures is obligatory also for branches through which the foreign organizations perform activities in the territory of the Russian Federation.

4. Responsibility of officials for improper execution of the obligations connected with realization of special economic measures is determined by the Federal Laws.

4.1. The stipulated in Article 3.1 presents of the Federal Law, and (or) violation of requirements of regulatory legal acts, the regulations of the Bank of Russia published according to this Federal Law are applied to the organizations performing transactions with money and (or) other property specified regarding the 4th article 3.1 of this Federal Law in case of non-execution of special economic measures by them the measures provided by the Federal Laws regulating their activities, the Federal Law of July 10, 2002 No. 86-FZ "About the Central bank the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)".

5. Special economic measures shall not have more restrictive character, than it is necessary for elimination of the circumstances which formed the basis of their application.

6. Enforcement powers are understood as collective measures which are directed to prevention and elimination of threat to peace and suppression of acts of aggression or other violations of the world and introduction, change, suspension or cancellation of which are provided by resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations.

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