
Article 1 
Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 is amended as follows:

((1)) the following Article is inserted:
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Article 6a 
By way of derogation from Article 2(2), the competent authorities of the Member States may authorise payments to the Crimean Sea Ports for services provided at the ports of Kerch Fishery Port, Yalta Commercial Port and Evpatoria Commercial Port, and for services provided by Gosgidrografiya and by Port-Terminal branches of the Crimean Sea Ports.'
((2)) in Article 12 (1), point (a) is replaced by the following:
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(a) in respect of funds frozen under Article 2 and authorisations granted under Articles 4, 5, 6 and 6a;
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 September 2017.
For the Council
The President
A. ANVELT