S.I. No. 16/2025 - European Union (Restrictive Measures against Cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States) Regulations 2025

1. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1125 of 30 July 2020

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2. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1536 of 22 October 2020

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3. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1744 of 20 November 2020

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4. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/595 of 11 April 2022

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5. Council Regulation (EU) 2023/2694 of 27 November 2023

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6. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1390 of 17 May 2024

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7. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1778 of 24 June 2024

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8. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2465 of 10 September 2024

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9. Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/173 of 27 January 2025

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Schedule 2

Contravention of Provision of Council Regulation

Article 3 (1) and (2)

Article 7 (1)

Article 8 (1)

Article 9

Article 11 (1)

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance,

31 January, 2025.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.

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These Regulations provide for the enforcement of restrictive measures contained in Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 of 17 May 2019 regarding Restrictive Measures against Cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States.

The Regulations provide that competent authorities of the State may issue directions for the purpose of giving full effect to the sanctions.

The Regulations create offences for breach of the Council Regulations or for failure to comply with the directions of competent authorities of the State with regard to implementation of the sanctions and provides for appropriate penalties.

1 OJ No. L 129I, 17.05.2019, p.1

1 OJ No. L 129I, 17.05.2019, p.1

2 OJ No. L 246, 30.7.2020, p. 4

3 OJ No. L 351I, 22.10.2020, p. 1

4 OJ No. L 393, 23.11.2020, p. 1

5 OJ No. L 114, 12.04.2022, p.60

6 OJ L, 2023/2694, 28.11.2023

7 OJ L, 2024/1390, 17.5.2024

8 OJ L, 2024/1778, 24.6.2024

9 OJ L, 2024/2465, 12.9.2024

10 OJ L, 2025/173, 27.1.2025

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

7

th February,

2025.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Finance in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 of 17 May 2019

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, as amended, hereby make the following regulations