Council Regulation (EU) No 941/2012 of 15 October 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 147/2003 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Somalia

‘1 Article 1 shall not apply to: (a) the provision of financing and financial assistance for the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, or for material intended for institution building programmes of the Union or Member States, including in the field of security, carried out within the framework of the Peace and Reconciliation Process; (b) the provision of technical advice, assistance or training related to such non-lethal equipment; (c) the provision of financing and financial assistance for the sale, supply, transfer or export of weapons and military equipment intended solely for the support of or use by the United Nations Political Office for Somalia; (d) the provision of technical advice, assistance or training related to such weapons and military equipment, if such activities have been approved in advance by the Committee established by paragraph 11 of Resolution 751 (1992) of the Security Council of the United Nations.’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.