Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1165 of 18 July 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 is amended as follows: (1) The following point is added to Article 1b(1): ‘(d) technical assistance, financing or financial assistance or brokering services related to other sales and supply of arms and related materiel, as approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee;’; (2) Article 2a(1) is amended as follows: (a) point (e) is replaced by the following: ‘(e) planning, directing, or committing acts in the DRC that constitute human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law, as applicable, including those acts involving the targeting of civilians, including killing and maiming, rape and other sexual violence, abduction, forced displacement, and attacks on schools and hospitals;’; (b) point (g) is replaced by the following: ‘(g) supporting individuals or entities, including armed groups or criminal networks, involved in destabilizing activities in the DRC through the illicit exploitation or trade of natural resources, including gold or wildlife as well as wildlife products;’.

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