Council Common Position 2007/391/CFSP of 7 June 2007 amending Common Position 2002/960/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia
Date: 2007-06-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Somalia, arms trade, common foreign and security policy, international sanctions, military equipment, sale

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(Acts adopted under the EU Treaty)

ACTS ADOPTED UNDER TITLE V OF THE EU TREATY

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2007/391/CFSP

of 7 June 2007

amending Common Position 2002/960/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia

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,

Article 1

Paragraph 3 of Article 1 of Common Position 2002/960/CFSP
shall be replaced by the following:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 10 December 2002, the Council adopted Common
Position 2002/960/CFSP (1),
following United Nations
Security Council Resolutions
(UNSCR) 733 (1992),
1356 (2001) and 1425 (2002) relating to an arms
embargo against Somalia.

exemptions

the United Nations Security
On 20 February 2007,
introducing ad-
Council adopted UNSCR 1744 (2007)
ditional
restrictive measures
from the
imposed by paragraph 5 of UNSCR 733 (1992) and
further elaborated in paragraphs 1 and 2 of UNSCR
supplies of weapons and military
1425 (2002)
equipment
assistance
technical
intended solely for
the support of or use by the
mission as stipulated in paragraph 4 of UNSCR 1744
(2007).

training

and

and

for

(3)

The restrictive measures imposed by Common Position
2002/960/CFSP should therefore be modified in order to
give effect to UNSCR 1744 (2007).

(4)

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

to

(1) OJ L 334, 11.12.2002, p. 1. Common Position as amended by
Common Position 2007/94/CFSP (OJ L 41, 13.2.2007, p. 19).

‘3.

(a)

Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to:

the supply or sale of arms and related materiel of all
types and to the direct or indirect supply of technical
and training
advice,
and other
the
related to military activities
support of or use by the mission as
stipulated in
paragraph 4 of UNSCR 1744 (2007);

assistance
intended solely for

financial

(b) the supply or sale of arms and related materiel of all
types and to the direct or indirect supply of technical
advice intended solely for the purpose of helping to
develop security sector institutions, consistent with the
political process set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of
UNSCR 1744 (2007) and in the absence of a negative
decision by the Committee established by paragraph 11
of UNSCR 751 (1992) within five working days of
receiving the relevant notification;

institution building programmes of

(c) supplies of non-lethal military equipment intended solely
for humanitarian or protective use, or of materiel
intended for
the
including in the
Union, Community or Member States,
field of security, carried out within the framework of the
Peace and Reconciliation Process, as approved in advance
by the Committee established by paragraph 11 of UNSCR
751 (1992), nor shall they apply to protective clothing,
including flak jackets and military helmets, temporarily
exported to Somalia by United Nations personnel, rep-
resentatives of the media and humanitarian and devel-
opment workers and associated personnel
their
personal use only.’

for

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This Common Position shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 2

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

Article 3

Done at Luxembourg, 7 June 2007.

For the Council
The President

M. GLOS