# L_2020308EN.01000301.xml

| 22.9.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 308/3 |
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22.9.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 308/3

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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2020/1312

of 21 September 2020

amending Decision 2013/798/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Central African Republic

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 23 December 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/798/CFSP (1), concerning restrictive measures against the Central African Republic. |
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(1)

On 23 December 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/798/CFSP (1), concerning restrictive measures against the Central African Republic.

| (2) | On 28 July 2020, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2536 (2020), which extends the exemptions to the arms embargo. |
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(2)

On 28 July 2020, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2536 (2020), which extends the exemptions to the arms embargo.

| (3) | Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement certain measures. |
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(3)

Further action by the Union is needed in order to implement certain measures.

| (4) | Decision 2013/798/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

Decision 2013/798/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 2(1) of Decision 2013/798/CFSP, points (g) and (h) are replaced by the following:

| ‘(g) | the sale, supply, transfer or export of weapons with a calibre of 14,5 mm or less and ammunition and components specially designed for such weapons, and of unarmed ground military vehicles and ground military vehicles mounted with weapons with a calibre of 14,5 mm or less, and their spare parts, and of rocket-propelled grenades, and ammunition specially designed for such weapons, and the provision of related assistance, to the CAR security forces, including state civilian law enforcement institutions, where such weapons, ammunition, components and vehicles are intended solely for support of, or use in, the CAR process of SSR, as notified in advance to the Committee; |
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‘(g)

the sale, supply, transfer or export of weapons with a calibre of 14,5 mm or less and ammunition and components specially designed for such weapons, and of unarmed ground military vehicles and ground military vehicles mounted with weapons with a calibre of 14,5 mm or less, and their spare parts, and of rocket-propelled grenades, and ammunition specially designed for such weapons, and the provision of related assistance, to the CAR security forces, including state civilian law enforcement institutions, where such weapons, ammunition, components and vehicles are intended solely for support of, or use in, the CAR process of SSR, as notified in advance to the Committee;

| (h) | the sale, supply or export of arms and other related lethal equipment that are not listed in point (g) of Article 2(1), and the provision of related assistance, to the CAR security forces, including state civilian law enforcement institutions, where such arms and equipment are intended solely for support of, or use in, the CAR process of SSR, as approved in advance by the Committee; or’. |
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(h)

the sale, supply or export of arms and other related lethal equipment that are not listed in point (g) of Article 2(1), and the provision of related assistance, to the CAR security forces, including state civilian law enforcement institutions, where such arms and equipment are intended solely for support of, or use in, the CAR process of SSR, as approved in advance by the Committee; or’.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 21 September 2020.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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(1)  Council Decision 2013/798/CFSP of 23 December 2013 concerning restrictive measures against the Central African Republic (OJ L 352, 24.12.2013, p. 51).

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