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Council Regulation (EC) No 131/2004 of 26 January 2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Sudan (repealed)
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,
Having regard to Council Common Position 2004/31/CFSP of 9 January 2004 concerning the imposition of an embargo on arms, munitions and military equipment(1) on Sudan,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In view of the ongoing civil war in Sudan, Common Position 2004/31/CFSP maintains the arms embargo imposed against that country by Council Decision 94/165/CFSP(2) and strengthens that embargo to include a ban on technical assistance and other services related to military activities, and on financial assistance related to military activities.
(2) Common Position 2004/31/CFSP also makes provision for humanitarian exemptions to the arms embargo, including sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment and materiel for mine clearance operations in Sudan.
(3) The embargoes on certain technical and financial assistance fall within the scope of the Treaty. Therefore, notably with a view to avoiding distortion of competition, Community legislation is necessary to implement the embargoes as far as the territory of the Community is concerned. For the purpose of this Regulation, the territory of the Community is deemed to encompass the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty.
(4) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force immediately,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definition shall apply:
‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services. Technical assistance includes verbal forms of assistance.
It shall be prohibited:
to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical assistance related to military activities and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the aforementioned, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in Sudan;
to provide financing or financial assistance related to military activities, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, or for any grant, sale, supply, or transfer of related technical assistance, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in Sudan.
The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to promote the transactions referred to in Article 2 shall be prohibited.
1. By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 3, the competent authorities of Member States as listed in the Annex, may authorise the provision of financing and financial assistance and technical assistance related to:
(a) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union and the Community;
(b) materiel intended for European Union, United Nations and African Union crisis management operations;
(c) mine clearance equipment and materiel for use in mine clearance;
(d) the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Nairobi, Kenya, on 9 January 2005 .
2. No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have already taken place.]
Textual Amendments
Articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Sudan by United Nations personnel, personnel of the EU, the Community or its Member States, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel for their personal use only.
The Commission and Member States shall immediately inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and shall supply each other with any other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information in respect of violation and enforcement problems and judgements handed down by national courts.
The Commission shall be empowered to amend the Annex on the basis of information supplied by Member States.
The Member States shall lay down the rules on sanctions applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The sanctions provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
The Member States shall notify these rules to the Commission without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment.
This Regulation shall apply:
within the territory of the Community, including its airspace;
on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;
to any person elsewhere who is a national of a Member State;
to any legal person, group or entity which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State;
to any legal person, group or entity doing business within the Community.
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.
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Service ‘ Afrique du sud du Sahara ’
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Textual Amendments
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Licenční správa
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110 15 Praha 1
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Fax (420-2) 24 22 18 11]
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Justitsministeriet
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Concerning financing and financial assistance:
Deutsche Bundesbank
Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen
Postfach
D-80281 München
Tel. (49-89) 2889-3800
Fax (49-89) 350163-3800
Concerning technical assistance and other services:
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
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15030 Tallinn
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Télécopieur (352) 46 61 38
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Bord ta' Sorveljanza dwar is-Sanzjonijiet
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Palazzo Parisio
Triq il-Merkanti
Valletta CMR 02
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Belastingdienst/Douane Noord
Postbus 40200
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The Netherlands
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Prešernova 25
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http://www.gov.si/mzz
Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky
Sekcia obchodných vzťahov a ochrany spotrebiteľa
Mierová 19
827 15 Bratislava
tel. (421-2) 48 54 21 16
fax (421-2) 48 54 31 16]
Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet
PL/PB 176
00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors
Puhelin (358) 9 16 05 59 00
Faksi (358) 9 16 05 57 07
Puolustusministeriö/Försvarsministeriet
Eteläinen Makasiinikatu 8
00131 Helsinki/Helsingfors
PL/PB 31
Puhelin (358) 9 16 08 81 28
Faksi (358) 9 16 08 81 11
[F2Inspektionen för strategiska produkter
Box 70252
S-107 22 Stockholm
Tel: (46-8) 406 31 00
Fax: (46-8) 20 31 00]
Sanctions Licensing Unit
Export Control Organisation Department of Trade and Industry
4 Abbey Orchard Street
London SW1P 2HT
United Kingdom
Tel. (44) 20 7215 0594
Fax (44) 20 7215 0593
Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General for External Relations
Directorate CFSP
Unit A.2: Legal and institutional matters for external relations - Sanctions
CHAR 12/163
B-1049 Brussels
Tel. (32-2) 295 81 48/296 25 56
Fax (32-2) 296 75 63]
OJ L 75, 17.3.1994, p. 1. Decision repealed by Common Position 2004/31/CFSP.
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