Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1125 of 10 August 2018 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/740 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in South Sudan

‘2 It shall also be prohibited to: (a) provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services or other services, including the provision of armed mercenary personnel, related to military activities or related to the items referred to in paragraph 1 or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of such items, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, South Sudan; (b) provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to military activities or related to the items referred to in paragraph 1, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, as well as insurance or reinsurance for any sale, supply, transfer or export of such items, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in, South Sudan; (c) participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities, the object or effect of which is to circumvent the measures referred to in point (a) or (b).’;

Article 1 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of: (a) arms and related materiel, as well as training and assistance, intended solely for support of or use by UN personnel, including the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA); (b) non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, and related technical assistance or training, as notified in advance to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) (“the Committee”); (c) protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to South Sudan by UN personnel, representatives of the media and humanitarian and development workers and associated personnel, for their personal use only; (d) arms and related materiel temporarily exported to South Sudan by the forces of a State which is taking action, in accordance with international law, solely and directly to facilitate the protection or evacuation of its nationals and those for whom it has consular responsibility in South Sudan, as notified to the Committee; (e) arms and related materiel, as well as technical training and assistance, to or in support of the African Union Regional Task Force intended solely for regional operations to counter the Lord's Resistance Army, as notified in advance to the Committee; (f) arms and related materiel, as well as technical training and assistance, solely in support of the implementation of the terms of the peace agreement, as approved in advance by the Committee; (g) other sales or supply of arms and related materiel, or provision of assistance or personnel, as approved in advance by the Committee.’;

1 Member States shall inspect, in accordance with their national authorities and legislation and consistent with international law, all cargo to South Sudan in their territory, including seaports and airports, if they have information that provides reasonable grounds to believe that the cargo contains items whose supply, sale, transfer or export is prohibited under Article 1.

2 Member States shall, upon discovery, seize and dispose of (such as through destruction, rendering inoperable, storage or transferring to a State other than the originating or destination States for disposal) items the supply, sale, transfer or export of which is prohibited under Article 1.’;

Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2015/740 is hereby amended as set out in Annex I to this Decision.

Annex II to Decision (CFSP) 2015/740 is hereby amended as set out in Annex II to this Decision.

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