Council Common Position 2006/625/CFSP of 15 September 2006 concerning a prohibition on the sale or supply of arms and related materiel and on the provision of related services to entities or individuals in Lebanon in accordance with UNSC Resolution 1701 (2006)
Date: 2006-09-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Lebanon, common foreign and security policy, international sanctions, military cooperation, military equipment, technical cooperation

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COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2006/625/CFSP

of 15 September 2006

concerning a prohibition on the sale or supply of arms and related materiel and on the provision of
related services to entities or individuals in Lebanon in accordance with UNSC Resolution 1701
(2006)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS COMMON POSITION:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 7 August 2006, the Government of Lebanon decided
to deploy the Lebanese armed forces in South Lebanon
and to request the assistance of additional forces for the
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as
needed, to facilitate the entry of the Lebanese armed
forces into the region and restated its intention to
strengthen the Lebanese armed forces with materiel as
needed to enable it to perform its duties.

the United Nations Security
On 11 August 2006,
Council
(UNSCR
adopted Resolution 1701 (2006)
1701 (2006)) welcoming the decision of the Government
of Lebanon to deploy its armed forces in South Lebanon
as well as the commitment of
the Government of
Lebanon to extend its authority over its full territory,
through its own legitimate armed forces. With a view
to enabling the Government of Lebanon to exercise its
full sovereignty over all Lebanese territory, so that there
will be no weapons without
the
Government of Lebanon and no authority other than
the Government of Lebanon, UNSCR 1701
that of
inter alia, prohibits the sale or supply of arms
(2006),
and related materiel of
the
all
provision of technical training or assistance related to
the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of
arms and related materiel to any entity or individual in
Lebanon unless
authorised by the Government of
Lebanon or by UNIFIL in the performance of its mission.

consent of

as well

types

the

as

(3)

The prohibition on the provision of assistance related to
the sale or supply of arms and related materiel should
also cover financing and financial assistance.

Article 1

The direct or indirect sale, supply, transfer or export of
1.
arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and
ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary
equipment and spare parts for the aforementioned to any
entity or individual in Lebanon by nationals of Member States
or from the territories of Member States, or using their flag
vessels or aircraft, shall be prohibited whether originating or
not in their territories.

2.

It shall be prohibited:

(a)

to provide technical assistance, brokering services and other
services related to military activities and to the provision,
manufacture, maintenance and use of arms and related
materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition,
military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment,
and spare parts for the aforementioned, directly or indirectly
to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use
in, Lebanon;

(b) to provide financing or

financial assistance related to
military activities, including in particular grants, loans and
export credit
transfer or
insurance for any sale, supply,
export of arms and related materiel, or for the provision
of related technical assistance, brokering services and other
services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person,
entity or body in, or for use in, Lebanon;

(c)

to participate, knowingly or intentionally,
in activities the
object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibition
referred to at points (a) or (b).

Article 2

1.
Article 1 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or
export of arms and related materiel or the provision of technical
assistance, financing and financial assistance, brokering services
and other services related to arms and related materiel, provided
that

(4)

Action by the Community is needed in order
implement certain measures,

to

(a)

the goods or services are not supplied, directly or indirectly,
to any militia for whose disarmament
the UN Security
Council has called in its Resolutions 1559 (2004) and
1680 (2006), and

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(b) the transaction has been authorised by the Government of

Lebanon or UNIFIL, or

(c)

the goods or services are for the use by UNIFIL in the
performance of its mission or by the Lebanese armed forces.

2.
The sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related
materiel or the provision of technical assistance, financing and
financial assistance, brokering services and other
services
referred to in paragraph 1 shall be subject to an authorisation
granted by the competent authorities of the Member States.

Article 3

This Common Position shall
adoption.

take effect on the date of

its

Article 4

This Common Position shall be reviewed no later than 12
months after its adoption, taking into account determinations
of the Security Council, and every 12 months thereafter.

Article 5

This Common Position shall be published in the Official Journal
of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 15 September 2006.

For the Council,
The President

E. TUOMIOJA