Legal provisions of JOIN(2014)41 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military activities to Côte d’Ivoire

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dossier JOIN(2014)41 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military ...
document JOIN(2014)41 EN
date February  9, 2015

Contents

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 is amended as follows:

(1)Article 1 is deleted.

(2)Article 4a is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4a

1. By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent authority, as listed in Annex II, of the Member State where the exporter is established or, in the case that the exporter is not established within the Union, the Member State from which the equipment may be sold, supplied, transferred or exported, may authorise, under such conditions as it deems appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal equipment included in Annex I, after having determined that the non-lethal equipment concerned is intended solely to enable the Ivorian security forces to use only appropriate and proportionate force while maintaining public order.

2. By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent authority, as listed in Annex II, of the Member State where the exporter is established or, in the case that the exporter is not established within the Union, the Member State from which the equipment may be sold, supplied, transferred or exported, may authorise, under such conditions as it deems appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment that might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex I, which is intended solely for the support of the Ivorian process of Security Sector Reform and for support or use by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French forces who support them.

3. The authorisations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be granted in accordance with the detailed rules laid down in Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 and shall be valid throughout the Union.

4. The relevant Member State shall inform the other Member States and the European Commission of any authorisaton granted under this Article within two weeks of that authorisation.

5. No authorisation shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.’

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(3)The following Article is inserted:

‘Article 4b

1. By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent authority, as listed in Annex II, of the Member State where the exporter is established or, in the case that the exporter is not established within the Union, the Member State from which the equipment may be sold, supplied, transferred or exported, may authorise, under such conditions as it deems appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment as listed in point 4 of Annex I, where the equipment is solely for civilian use in mining or infrastructure projects.

2. The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted in accordance with the detailed rules laid down in Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 and shall be valid throughout the Union.

3. Exporters shall supply the competent authority with all relevant information required for the assessment of their application for an authorisation.

4. The competent authority shall not grant an authorisation for any sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment, as listed in point 4 of Annex I, unless it has determined that the equipment is solely for civilian use in mining or infrastructure projects.

5. The relevant Member State shall inform the other Members States and the Commission, at least one week in advance, of its intention to grant an authorisation referred to in paragraph 1.

6. No authorisation shall be granted for activities that have already taken place’

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(4)In Annex I, the title is replaced by the following:

‘List of equipment which might be used for internal repression as referred to in Articles 3, 4a and 4b’

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(5)In Annex II, the title is replaced by the following:

‘List of competent authorities referred to in Articles 4a and 4b’

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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.