PARTICLE PHYSICS

The following measures apply until further notice:

To all Russian and Belarusian institutions (research institutes and companies):

• Existing cooperations will be suspended.
• New collaborations will not be established.
• DESY employees cannot be members of committees of Russian and Belarusian institutions.
• Sanction decisions by Germany, the EU and the United Nations are strictly observed.

To all employees or members of Russian and Belarusian institutions (regardless of nationality):

• No new contract will be concluded.
• Guests, e.g. for user operation at DESY facilities, will not be invited and the invitation of guests, who have not yet arrived, will be suspended.
• No employees or members of Russian and Belarusian institutions can be members of DESY committees.
• Access to DESY IT infrastructure and data on DESY computing systems is suspended.

For publications at DESY:

• New publications with participation of Russian and Belarusian institutions will be suspended.
• Publications with participation of Russian and Belarusian institutes that have not yet been published will be suspended.
• Publications in Russian or Belarusian journals cannot be approved.

Concerning conferences and events (both physical, hybrid and online):

• Conference speakers from Russian or Belarusian institutes will be suspended from events organized by DESY and will not be invited again until further notice.
• DESY employees will not participate in conferences co-organized by Russian or Belarusian institutes or where speakers from Russian or Belarussian Institutes are announced.

Hamburg and Zeuthen, March 15th, 2022
The DESY Directorate