Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic
Date: 2022-09-02
Institutions: Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Subjects: Central African Republic, arms control, arms trade, economic sanctions, humanitarian aid, international sanctions, trade restriction

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNION FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY Brussels, 2.9.2022  JOIN(2022) 38 final/2              DOWNGRADED ON 25.07.2024 2022/0267 (NLE)  Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic  
 
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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On 10 March 2014, the Council adopted Regulation  (EU) No  224/2014 concerning 
restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic.  

On  29  July  2022,  the  United  Nations  Security  Council  adopted  Resolution  2648 
(2022). This resolution extends the exemptions to the arms embargo. 

The  Council  will  adopt  a  decision  amending  Decision  2013/798/CFSP  in  order  to 
reflect the provisions of Resolution 2648(2022). 

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

The  High  Representative  of  the  Union  for  Foreign  Affairs  and  Security  Policy  and 
the  European  Commission  propose  to  amend  Regulation  (EU)  No  224/2014 
accordingly. 

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2022/0267 (NLE) 

Joint Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

amending Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of the 
situation in the Central African Republic 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Article 215 thereof, 

Having  regard  to  Council  Decision  2013/798/CFSP  of  23  December  2013  concerning 
restrictive measures against the Central African Republic1, 

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

Whereas: 

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On  10  March  2014,  the  Council  adopted  Regulation  (EU)  No  224/2014  concerning 
restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Central African Republic2, in order 
to give effect to certain measures provided for in Council Decision 2013/798/CFSP. 

On  29  July  2022,  the  United  Nations  Security  Council  adopted  Resolution  2648 
(2022). This resolution extends the exemptions to the arms embargo. 
On  […]  September  2022,  the  Council  adopted  Decision  (CFSP)  [2022/…]3,  which 
amends Decision 2013/798/CFSP in accordance with Resolution 2648 (2022). 

Certain of these amendments fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of 
the  European  Union  and  regulatory  action  at  the  level  of  the  Union  is  therefore 
necessary in order to implement them together with technical adjustments in light of 
previous resolutions, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform application by 
economic operators in all Member States.  

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Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly,  

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

In Regulation (EU) No 224/2014, Article 3 is replaced by the following: 

Article 1 

‘By way of derogation from Article 2, the prohibitions laid down in that Article shall 
not apply to the provision of technical assistance, financing or financial assistance or 
brokering services: 

(a) intended solely for the support of or use by the United Nations Multidimensional 
Integrated  Stabilisation  Mission  in  the  Central  African  Republic  (MINUSCA),  the 

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OJ L 352, 24.12.2013, p. 51. 
OJ L 70, 11.3.2014, p. 1. 
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Union  missions  and  the  French  forces  deployed  in  the  Central  African  Republic,  as 
well as other United Nations Member States' forces providing training and assistance 
as notified in accordance with point (b); 

(b) related to supplies of non-lethal equipment and provision of assistance, including 
operational  and  non-operational  training  to  the  Central  African  Republic  security 
forces,  including  State  civilian  law  enforcement  institutions,  intended  solely  for 
support of or use in the Central African Republic process of Security Sector Reform 
(‘SSR’),  in  coordination  with  MINUSCA,  provided  that  the  provision  of  assistance 
and services have been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee; 

(c)  related  to  supplies  of  non-lethal  military  equipment  intended  solely  for 
humanitarian  or  protective  use,  provided  that  the  provision  of  such  assistance  or 
services has been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee; 

(d)  related  to  protective  clothing,  including  flak  jackets  and  military  helmets, 
temporarily  exported  to  the  Central  African  Republic  by  United  Nations  personnel, 
representatives  of  the  media  and  humanitarian  and  development  workers  and 
associated personnel, for their personal use only; 

(e) related to supplies of weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment to 
the CAR security forces, including  state civilian law enforcement institutions,  where 
such weapons, ammunition, vehicles or equipment are intended solely for support of, 
or use in, the CAR process of SSR, provided that the provision of such assistance or 
services has been notified in advance to the Sanctions Committee.’ 

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

Article 2 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

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