Council Regulation (EC) No 174/2005 of 31 January 2005 imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military activities to Côte d’Ivoire
Date: 2005-01-31
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, arms trade, common foreign and security policy, export restriction, financial aid, international sanctions, military cooperation, repression, technical cooperation

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 174/2005

of 31 January 2005
imposing restrictions on the supply of assistance related to military activities to Côte d’Ivoire

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof,

establishing the European

Article 1

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions
shall apply:

Having regard to Council Common Position 2004/852/CFSP of
13 December 2004 concerning restrictive measures against
Côte d’Ivoire (1),

1.

‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to
repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, main-
tenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms
such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working
knowledge or
technical
skills or
assistance includes verbal forms of assistance;

consulting

services;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In its Resolution 1572 (2004) of 15 November 2004,
the UN Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the
the United Nations, and deploring the
Charter of
in Côte d’Ivoire and the
resumption of hostilities
repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement of 3 May
2003, decided to impose certain restrictive measures
against Côte d’Ivoire.

Common Position 2004/852/CFSP provides
the
implementation of the measures set out in UN Security
Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1572 (2004),
including a
ban on technical and financial assistance related to
military activities and on equipment, which might be
used for internal repression.

for

This measure falls within the scope of the Treaty and,
in order to avoid any distortion of compe-
therefore,
tition, Community legislation is necessary to implement
it as far as the Community is concerned. For the purpose
of this Regulation, the territory of the Community is
the Member
deemed to encompass the territories of
the
States to which the Treaty is applicable, under
conditions laid down in that Treaty.

2.

‘Sanctions Committee’ means the Committee of the Security
Council of
the United Nations which was established
pursuant to paragraph 14 of UN Security Council Resolution
(UNSCR) 1572 (2004).

Article 2

It shall be prohibited:

(a)

to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical assistance related
to military activities directly or indirectly to any person,
entity or body in, or for use in, Côte d’Ivoire;

(b) to provide financing or

financial assistance related to
military activities, including in particular grants, loans and
export credit insurance,
for any sale, supply, transfer or
export of arms and related materiel, or for any grant, sale,
supply, or transfer of related technical assistance and other
services, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body
in, or for use in, Côte d’Ivoire;

(c)

to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the
to
object or effect of which is, directly or
promote the transactions referred to in points (a) and (b).

indirectly,

Article 3

It shall be prohibited:

(4)

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this
Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into
force on the day of its publication,

(1) OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 50.

(a)

to sell, supply,
transfer or export, directly or indirectly,
equipment which might be used for internal repression as
listed in Annex I, whether or not originating in the
Community, to any person, entity or body in, or for use
in, Côte d'Ivoire;

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(b) to grant, sell, supply or transfer technical assistance related
to the equipment
(a), directly or
indirectly to any person, entity or body in, or for use in,
Côte d'Ivoire;

referred to in point

(c)

to provide financing or financial assistance related to the
equipment referred to in point (a), directly or indirectly to
any person, entity or body in, or for use in, Côte d'Ivoire;

(f)

the sales or supplies temporarily transferred or exported to
Côte d'Ivoire to the forces of a State which is taking action,
in accordance with international law, solely and directly to
facilitate the evacuation of its nationals and those for whom
it has consular responsibility in Côte d'Ivoire, where such
activities have also been notified in advance to the Sanctions
Committee.

(d) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the
to
object or effect of which is, directly or
promote the transactions referred to in points (a), (b) or (c).

indirectly,

2.
Authorisations for the activities referred to in paragraph 1,
including where approval by, or notification to, the Sanctions
Committee is required, shall be obtained through the competent
authority, as listed in Annex II, of the Member State where the
service provider is established or of the exporting Member State.

Article 4

By way of derogation from Article 2, the prohibitions

1.
referred to therein shall not apply to:

No authorisations shall be granted for activities that have

3.
already taken place.

(a)

the provision of technical assistance, financing and financial
assistance related to arms and related materiel, where such
assistance or services are intended solely for support of and
use by the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire
(UNOCI) and the French forces who support it;

(b) the provision of technical assistance related to non-lethal
military equipment
intended solely for humanitarian or
protective use, including such equipment intended for EU,
UN, African Union and Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS) crisis management operations,
where such activities have also been approved in advance
by the Sanctions Committee;

(c)

the provision of financing or financial assistance related to
non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humani-
tarian or protective use, including such equipment intended
for
crisis
management operations;

EU, UN, African Union

ECOWAS

and

(d) the provision of technical assistance related to arms and
related materiel
intended solely for support of or use in
the process of restructuring defence and security forces
pursuant to paragraph 3, subparagraph (f) of the Linas-
Marcoussis Agreement, where such activities have also
been approved in advance by the Sanctions Committee;

(e)

the provision of financing or financial assistance related to
arms and related materiel intended solely for support of or
use in the process of restructuring defence and security
forces pursuant to paragraph 3, subparagraph (f) of the
Linas-Marcoussis Agreement;

Article 5

Articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to protective clothing, including
flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily exported to Côte
d’Ivoire by United Nations personnel, personnel of the European
Union, the Community or its Member States, representatives of
the media and humanitarian and development workers and
associated personnel, for their personal use only.

Article 6

The Commission and Member States shall immediately inform
each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and
shall supply each other with any other relevant information at
their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular
information in respect of violation and enforcement problems
and judgements handed down by national courts.

Article 7

The Commission shall be empowered to amend Annex II on the
basis of information supplied by Member States.

Article 8

Member States shall lay down the rules on sanctions applicable
to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall
they are imple-
take all measures necessary to ensure that
mented. The sanctions provided for must be effective, propor-
tionate
the
Commission of those rules without delay after the entry into
force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent
amendment.

and dissuasive. Member States

shall notify

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Article 9

This Regulation shall apply:

(d) to any legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or

constituted under the law of a Member State;

(a) within the territory of

the Community,

including its

airspace;

(e)

to any legal person, entity or body doing business within
the Community.

(b) on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of

a Member State;

Article 10

(c)

to any person inside or outside the territory of
Community who is a national of a Member State;

the

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2005.

For the Council
The President

J. ASSELBORN

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ANNEX I

List of equipment which might be used for internal repression as referred to in Article 3

The list below does not comprise the articles that have been specially designed or modified for military use.

1. Helmets providing ballistic protection, anti-riot helmets, anti-riot shields and ballistic shields and specially designed

components therefor.

2. Specially designed fingerprint equipment.

3. Power-controlled searchlights.

4. Construction equipment provided with ballistic protection.

5. Hunting knives.

6. Specially designed production equipment to make shotguns.

7. Ammunition hand-loading equipment.

8. Communications intercept devices.

9. Solid-state optical detectors.

10. Image-intensifier tubes.

11. Telescopic weapon sights.

12. Smooth-bore weapons and related ammunition, other than those specially designed for military use, and specially

designed components therefor; except:

— signal pistols;

— air- and cartridge-powered guns designed as industrial tools or humane animal stunners.

13. Simulators for training in the use of firearms and specially designed or modified components and accessories

therefor.

14. Bombs and grenades, other than those specially designed for military use, and specially designed components

therefor.

15. Body armour, other
components therefor.

than that manufactured to military standards or specifications, and specially designed

16. All-wheel-drive utility vehicles capable of off-road use that have been manufactured or fitted with ballistic protection,

and profiled armour for such vehicles.

17. Water cannon and specially designed or modified components therefor.

18. Vehicles equipped with a water cannon.

19. Vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders and components therefor specially designed

or modified for that purpose.

20. Acoustic devices represented by the manufacturer or supplier as suitable for riot-control purposes, and specially

designed components therefor.

21. Leg-irons, gang-chains, shackles and electric-shock belts, specially designed for restraining human beings, except
handcuffs for which the maximum overall dimension including chain does not exceed 240 mm when locked.

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22. Portable devices designed or modified for the purpose of riot control or self-protection by the administration of an

incapacitating substance (such as tear gas or pepper sprays), and specially designed components therefor.

23. Portable devices designed or modified for the purpose of riot control or self-protection by the administration of an
electric shock (including electric-shock batons, electric shock shields, stun guns and electric shock dart guns (tasers))
and components therefor specially designed or modified for that purpose.

24. Electronic equipment capable of detecting concealed explosives and specially designed components therefor, except

TV or X-ray inspection equipment.

25. Electronic jamming equipment specially designed to prevent the detonation by radio remote control of improvised

devices and specially designed components therefor.

26. Equipment and devices specially designed to initiate explosions by electrical or non-electrical means, including firing
sets, detonators, igniters, boosters and detonating cord, and specially designed components therefor, except those
specially designed for a specific commercial use consisting of the actuation or operation by explosive means of other
equipment or devices the function of which is not the creation of explosions (e.g., car air-bag inflaters, electric-surge
arresters of fire sprinkler actuators).

27. Equipment and devices designed for explosive ordnance disposal; except:

— bomb blankets;

— containers designed for folding objects known to be, or suspected of being improvised explosive devices.

28. Night vision and thermal imaging equipment and image intensifier tubes or solid state sensors therefor.

29. Linear cutting explosive charges.

30. Explosives and related substances as follows:

— amatol,

— nitrocellulose (containing more than 12,5 % nitrogen),

— nitroglycol,

— pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN),

— picryl chloride,

— tinitorphenylmethylnitramine (tetryl),

— 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)

31. Software specially designed and technology required for all listed items.

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LIST OF COMPETENT AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4

ANNEX II

BELGIUM

Service public fédéral de l'économie, des PME, des classes moyennes et de l'énergie
Potentiel économique, E4, Service des licences
Avenue du Général Leman 60
B-1040 Bruxelles
Téléphone: (32-2) 206 58 16/27
Fax: (32-2) 230 83 22

Federale overheidsdienst Economie, KMO's, Middenstand en Economie
Economisch Potentieel, E4, Dienst vergunningen
Generaal Lemanstraat 60
B-1040 Brussel
Telefoon (32-2) 206.58.16/27
Fax: (32-2) 230.83.22

CZECH REPUBLIC
Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu
Licenční správa
Na Františku 32
110 15 Praha 1
Tel. (420-2) 24 06 27 20
Fax (420-2) 24 22 18 11

Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí
Odbor Společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky EU
Loretánské nám. 5
118 00 Praha 1
Tel. (420) 2 2418 2987
Fax (420) 2 2418 4080

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
Langelinie Allé 17
DK-2100 København Ø
Tlf. (45) 35 46 62 81
Fax (45) 35 46 62 03

Udenrigsministeriet
Asiatisk Plads 2
DK-1448 København K
Tlf. (45) 33 92 00 00
Fax (45) 32 54 05 33

Justitsministeriet
Slotholmsgade 10
DK-1216 København K
Tlf. (45) 33 92 33 40
Fax (45) 33 93 35 10

GERMANY

Concerning financing and financial assistance:
Deutsche Bundesbank
Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen
Postfach
D-80281 München
Tel.: (49) 89 28 89 38 00
Fax: (49) 89 35 01 63 38 00

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Concerning technical assistance:
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Frankfurter Straße 29—35
D-65760 Eschborn
Tel: (49) 61 96 908-0
Fax: (49) 61 96 908-800

ESTONIA

Eesti Välisministeerium
Islandi väljak 1
15049 Tallinn
Tel: +372 6317 100
Fax: +372 6317 199

GREECE

Ministry of Economy and Finance
General Directorate for Policy Planning and Management
Address Kornaroy Str., 105 63 Athens
Tel.: +30 210 3286401-3
Fax.: +30 210 3286404

Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
Γενική Δ/νση Σχεδιασμού και Διαχείρισης Πολιτικής
Δ/νση : Κορνάρου 1, Τ.Κ. 101 80
Αθήνα - Ελλάς
Τηλ.: +30 210 3286401-3
Φαξ: +30 210 3286404

SPAIN

Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior
Paseo de la Castellana, 162
E-28046 Madrid
Tel. (34) 913 49 38 60
Fax (34) 914 57 28 63

FRANCE

Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie
Direction générale des douanes et des droits indirects
Cellule embargo — Bureau E2
Tél.: (33) 1 44 74 48 93
Télécopie: (33) 1 44 74 48 97

Direction générale du Trésor et de la politique économique
Service des affaires multilatérales et du développement
Sous-direction Politique commerciale et investissements
Service Investissements et propriété intellectuelle
139, rue du Bercy
75572 Paris Cedex 12
Tél.: (33) 1 44 87 72 85
Télécopie: (33) 1 53 18 96 55

Ministère des affaires étrangères
Direction générale des affaires politiques et de sécurité
Direction des Nations Unies et des organisations internationales
Sous-direction des affaires politiques
Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 59 68
Télécopie (33) 1 43 17 46 91
Service de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune
Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 45 16
Télécopie: (33) 1 43 17 45 84

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IRELAND

United Nations Section
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Iveagh House
79-80 Saint Stephen's Green
Dublin 2.
Telephone +353 1 478 0822
Fax +353 1 408 2165

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland
Financial Markets Department
Dame Street
Dublin 2.
Telephone +353 1 671 6666
Fax +353 1 679 8882

ITALY

Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Piazzale della Farnesina, I-00194 Roma
D.G.A.S. — Ufficio I
Tel. (39) 06 3691 7334
Fax (39) 06 3691 5446
U.A.M.A.
Tel. (39) 06 3691 3605
Fax (39) 06 3691 8815

CYPRUS

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
6 Andrea Araouzou
1421 Nicosia
Tel: +357 22 86 71 00
Fax: +357 22 31 60 71

Central Bank of Cyprus
80 Kennedy Avenue
1076 Nicosia
Tel: +357 22 71 41 00
Fax: +357 22 37 81 53

Ministry of Finance (Department of Customs)
M. Karaoli
1096 Nicosia
Tel: +357 22 60 11 06
Fax: +357 22 60 27 41/47

LATVIA
Latvijas Republikas Ārlietu ministrija
Brīvības iela 36
Rīga LV 1395
Tālr. nr.: (371) 7016 201
Fakss: (371) 7828 121

LITHUANIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Security Policy Department
J.Tumo-Vaizganto 2
2600 Vilnius
Tel.: +370 5 2362516
Fax: +370 5 2313090

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LUXEMBOURG

Ministère de l'économie et du commerce extérieur
Office des licences
B.P. 113
L-2011 Luxembourg
Tél: (352) 478 23 70
Fax: (352) 46 61 38
mail: office.licences@mae.etat.lu

Ministère des affaires étrangères et de l’immigration
Direction des affaires politiques
5, rue Notre-Dame
L-2240 Luxembourg
Tél: (352) 478 2421
Fax: (352) 22 19 89

HUNGARY
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Transport — Hungarian Licencing and Administrative Office
Margit krt. 85.
H-1024 Budapest
Hungary
Postbox: 1537 Pf.: 345
Tel.: +36-1-336-7300

Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium — Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási Hivatal
Margit krt. 85.
H-1024 Budapest
Magyarország
Postafiók: 1537 Pf.: 345
Tel.: +36-1-336-7300

MALTA

Bord ta' Sorveljanza dwar is-Sanzjonijiet
Direttorat ta' l-Affarijiet Multilaterali
Ministeru ta' l-Affarijiet Barranin
Palazzo Parisio
Triq il-Merkanti
Valletta CMR 02
Tel: +356 21 24 28 53
Fax: +356 21 25 15 20

NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Economische Zaken
De Belastingdienst/Douane Noord
Postbus 40200
8004 DE Zwolle

AUSTRIA

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Abteilung C2/2 (Ausfuhrkontrolle)
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien
Tel (+43-1) 711 00-0
FAX (+43-1) 711 00-8386

POLAND

Co-ordinating authority:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department of Law and Treaties
Al. J. Ch. Szucha 23
00-580 Warsaw
Poland
Tel. (+48 22) 523 9427 or 9348
Fax (+48 22) 523 8329

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Co-operating authorities:

Ministry of Defence
Department of Defence Policy
Al. Niepodległości 218
00-911 Warsaw
Poland
Tel. (+48 22) 687 49 17
Fax (+48 22) 682 621 80

Ministry of Economy and Labour
Department of Export Control
Plac Trzech Krzyży 3/5
00-507 Warsaw
Poland
Tel. (+48 22) 693 51 71
Fax (+48 22) 693 40 33

PORTUGAL

Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Multilaterais
Largo do Rilvas
P-1350-179 Lisboa
Tel.: (351) 21 394 60 72
Fax: (351) 21 394 60 73

Ministério das Finanças
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus e Relações Internacionais
Avenida Infante D. Henrique, n.o 1, C 2.o
P-1100 Lisboa
Tel.: (351) 21 882 32 32 40/47
Fax: (351) 21 882 32 49

SLOVENIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Prešernova 25
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone: 00386 1 4782000
Fax: 00386 1 4782341

Ministry of the Economy
Kotnikova 5
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone: 00386 1 4783311
Fax: 00386 1 4331031

Ministry of Defence
Kardeljeva pl. 25
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone 00386 1 4712211
Fax: 00386 1 4318164

SLOVAKIA

Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky
Mierová 19
827 15 Bratislava 212
Tel.: 00421/2/4854 1111
Fax: 00421/2/4333 7827

Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky
Štefanovičova 5
P. O. BOX 82
817 82 BRATISLAVA
Tel.: 00421/2/5958 1111
Fax: 00421/2/5249 8042

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FINLAND

Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet
PL/PB 176
FIN-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors
P./Tfn (358-9) 16 00 5
Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07

Puolustusministeriö/Försvarsministeriet
Eteläinen Makasiinikatu 8 / Södra Magasinsgatan 8
FIN-00131 Helsinki/Helsingfors
PL/PB 31
P./Tfn (358-9) 16 08 81 28
Faksi/Fax (358-9) 16 08 81 11

SWEDEN

Inspektionen för strategiska produkter (ISP)
Box 70 252
107 22 Stockholm
Tfn (46-8) 406 31 00
Fax (46-8) 20 31 00

UNITED KINGDOM

Sanctions Licensing Unit
Export Control Organisation
Department of Trade and Industry
4 Abbey Orchard Street
London SW1P 2HT
Tel. (44) 20 7215 0594
Fax. (44) 20 7215 0593

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General for External Relations
Directorate CFSP
Unit A.2: Legal and institutional matters for external relations — Sanctions
CHAR 12/163
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
Tel. (32-2) 296 25 56
Fax (32-2) 296 75 63