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11.7.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
179/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 617/2012
of 10 July 2012
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance
related to military activities to Cte d’Ivoire
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(5) In
order
to
ensure
that
the
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
force on the day of its publication,
Union, and in particular Article 215 thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Council Decision 2012/371/CFSP of 10 July
2012 amending Decision 2010/656/CFSP renewing the
restrictive measures against Cte d’Ivoire ( 1 ),
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 is hereby amended as follows:
Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Represen
tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
of the European Commission,
(1) Article 1 is replaced by the following:
Whereas:
‘Article 1
(1) On
29
October
2010,
the
Council
adopted
Decision
For the purposes of this Regulation, “Sanctions Committee”
2010/656/CFSP (
shall mean the Committee of the Security Council of the

2 ) renewing the restrictive measures
against Cte d’Ivoire and repealing Common Position
United Nations which was established pursuant to
2004/852/CFSP (
paragraph 14 of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR)

3 ). Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 ( 4 ),
adopted initially to give effect to Common Position
1572 (2004).’;
2004/852/CFSP, also gives effect to Decision
2010/656/CFSP at Union level by imposing restrictions
(2) Article 2 is repealed;
on the supply of assistance related to military activities to
Cte d’Ivoire.
(3) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
(2) Decision
2012/371/CFSP
amends
the
scope
of
Decision
2010/656/CFSP in the light of United Nations Security
‘Article 3
Council Resolution 2045 (2012) and removes the
restrictions on the supply of technical and financial
It shall be prohibited:
assistance related to military activities. It also removes
the restrictions on the supply of technical and financial
(a) to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly,
assistance related to internal repression equipment.
equipment which might be used for internal repression
as listed in Annex I, whether or not originating in the
(3)
Those measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the
Union, to any person, entity or body in, or for use in,
Functioning of the European Union and, therefore,
Cte d’Ivoire;
notably with a view to ensuring their uniform application
by economic operators in all Member States, regulatory
action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to
(b) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities
implement them.
the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to
promote the transactions referred to in point (a) of this
(4) Regulation
(EC)
No
174/2005
should
therefore
be
Article.’;
amended accordingly.
(4) Article 4 is repealed;
( 1 ) See page 21 of this Official Journal.
( 2 ) OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 28.
( 3 ) OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 50.
(5) in Article 4a, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the
( 4 ) OJ L 29, 2.2.2005, p. 5.
following:

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‘1. By
way
of
derogation
from
Article
3,
the
competent
the exporter or service provider is established, may auth
authority, as listed in Annex II, of the Member State where
orise, under such conditions as it deems appropriate, the
the exporter or service provider is established, may auth
sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment which might
orise, under such conditions as it deems appropriate, the
be used for internal repression as listed in Annex I, which is
sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal equipment
intended solely for the support of the Ivorian process of
included in Annex I, after having determined that the
Security Sector Reform and for support or use by the
non-lethal equipment concerned is intended solely to
United Nations Operation in Cte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) and
enable the Ivorian security forces to use only appropriate
the French forces who support them.’.
and proportionate force while maintaining public order.
Article 2
2. By
way
of
derogation
from
Article
3,
the
competent This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
authority, as listed in Annex II, of the Member State where
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 July 2012.
For the Council
The President
V. SHIARLY

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