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BREAKING: Lithuania has resumed rail transit of goods to Kaliningrad. How does that align with the EU sanctions against Russia?

BREAKING: Lithuania has resumed rail transit of goods to Kaliningrad. How does that align with the EU sanctions against Russia?
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27 / 07 / 2022

Lietuvos Geležinkeliai has announced that it will resume the transit of certain goods, in accordance with the regulation of the Council of the European Union, EU guidelines, and interpretations of the relevant authorities.

However, the transit of goods prohibited by the sanctions will be allowed only if it is necessary, not an unusual flow or structure of trade, and does not circumvent restrictions. The freight volume must correspond to the average transportation by rail for the past three years, and applications exceeding the annual average values will be rejected.

The railway has stated that transit of luxury items specified in the decree will not be resumed until further clarification. It will be recalled that "Lithuanian Railways" halted the transit of sanctioned goods by rail to and from the Kaliningrad region since June 18, but the European Commission lifted the ban on July 13. The Government Commission for Coordination of International Sanctions met on July 22 and recommended that the Ministry of Transport, the Department of Customs, and "Lithuanian Railways" establish measures to control the transit of these cargoes.

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