Council Regulation (EC) No 817/2006 (repealed)Show full title

Article 4

1. By way of derogation from Articles 2 and 3, the competent authorities of Member States as listed in Annex II may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate:

(a) the provision of financing and financial assistance and technical assistance related to:

(i)

non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the United Nations, the European Union and the Community;

(ii)

material intended for European Union and United Nations crisis-management operations;

(b) the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment which might be used for internal repression, intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for institution-building programmes of the United Nations, the European Union and the Community, or for European Union and United Nations crisis-management operations;

(c) the sale, supply, transfer or export of de-mining equipment and material for use in de-mining operations;

(d) the provision of financing and financial assistance related to equipment or to programmes and operations as referred to in points (b) and (c);

(e) the provision of technical assistance related to equipment or to programmes and operations as referred to in points (b) and (c).

2. Authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 may be granted only prior to the activity for which they are requested.