Legal provisions of JOIN(2013)10 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, in view of the situation in Somalia

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Article 1

Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) No 356/2010 is replaced by the following:

‘3.   Annex I shall consist of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies designated by the Security Council or the Sanctions Committee as:

(a)engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia, including acts that threaten the peace and reconciliation process in Somalia, or threaten the Federal Government of Somalia or the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by force;

(b)having acted in violation of the arms embargo or the prohibition against providing related assistance or the arms resale and transfer restrictions as stipulated in paragraph 34 of UNSCR 2093 (2013);

(c)obstructing the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Somalia, or access to, or distribution of, humanitarian assistance in Somalia;

(d)being political or military leaders recruiting or using children in armed conflicts in Somalia in violation of applicable international law;

(e)being responsible for violations of applicable international law in Somalia involving the targeting of civilians, including children and women, in situations of armed conflict, including killing and maiming, sexual and gender-based violence, attacks on schools and hospitals and abduction and forced displacement.’.

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.