CELEX: 52013JC0002
Language: en
Date: 2013-03-08
Title: Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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			Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria /* JOIN/2013/02 final - 2013/0079 (NLE) */
			
				
		
		
			
			   	EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
(1)                   
On 28 February 2013, the Council adopted
Decision 2013/109/CFSP amending Decision 2012/739/CFSP concerning restrictive
measures against Syria.[1]
This amended the scope of the derogations for the arms embargo, and related
technical assistance. 
(2)                   
The prohibitions related to technical assistance
are implemented at the level of the Union by Council Regulation (EU) No
36/2012. It is necessary to update Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012
accordingly.
(3)                   
Further action by the Union is needed in order
to implement these measures.
2013/0079 (NLE)
Joint Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION
amending Regulation (EU) No 36/2012
concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

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 the joint proposal from
the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
and the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)       On 18 January 2012, the
Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in
view of the situation in Syria[2]
in order to give effect to Council Decision 2011/782/CFSP of 1 December 2011
concerning restrictive measures against Syria.[3]
Decision 2012/739/CFSP repealed and replaced Decision 2011/782/CFSP. 
(2)       Council Decision 2013/109/CFSP
of 28 February 2013 amending Decision 2012/739/CFSP concerning restrictive
measures against Syria[4]
includes additional derogations in relation to the provision of technical
assistance.
(3)       Those
measures 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, in particular with a view to ensuring their uniform
application by economic operators in all Member States.
(4)       Regulation (EU) No 36/2012
should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as
follows:
Article 3(2) is replaced by the following: 
"By way of derogation from paragraph
1, the prohibitions referred to therein shall not apply to the provision of
technical assistance, financing and financial assistance related to:
–                        
technical assistance intended solely for the
support of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),
–                        
non-lethal military equipment, or of equipment
which might be used for internal repression, intended for humanitarian purposes
or protective use or for the protection of civilians, or for institution
building programmes of the UN and the Union, or for Union or UN crisis
management operations, or for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and
Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians;
–                        
non-combat vehicles which have been manufactured
or fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for
the protective use of personnel of the Union and its Member States in Syria, or
for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces
intended for the protection of civilians; 
–                        
technical assistance, brokering services and
other services for the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and
Revolutionary Forces intended for the protection of civilians,
provided that such provision shall first
have been approved by the competent authority of a Member State, as identified
on the websites listed in Annex III."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
the day following that of 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, 
                                                                       For
the Council
                                                                       The
President
[1]               OJ L 28, 1.3.2013, p8
[2]               OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.
[3]               OJ L 319, 2.12.2011, p 56.
[4]               OJ L 58, 1.3.2013, p. 8.