Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/412 of 7 March 2017 amending Decision 2013/798/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Central African Republic

Article 1 shall not apply to: (a) the sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, and the provision of related technical assistance or financing and financial assistance, intended solely for the support of or use by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the CAR (‘Minusca’), the African Union Regional Task Force (‘AU-RTF’), and the Union missions and the French forces deployed in the CAR; (b) the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal equipment and provision of assistance, including operational and non-operational training to the CAR security forces, including State civilian law enforcement institutions, intended solely for support of or use in the CAR process of Security Sector Reform (‘SSR’), in coordination with Minusca, and as notified in advance to the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 57 of UNSCR 2127 (2013) (‘the Committee’); (c) the sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel brought into the CAR by Chadian or Sudanese forces solely for their use in international patrols of the tripartite force established on 23 May 2011 in Khartoum by the CAR, Chad and Sudan, to enhance security in the common border areas, in cooperation with Minusca, as approved in advance by the Committee; (d) the sale, supply, transfer or export of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, and related technical assistance or training, as approved in advance by the Committee; (e) the sale, supply, transfer or export of protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to the CAR by United Nations personnel, personnel of the Union or its Member States, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel, for their personal use only; (f) the sale, supply, transfer or export of small arms and other related equipment intended solely for use in international patrols providing security in the Sangha River Tri-national Protected Area to defend against poaching, smuggling of ivory and arms, and other activities contrary to the national laws of the CAR or the CAR's international legal obligations, as notified in advance to the Committee; (g) the sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and other related lethal equipment to the CAR security forces, including State civilian law enforcement institutions, intended solely for support of or use in the CAR process of SSR, as approved in advance by the Committee; or (h) other sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel, or provision of assistance or personnel, as approved in advance by the Committee.’.

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