Russia sanctions in public procurement

In addition to checks against the sanctions lists in the Reliable Partner (Luotettava Kumppani) service, the service helps to ascertain the information required by the Council of the European Union regarding Russia sanctions in public procurement concerning the company’s links to Russia (Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP and Regulation (EU) No 833/2014). 

The conclusion of procurement contracts falling within the scope of these sanctions is prohibited from 9 April 2022 where the other party is:  

(a) a Russian national or a natural or legal person, entity or body established in Russia; 

(b) a legal person, entity or body in which the entity referred to in point (a) holds, directly or indirectly, more than 50 per cent of the ownership rights; or 

c) a natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf of or under the direction of an entity referred to in points (a) or (b). 

These sanctions also apply to a undertaking’s subcontractors where they account for more than 10 per cent of the value of the contract in question, or where the undertaking relies on the resources of another operator, as defined in procurement regulations, to meet the procurement requirements. 

By answering the questions regarding Russian sanctions in public procurement in the ‘Other sustainability matters’ section of the Reliable Partner (Luotettava Kumppani) service, the undertaking can provide the required information to its procuring authority clients.  

If a procuring authority wishes to check the information required for the Russia sanctions regarding the subcontractors used by the undertaking in a specific procurement, it may also require the undertaking’s subcontractors to use the Reliable Partner (Luotettava Kumppani) service.