Y694 - Partner Countries listed in Annex LI

Below the official list of partner countries in Annex LI of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 — i.e., the countries whose petroleum product imports into the EU are exempt from the obligation to provide evidence of the origin of the crude oil used to produce the product (because those countries have equivalent restrictive measures in place):  

As amended most recently (Annex LI to Regulation 833/2014):

• Canada
• Norway
• United Kingdom
• United States of America
• Switzerland
• Australia
• Japan
• New Zealand

This list defines the countries from which importers are not required to provide documentary evidence of crude oil origin for CN 2710 petroleum products imported into the EU under the sanctions import ban regime.

If petroleum products under CN 2710 are imported from one of these partner countries, the EU sanctions regime does not require submission of evidence about the crude oil used in refining (i.e., no affirmation that it is not derived from Russian crude).