Legal provisions of COM(2011)719 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 imposing certain specific restrictive measures in respect of Guinea - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2011)719 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EU) No 1284/2009 imposing certain specific restrictive measures in respect of Guinea. |
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| document | COM(2011)719  |
| date | December 13, 2011 |
Article 1
‘1. By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 3, the competent authorities of the Member States as indicated in the websites listed in Annex III, may in duly justified cases authorise:
| (a) | the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment which might be used for internal repression, provided it is intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the United Nations (UN) and the European Union, or for European Union and UN crisis management operations; |
| (b) | the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal equipment which might be used for internal repression, provided it is intended solely to enable the police and gendarmerie of the Republic of Guinea to use only appropriate and proportionate force while maintaining public order; |
| (c) | the provision of financing, financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services and other services related to equipment or to programmes and operations referred to in points (a) and (b); |
| (d) | the provision of financing, financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services and other services related to non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, for institution-building programmes of the UN and the European Union, or for European Union and UN crisis management operations; |
| (e) | the provision of financing, financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services and other services related to non-lethal military equipment intended solely to enable the police and gendarmerie of the Republic of Guinea to use only appropriate and proportionate force while maintaining public order; |
| (f) | provision of financing, financial assistance, technical assistance, brokering services and other services related to non-combat vehicles which have been manufactured or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for protective use of personnel of the European Union and its Member States in the Republic of Guinea.’. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.