At its meeting of 23 June 2014, the Council of the European Union decided that from the 25th of June onwards goods originating in Crimea and Sevastopol may no longer be imported into the European Union, except if they  have been granted a certificate of origin by the Ukrainian authorities. Furthermore, providing  financial and insurance services related to the import of such goods will equally be prohibited. Such total import ban measures  are relatively exceptional for the EU.