Council Regulation (EC) No 154/2009 of 23 February 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005 imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of Uzbekistan
Date: 2009-02-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU relations, Uzbekistan, export refund, international sanctions, military cooperation, military equipment, technical cooperation

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 154/2009

of 23 February 2009

amending Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005 imposing certain restrictive measures in respect of
Uzbekistan

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

establishing the European

Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 of 27 June 2005
concerning trade in certain goods which could be used
for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment (2).

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005 (1) prohibits, inter
alia, the sale, supply, transfer and export to Uzbekistan of
equipment which might be used for internal repression.
Annex I to that Regulation lists the goods to which this
prohibition applies.

The list of equipment which might be used for internal
repression should be updated following recommen­
dations made by experts, taking into account Council

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1859/2005 is replaced by the
text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication 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, 23 February 2009.

For the Council
The President

A. VONDRA

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2005, p. 23.

(2) OJ L 200, 30.7.2005, p. 1.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

List of equipment which might be used for internal repression as referred to in Articles 1(1), 2 and 4

1. Firearms, ammunition and related accessories therefor, as follows:

1.1. Firearms not controlled by ML 1 and ML 2 of the EU Common Military List (*);

1.2. Ammunition specially designed for the firearms listed in item 1.1 and specially designed components therefor;

1.3. Weapon-sights not controlled by the EU Common Military List.

2. Bombs and grenades not controlled by the EU Common Military List.

3. Vehicles as follows:

3.1. Vehicles equipped with a water cannon, specially designed or modified for the purpose of riot control;

3.2. Vehicles specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders;

3.3. Vehicles specially designed or modified to remove barricades, including construction equipment with ballistic

protection;

3.4. Vehicles specially designed for the transport or transfer of prisoners and/or detainees;

3.5. Vehicles specially designed to deploy mobile barriers;

3.6. Components for the vehicles specified in items 3.1 to 3.5 specially designed for the purposes of riot control.

Note 1 This item does not control vehicles specially designed for the purposes of fire-fighting.

Note 2 For the purposes of item 3.5 the term “vehicles” includes trailers.

4. Explosive substances and related equipment as follows:

4.1. 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 airbag inflaters, electric-surge arresters of fire sprinkler actuators);

4.2. Linear cutting explosive charges not controlled by the EU Common Military List;

4.3. Other explosives not controlled by the EU Common Military List and related substances as follows:

(a) amatol;

(b) nitrocellulose (containing more than 12,5 % nitrogen);

(c) nitroglycol;

(d) pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN);

(e) picryl chloride;

(f) 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).

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5. Protective equipment not controlled by ML 13 of the EU Common Military List as follows:

5.1. Body armour providing ballistic and/or stabbing protection;

5.2. Helmets providing ballistic and/or fragmentation protection, anti-riot helmets, anti-riot shields and ballistic

shields.

Note. This item does not control:
— equipment specially designed for sports activities,
— equipment specially designed for safety of work requirements.

6. Simulators, other than those controlled by ML 14 of the EU Common Military List, for training in the use of

firearms, and specially designed software therefor.

imaging equipment and image intensifier tubes, other than those controlled by the EU

7. Night vision, thermal
Common Military List.

8. Razor barbed wire.

9. Military knives, combat knives and bayonets with blade lengths in excess of 10 cm.

10. Production equipment specially designed for the items specified in this list.

11. Specific technology for the development, production or use of the items specified in this list.

(*) OJ C 98, 18.4.2008, p. 1.’