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25.11.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
310/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1215/2011
of 24 November 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Sudan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Article 1
Union, and in particular Article 215(1) thereof,
Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 is hereby amended as follows:
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/423/CFSP of 18 July
(1) the title is replaced by the following:
2011 concerning restrictive measures against Sudan and South
Sudan and repealing Common Position 2005/411/CFSP ( 1 ),
adopted in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title V of the
Treaty on European Union,
‘Council Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 of 26 January 2004
imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Sudan
and South Sudan’;
Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Represen
tative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
(2) Article 2 is replaced by the following:
the European Commission,
‘Article 2
Whereas:
It shall be prohibited:
(1) On
30
May
2005,
the
Council
adopted
Common
(a) to provide technical assistance related to military
Position 2005/411/CFSP
( 2 ) concerning restrictive
activities and to the provision, manufacture, main
measures against Sudan.
tenance and use of arms and related material of all
types, including weapons and ammunition, military
vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and
(2) On
18
July
2011,
the
Council
adopted
Decision
spare parts therefor, directly or indirectly to any
2011/423/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against
person, entity or body in, or for use in Sudan or
Sudan and South Sudan and repealing Common
South Sudan;
Position 2005/411/CFSP. Decision 2011/423/CFSP
amended the scope of the restrictive measures imposed
by the repealed Common Position 2005/411/CFSP.
(b) to provide financing or financial assistance related to
military activities, including in particular grants, loans
and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply,
(3) Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
131/2004
( 3 ) should
transfer or export of arms and related material, or for
therefore be amended accordingly.
the provision of related technical assistance, directly or
indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in
Sudan or South Sudan.’;
(4) In
order
to
ensure
that
the
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into
force immediately upon its publication,
(3) in Article 4(1), the following point is inserted:
( 1 ) OJ L 188, 19.7.2011, p. 20.
( 2 ) OJ L 139, 2.6.2005, p. 25.
‘(e) support for the process of Security Sector Reform in
( 3 ) OJ L 21, 28.1.2004, p. 1.
South Sudan.’;

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(4) Article 5 is replaced by the following:
representatives of the media and humanitarian and devel
opment workers and associated personnel for their personal
‘Article 5
use only.’.
Articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to protective clothing,
Article 2
including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily
exported to Sudan or South Sudan by United Nations
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
personnel, personnel of the Union or its Member States,
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, 24 November 2011.
For the Council
The President
W. PAWLAK

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