The importation of crude oil and petroleum products into the Union if they:

The purchase of crude oil or petroleum products which are located in or which originated in Syria;

The transportation of crude oil or petroleum products if they originate in Syria, or are being exported from Syria to any other country;

The provision, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives , as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to points (1), (2) and (3); and

The participation, knowing and intentional, in activities whose object or effect is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the prohibitions set out in point (1), (2), (3) or (4);

The sale, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, of gold, precious metals and diamonds, as listed below, whether or not originating in the Union, to the Government of Syria, its public bodies, corporations and agencies, the Central Bank of Syria, any person, entity or body acting on their behalf or at their direction, or any entity or body owned or controlled by them;

The purchase, import or transport, directly or indirectly, of gold, precious metals and diamonds, as listed below, whether the item concerned originates in Syria or not, from the Government of Syria, its public bodies, corporations and agencies, the Central Bank of Syria and any person, entity or body acting on their behalf or at their direction, or any entity or body owned or controlled by them; and

The provision, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or brokering services, financing or financial assistance, related to the goods referred to in points (6) and (7), to the Government of Syria, its public bodies, corporations and agencies, the Central Bank of Syria and any person, entity or body acting on their behalf or at their direction, or any entity or body owned or controlled by them.