Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1621 of 20 September 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic

By way of derogation from Article 2, the prohibitions laid down in that Article shall not apply to the provision of technical assistance, financing or financial assistance or brokering services: (a) intended solely for the support of or use by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the Union missions and the French forces deployed in the Central African Republic, as well as other United Nations Member States’ forces providing training and assistance as notified in accordance with point (b); (b) related to supplies of non-lethal equipment and provision of assistance, including operational and non-operational training to the Central African Republic security forces, including State civilian law enforcement institutions, intended solely for support of or use in the Central African Republic process of Security Sector Reform (“SSR”), in coordination with MINUSCA, provided that the provision of assistance and services have been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee; (c) related to supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, provided that the provision of such assistance or services has been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee; (d) related to protective clothing, including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to the Central African Republic 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; (e) related to supplies of weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment to the CAR security forces, including state civilian law enforcement institutions, where such weapons, ammunition, vehicles or equipment are intended solely for support of, or use in, the CAR process of SSR, provided that the provision of such assistance or services has been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee.’.

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