The Council of the European Union has issued a corrigendum to its implementing regulation on Russia sanctions, correcting an alias error in the annex listing for the sanctioned entity IPJSC NTK. The correction, published on 2 July 2026, updates the entry across all 24 official EU languages to ensure legal accuracy and uniform implementation.
The corrigendum amends Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1362 of 15 June 2026, which implements restrictive measures under Regulation (EU) 2024/1485 concerning Russia. The correction adds two additional aliases for IPJSC NTK — 'MKAO NTKh' and 'MKAO NTH' — and replaces the erroneous Russian-language alias 'MKAO NTKh, MKAO НТХ, MKAO NTH, MKAO NTKh' with the correct form 'MKAO НТХ'. The change follows Procedure 2(b) for obvious errors, which included a three-day observation period for member states.
The corrigendum addresses a technical but legally significant error: the original annex listed a garbled alias string that could have led to confusion or legal challenges in identifying the sanctioned entity. By correcting the alias across all language versions, the Council aims to prevent enforcement gaps and ensure that EU operators and financial institutions have precise information for compliance.
EU operators and financial institutions relying on the official sanctions list will benefit from increased legal certainty, reducing the risk of inadvertent violations or disputes over asset freezes. National authorities responsible for enforcement gain a clearer basis for action. The correction imposes no new obligations but clarifies existing ones, with negligible impact on the broader sanctions regime. The targeted entity, IPJSC NTK, remains subject to the same restrictive measures; only the identifying information has been refined.