Legal provisions of JOIN(2013)26 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 147/2003 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Somalia

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dossier JOIN(2013)26 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 147/2003 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Somalia.
document JOIN(2013)26 EN
date November 15, 2013

Contents

Article 1

In Regulation (EC) No 147/2003, Article 2a is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2a

By way of derogation from Article 1, the competent authority, as indicated in the websites set out in Annex I, in the Member State where the service provider is established, may authorise, under such conditions as it deems appropriate:

(a)the provision of financing, financial assistance, technical advice, assistance or training relating to military activities, if it has determined that such financing, advice, assistance or training is intended solely for the support of, or use by, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) referred to in paragraph 10(b) of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2111 (2013) or for the sole use of States or international, regional or sub-regional organisations undertaking measures in accordance with paragraph 10(e) of UNSCR 2111 (2013);

(b)the provision of financing, financial assistance, technical advice, assistance or training relating to military activities, if it has determined that such financing, advice, assistance or training is intended solely for the support of, or use by, AMISOM’s strategic partners, operating solely under the African Union Strategic Concept of 5 January 2012 (or subsequent African Union strategic concepts), and in cooperation and coordination with AMISOM as stipulated in paragraph 10(c) of UNSCR 2111 (2013);

(c)the provision of financing, financial assistance, technical advice, assistance or training relating to military activities, if it has determined that such financing, advice, assistance or training is intended solely for the support of or use by United Nations personnel, including the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), as stipulated in paragraph 10(a) of UNSCR 2111(2013);

(d)the provision of technical advice, assistance or training relating to military activities, if the following conditions are met:

(i)the competent authority concerned has determined that such advice, assistance or training is intended solely for the purpose of helping to develop security sector institutions; and

(ii)the Member State concerned has notified the Committee established by paragraph 11 of UNSCR 751 (1992) of the determination that such advice, assistance or training is intended solely for the purpose of helping to develop security sector institutions, and of the intention of its competent authority to grant an authorisation, and the Committee has not objected to that course of action within five working days of notification;

(e)the provision of financing, financial assistance, technical advice, assistance or training relating to military activities, except in relation to the items set out in Annex III, if the following conditions are met:

(i)the competent authority concerned has determined that such advice, assistance or training is intended solely for the development of the Security Forces of the Federal Government of Somalia to provide security for the Somali people; and

(ii)a notification to the Committee established by paragraph 11 of UNSCR 751 (1992) has been made at least five days in advance of any provision of advice, assistance or training intended solely for the development of the Security Forces of the Federal Government of Somalia to provide security for the Somali people, providing all the relevant information in accordance with paragraph 16 of UNSCR 2111 (2013);

(f)the provision of financing, financial assistance, technical advice, assistance or training relating to military activities, if it has determined that such financing, advice, assistance or training is intended solely for the support of or use by the European Union Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM).’

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.